The 2017 Business Innovation Report: How Companies Are Driving Transformation

Doug Williams is Director of Innovation Strategy for Spigit, a SaaS­based crowdsourcing and innovation management software platform. Doug guides Spigit’s Fortune 1000 customers through strategic implementation sessions, and designs programs to raise innovation competency throughout the company while delivering measurable business outcomes. Prior to joining Spigit, Doug was an analyst at Forrester Research where he launched and led Forrester’s coverage of open innovation and co­creation for product strategy professionals. He also served as Chief Research Officer at Innovation Excellence where he designed and launched the Innovation Excellence Research business line.

Leo Smith currently serves as Vice President ­ Marketing and Customer Experience at Fifth Third Bank’s corporate headquarters located in Cincinnati Ohio. Fifth Third currently services over four million customers and with $142 billion in assets, is among the largest money managers in the Midwest with $315 billion in assets under care. With over 25 years in both corporate leadership and entrepreneurial ventures, Leo has an unrelenting focus on winning and a track record of proven success. Harnessing the voice of the customer and employee, has been Leo’s primary ingredient in his recipe for success, followed closely with the necessary actions that quickly transform ideas into true innovation and results.

Kimberly­-Clark is a global CPG Company focused on leading the world in essentials for a better life, recognized by its strong brands such as Huggies, Kleenex, Kotex, and many more. Renee focuses on the convergence of business strategy and information technology to drive top or bottom line growth for Kimberly­-Clark’s businesses through ideation and the delivery of rapid proofs­of­concept. Her passion, leadership, and commitment to innovation has delivered business impact through solutions ranging from the Internet of Things, Augmented Reality, and crowdsourcing capabilities, of which some have won internal and external awards. Renee holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems from the University of Wisconsin­Eau Claire. Nearly a quarter of the world’s population trust Kimberly­Clark brands and the solutions they provide to enhance their health, hygiene and well­being. With brands such as Kleenex, Scott, Huggies, Pull­Ups, Kotex and Depend, Kimberly­-Clark is an indispensable part of life for people in more than 175 countries.