NineSigma
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| Private | |
| Industry | Open Innovation, Innovation Consulting, product development |
| Founded | Cleveland, Ohio, US (2000) |
| Headquarters | Cleveland, Ohio, US |
Key people |
John McIlwraith, Chairman Andreas M. (Andy) Zynga, CEO Paul S. Stupay, Chief Sales Officer Bill Chorba, Chief Financial Officer Rick WielensCEO, NineSigma Europe Akihiko Suwa, President and CEO, NineSigma Japan |
| Products | Open innovation, crowdsourcing, OI Readiness Process Development |
| Website | www.ninesigma.com |
NineSigma is an open innovation services provider that connects organizations with external innovation resources to accelerate innovation in private, public and social sectors.
History
Dr. Mehran Mehregany, Goodrich Professor of Engineering Innovation, Case Western Reserve University, founded NineSigma in 2000 on the premise that industry needed an effective means for broadcasting corporate needs to potential solution providers to stay ahead of the technology curve, similar to the methods employed by the U.S. Government research group, DARPA.
Company
NineSigma global headquarters are in Cleveland, Ohio, with additional offices in Leuven, Belgium, Tokyo, Japan.,[1] Melbourne, Australia and Seoul, Korea.
Competitors
Competitors offering similar services include IdeaConnection, Innocentive, Inpama.com, IXL Center, MillionBrains, Nottingham Spirk, SpecialChem, Presans, Tekcapital, Yet2.com, product council and YourEncore.
See also
References
- ↑ The Open Road Mark Anthony, PhD May 2008. Retrieved February 5, 2009.