Description

Innovation professional with over 25 years of operational and strategic experience in complex and regulated environments.

Active across this spectrum, my current engagements include consulting to industry and government agencies on public-private innovation collaborations, working hands-on with scaleups accelerating renewable energy and digital trust services, and mentoring early-stage startups in leading B2B accelerators.

My career has evolved from a foundation as an enterprise systems analyst and IT operations lead into a specialist innovation architect. I played a key role in building a leading European B2B accelerator and have designed global venture-clienting pipelines for multinationals and the public sector.

I now specialise in developing frameworks and the startup-industry-government alliances to build societal agency and collaborate on net-zero transitions.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

English
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Remote only

Primarily works remotely

DP Innovation Labs
Innovation Framework Architect
DIGITAL AND IT
October 2018 - Today (7 years and 8 months)
Estonia
Architecting open innovation frameworks and digital transformation pipelines for enterprise and government clients.
Corporate Open Innovation Architecture: Designing and executing bespoke innovation products for high-profile organisations, including telecoms. pharmaceuticals, sports clubs and public sector. Developed an open innovation model centred on collaborative discovery journeys between founders and internal business unit evangelists, streamlining technical and legal validation for enterprise integration.
Government Strategic Advisory: Consulting to public sector agencies on innovation strategies and the implementation of cross-sector collaboration models for impact.
Venture-Clienting & Mentorship: Coaching for B2B accelerators in Europe and Asia, focusing on go-to-market strategies, venture-clienting, and enterprise readiness.
Energy & Digital Trust Scaleup Advisory: Managing strategic partnerships on a fractional basis for select scaleups accelerating renewable energy and digital trust.
Accelerate Estonia,
Head of Program
PUBLIC SECTOR
May 2019 - May 2023 (4 years)
Tallinn, Estonia
Designed and executed the country-scale innovation framework as public-private sector collaborations to discover new economic opportunities through addressing complex societal challenges.
Framework Architecture & Evolution: Developed the business model and program framework as an evergreen collaboration model tailored to experienced founders and scaleups. The design included a rigorous multi-phase validation process to manage for the low risk tolerance of the public and industrial sectors. Projects advanced with the support of our academic, technology, and industry stakeholder community. Public sector commitment and resourcing increased with validation of the solutions, founders, technical and policy readiness.
Governance & Strategic Oversight: Instituted a Supervisory Board to provide high level governance, ensuring all innovation activities were transparent, compliant, and maintained a clear path toward implementation or regulatory change.
National Policy Integration: Devised and executed pilots specifically designed to address national policy priorities and accelerate digital and sustainability agenda.
Project Management: Directed open calls and multi-stakeholder collaborations, project managing national, cross-sector pilots.
Startup Wise Guys,
Managing Director | Advisor
TECH
April 2014 - September 2018 (4 years and 5 months)
Developed the playbook behind Europe's leading B2B startup accelerator, focused on early-stage investments and corporate partnerships.
Framework Evolution & Optimisation: Evolved the accelerator framework - originally based on the US Techstars model - to be process-driven and aligned with the ambitions of our European stakeholders: including founders, angel and institutional investors, public agencies and corporate partners.
Investment & Deal Flow Leadership: Led the end-to-end investment process for global scouting, deal flow management, and capital allocation for B2B startups.
Regional Ecosystem Development: Developed and executed the ecosystem partner strategy with accelerators, industry stakeholders and government agencies across the Central and Eastern European (CEE), Finnish and UK startup ecosystems.
Corporate Program Design: Designed and led corporate innovation initiatives, bridging the gap between agile startups and the strategic requirements of enterprise partners. Architected the framework for the Baltics' first corporate accelerator for Nordic telecom Telia.
Startups Venture Capital Corporate Innovation Business model Partnerships