Simon is a Business Anthropologist, with extensive experience in human-centred innovation, product development and design for major global companies across all industry sectors. He runs the innovation consulting division of GfK, a global business information and market research company. After an … [Read more...]
People at i-Teams
Zurina Moktar, i-Teams Deputy Programme Director
Zurina Moktar is a research student at the Business Model Innovation Programme, Institute of Manufacturing (IfM). She is currently researching the commercialisation of invention resulting from university research and its business model implications. Zurina also completed her MPhil in Conservation … [Read more...]
Dr. Lara Allen, Centre for Global Equality
Dr Lara Allen has worked extensively in international development and in academia. She has a PhD from the University of Cambridge and was an Associate Professor at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. In 2007, she co-founded Tshulu Trust, which links rural communities in … [Read more...]
Wouter Meuleman
Wouter is Director of Corporate Development at Illumina Inc., where his main focus is venture investing and M&A. Since joining Illumina in 2009, he has also held roles in R&D and Product Development, where he was instrumental in the development of sequencing platforms such as the MiSeq, … [Read more...]
Clara Aranda-Jan, i-Teams Deputy Programme Director (2016-2017)
Clara Aranda is a PhD student at the Institute for Manufacturing. Her research focuses on developing design tools to improve the designing medical devices for low-resources. She has a background in sustainability and global health which has led them to work on infrastructure and technology projects … [Read more...]
Michael Katz
Michael is a chemical technologist with extended experience in applied electrochemistry. He has worked for PA Consulting Group for 14 years covering a range of industry sectors with a focus on technology commercialisation, new business and strategy development. Since leaving PA, Michael has … [Read more...]
Jayne Franck, i-Teams Deputy Programme Director (2014-2015)
Jayné Franck is carrying out her PhD research at the IfM, examining how design of spaces can facilitate sustainably responsible behaviours. Jayné studied Architecture at the University of New Mexico (US), where she chaired the energy conservation team for the Sustainability Studies … [Read more...]
Insights for Entrepreneurs
Our guest entrepreneur speaker in Michaelmas 2013 was venture investor Kelsey Lynn from Imperial Innovations. Originally an Engineer from Stanford with passion for working with people and building things, she has pursued a successful career as a venture capital investor, firstly at Firelake Capital … [Read more...]
Grace Copplestone
CUTEC Grace is in her fourth year studying manufacturing engineering. Grace has been getting involved in the startup community by volunteering at a Bristol based company, researching printed heater circuits. After completing Code First:Girls Grace is now beginning to code web apps and in the future … [Read more...]
Katie Bardes, Communications Workshop
Katie’s expertise is in working with people at all levels across the organisation to develop the skills and behaviours needed to successfully grow the business. Prior to running her own consultancy, she worked in the careers service, the telecoms industry and the chemical sciences. She was … [Read more...]
Colonel Rich Morales, i-Teams Deputy Programme Director (2010-2012)
Rich Morales is a PhD student in the Centre for Strategy and Performance at Cambridge University where he studies strategy, innovation, and management systems in firms focused on public sector product-service delivery. He is on the faculty of the Department of Systems Engineering at the US Military … [Read more...]
Dr. Caren Weinberg, i-Teams Deputy Programme Director (2006-2010)
Prior to pursuing an academic career, Caren held senior positions at several multinationals including Digital Equipment Corporation, Aurec and Motorola as well as a number of positions with start-ups. She has an extensive international management background, with over 20 years in global computer and … [Read more...]
Neil Gregory, Complexity Partners
Neil Gregory has worked in Higher Education for 19 years, specialising in revenue generation, research funding and commercialisation of research. Before joining Complexity Partners, Neil was Director of Business and Enterprise at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He has … [Read more...]
Stew McTavish, Director of IdeaSpace
Stew McTavish works to support start-up innovations in the East of England as Director of IdeaSpace, part of the University of Cambridge. Supported by the University and EEDA, IdeaSpace is the region's newest Enterprise Hub. Stew has first-hand experience of social networking as a business - mo.jo, … [Read more...]
Professor Derek Fray FRS, Department of Materials Science
Derek Fray is Direct of Research and Emeritus Professor of Materials Chemistry, Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge. He has published about 400 articles on materials processing and is cited as an inventor on over 170 published patents. Twelve projects … [Read more...]
