Position:
Connected Innovation Catalyst-General Mills Worldwide Innovation Network at General Mills
Work:
General Mills
- Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area since Jun 2012
Connected Innovation Catalyst-General Mills Worldwide Innovation Network
Wright Brothers Institute
- Dayton, Ohio Area Dec 2009 - May 2012
Collaborative Innovation Principal: IDEA Lab
Emily Riley Consulting, LLC
- Cincinnati Area Jan 2008 - May 2012
Innovation Consultant
Music4Change
Nov 2005 - Jan 2011
Director and Co-creator
4iNNO
Jan 2008 - Dec 2009
Technology Practice Leader
Procter & Gamble
2005 - 2006
Research Assistant- Corporate Innovation and Knowledge
KnowledgeWorks Foundation
- Cincinnati Area 2005 - 2005
Program Officer
Southwest Ohio School Districts
1995 - 2005
Secondary Chemistry and Physics Teacher
University of Rochester
Jun 2004 - Aug 2004
Research Fellow- National Science Foundation
Education:
Collaborative Leaders 2011 - 2011
Miami University 1996 - 2001
MAT, Biological Sciences
Xavier University 1991 - 1995
BS, Chemistry
Talawanda High School
Skills:
Open Innovation, Crowdsourcing, Innovation, Innovation Consulting, Design Thinking, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Problem Solving, Teaching, Product Innovation, Program Management, Strategy Facilitation, Workshop Facilitation, Innovation Management, Collaborative Leadership, Collaborative Innovation, Innovation Process, Instructing, Team Management, Recruitment Training, Strategy, Start-ups, Competitive Analysis
Honor & Awards:
National Science Foundation IGERT recipient for Ph.D. studies in water quality and biosensing at the University of Cincinnati (2007): Researched photochemical oxidation techniques for the destruction of cyanotoxins in freshwater
National Science Foundation Research
Eisenhower Technology Grant
Ohio School Net Achievement