Robert E. Horn, Stanford University, shares powerful examples of innovation visualizations — from Leonardo da Vinci to contemporary innovative work. Together, we explored how these examples illustrate the power of vision and visualization in a wide range of innovation fields.
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Ventures in Medicine: Innovations in Cardiology and Beyond
Ted McClusky
Chief Medical Officer and VP of Clinical, Aviir, Inc.
Board Member, Sand Hill Angels
Ted McCluskey, MD/PhD is Chief Medical Officer and VP of Clinical at Aviir, Inc., a cardiovascular diagnostic company in Palo Alto. Aviir is a venture-funded biotechnology company developing cutting edge, convenient diagnostic tests enabling accurate diagnosis and prognosis of cardiovascular disease. Ted was trained as an interventional cardiologist. In addition to being an MD, he has a PhD in Pharmacology. Ted is also a Board Director of Sand Hill Angels, where he manages the education process.
Prior to Aviir, Ted spent four years at Scios (a Johnson&Johnson Company) where he oversaw cardiovascular clinical development, including VEGF-121 and their lead product Natrecor. Prior to Scios, Ted was at Genentech for 8 years, overseeing clinical research on cardiovascular applications for TNKase, Bosentan, CathFlo Activase and for the recently approved anti-angiogenic ophthalmic agent Lucentis. He led the clinical development for the cardiovascular application of VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) by direct intra-coronary injection and has had extensive experience in both in-licensing and out-licensing projects.
Showing Up at the Innovation Society
Leslie Janoe, Sue Lebeck, Howard Lieberman
Silicon Valley Innovation Society
As we re-convene after a busy summer, we bring our attention to the heart of what the SVII Innovation Society is all about: Innovation Advocacy.
SVII staff will be presenting the case for, historical activities relating to, and intended future Innovation Society treatment of this very important subject. Join us for a quick look back and a long look forward at the SVII Innovation Society’s culture of innovation advocacy.
“The one truly unbounded nenewable resource is human creativity, the master resource. When it is manifest as innovation, we all step forward together.” — Howard Lieberman, CEO, SVII
Step forward with us!
Join SVII Prinicpals Leslie Janoe, Sue Lebeck and Howard Lieberman as we re-invent our “First Wednesday” format to include a regular active practice of Showing Up as an Innovation Advocate.
Intrapreneurship at HP’s Mobile and Media Systems Lab
What is it like to be an innovator within a large company? In this event Nina Bhatti speaks on her experience as an innovator working within HPLabs.
Nina Bhatti, Principal Scientist, HPLabs
Join us as our feature presenter, Nina Bhatti, shares her experiences as an innovator and an innovation leader within HPLabs. An energetic scientist and intrepreneur, Nina’s research interests include web/multimedia server performance, networking and distributed systems, and mobile systems and technologies. Nina and her mobile technologies team have developed some unusual applications — including a novel color-matching technology that turns any camera-equipped phone into a tool for retailers, healthcare providers, and beauty-product shoppers.