AlchemistX: Innovators Inside
What is new in Corporate Innovation, and why is it so hard?
Join us for a series of interviews with thought leaders, founders, and high achievers inside the world of innovation. Through intimate conversations with Host and Head of AlchemistX, Ian Bergman, we explore what makes innovation so challenging. Guests range from established stars to the most exciting up-and-comers. Innovators Inside is a must-listen for anyone trying to instill a culture of curiosity into a large corporation or organization.
Latest episodes
Feb 18, 2021 • 44min
E.04 - Corbett Gilliam: Advancing Technology
Who is Corbett Gilliam?
Corbett Gilliam is the corporate development manager for the world-renowned Advanced Technology Development Center. The ATDC is a science and business incubator that's part of the Enterprise Innovation Institute at Georgia Tech.
We're so glad to share Corbett's story with you all!
Feb 4, 2021 • 35min
E.03 - Louis Stewart Mr. Innovation City
Who is Louis Stewart?
Louis is currently the Head of Strategic Initiatives for NVIDIA's developer ecosystem. NVIDIA of course being the maker of legendary GPU’s and the enabler of our current golden age of video games. Prior to NVIDIA, Lewis was the city of Sacramento's first Chief Innovation Officer, charged with promoting and driving long-term economic growth and job creation through Innovation. Before that he spent seven years as California’s Deputy Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development.
He grew up in France and Italy, played professional basketball in Peru and Belgium, and has a degree from Santa Clara University.
And with that, we would love for you to Meet Mr. Stewart!
Jan 21, 2021 • 46min
E.02 - Jeanne Morain: Transformation Pioneer
Who is Jeanne Morain?
Our friend Jeanne began her career in startups and made her first big splash when BMC Software acquired Marimba.
Marimba was the company founded by Kim Polese, the original product manager for the Java programming language. It was a precursor to basically, everything we take for granted today: containers, orchestration, device management, patch management. It ended up being sold to Samsung and it’s still in use at Starbucks powering everything from cars to fridges. Without it there’s no continuous delivery, there’s no DevOps.
In working to integrate Marimba’s software, Jeanne became a pioneer in the development of business service management, the foundation for what we now call digital transformation. From BMC Jeanne moved to executive roles with Thinstall, which was acquired by VMware, InstallFree and Flexera. In the middle of all this she also wrote the definitive books on desktop virtualization: Client4Cloud; and digital transformation: Visible Ops Private Cloud. She’s a highly sought-after advisor to executive boards and CEOs and is now working on a digital transformation startup of her own.
So join Jeanne and Rachel as they try to get to the bottom of why corporate innovation is hard.
Nov 11, 2020 • 41min
E.01 - Mike Dolbec: Venture Industrialist
Who is Mike Dolbec?
Well, Mike has had a tremendously distinguished career across both institutional and corporate VC, including stints at Kleiner Perkins, Greylock, 3Com, and Orange. From 2012, he is the executive managing director of GE Ventures. He's been on the boards of a bunch of deep tech companies as well! He's currently a science and innovation council member for BHP, one of the world's biggest mining companies.
And now you have the chance to join Mike and Rachel as they try to get to the bottom of why corporate innovation is hard.
