Center for Innovation Strategies
About the Center
Our mission
The Center for Innovation Strategies (CIS) inspires a growth mindset in organizations and students by
- Acting as a catalyst and facilitator within the innovation ecosystem;
- Providing quality instruction and enabling the co-creation and sharing of innovation knowledge, frameworks and tools, and;
- Advancing innovation research and applied practice.
Defining Innovation
Innovation spans multiple disciplines and departments within companies and industries.
It is the practice of top-line growth and value creation through the development of new products and services, including new branded concepts, patents, and intellectual property.
- Begins with target consumer’s articulated and unarticulated wants and needs
- Employs multi-disciplinary collaboration
- Incorporates networked, “open innovation” based partnerships
- Combines strategic rigor and creative intuition in decision making
The CIS Team
- Paul Reeder, Executive Director
- Jenny Heckscher, Director, Innovation Programs, Marketing and Outreach
- Jenny Luu, Innovation Program Manager
- Brian Wulff, Program Director
Jasmine Fisher, Legacy Project Intern
Jasmine Fisher began her journey at Ohio State in the fall of 2023, majoring in strategic communication. Prior to attending Ohio State, she took part in the Legacy program all four years of high school. Being in the program has inspired her to help guide new high school students towards that path as well. She is in the Law and Society Scholars program and is using this opportunity to help advocate for local and nationwide issues that are important to her, and she hopes that she can inspire others to do the same.
Anasarai Juarez-Santiago, Legacy Project Intern
Anasarai Juarez-Santiago is in her third year in the Health Sciences major in Pre-Physical Therapy. In high school she was part of The Legacy Project all 4 years. Being in the program was inspiring as it allowed her to think in many ways on how innovation can improve ideas. As a Hispanic student, employer, and daughter, she wants to help others and instill inspiration so they can be passionate to help others. She is a Morrill Scholar and through this program was given the opportunity to help those in need by completing self-care kits for two organizations in Columbus. Ana feels that the opportunity to work with Legacy is a blessing, and she hopes to be an example to underserved students to let them know that anything is possible.
Nick Morris, MID-EP Graduate Assistant
Nick is a second-year MBA student specializing in Supply Chain Management at Fisher College of Business. Nick has a Bachelor degree in Chemistry and has performed undergraduate research in an Inorganic Chemistry laboratory.
He has worked in Quality Assurance for one year at the flavoring company Frutarom and for two years at the pharmaceutical company MilliporeSigma. Post-graduation from the MBA program, Nick will be employed in the management consulting field.
Mike Roszkowski, MID-EP Graduate Assistant
Mike graduated from the Pennsylvania State University in 2017 with a degree in chemical engineering. During his undergraduate studies he had the opportunity to intern with Johnsons & Johnson, and Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. After graduation he worked for IBM in Washington D.C. in their federal finance and supply chain transformation practice.
Mike is a 2024 MBA candidate focusing on finance, operations, and corporate strategy. In the summer of 2023 he interned with Air Products & Chemicals Inc. on their corporate decision support team.
Quentin Switzer, MID-EP Graduate Assistant
Quentin Switzer is a first year MBA student at The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business with a concentration in Consulting and Project Management. He received his Bachelor of Science in Genomics and Molecular Genetics from Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI) in 2021.
Prior to coming to Fisher, Quentin was a Senior Laboratory Technologist (In Vitro) for a global CRO, leading biocompatibility testing on medical devices.
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