About the author
Luis Solis is an entrepreneur, business builder, in-demand speaker on innovation and global expert on B2B collaboration software for business processes. As private equity investor and business leader, Luis has started companies (Symbius), taken some public (VANS), scaled-up others (GeoLogistics) and rebooted technology companies (GroupSystems and Imaginatik) seeking growth paths. He has advised more than 250 global organizations on Innovation strategy and leadership through his consulting roles at Symbius, GroupSystems and Imaginatik.
He is the author of "Innovation Alchemists: What every CEO needs to know to hire the right Chief Innovation Officer", the first book to address the leadership issue of how to best think about the CINO role, its impact on large organizations, and frameworks for hiring the correct CINO for large organizations. More at: www.innovationalchemists.com
Luis resides in Boulder, Colorado with his two sons, 53 fourteeners, 27 ski resorts and a booming scene for tech start-ups (http://on.wsj.com/1a5hMZE). More at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/lfsolis