The Henry Ford has been collecting America’s most pivotal and influential stories of innovation since 1929.  As a catalyst for innovation and change, we’re finding new ways to innovate, too.  That’s why when we had the opportunity to capture the oral histories of today’s visionaries, we knew we had to do something different.

Our Contributors:

Justin Levy is Director of Business Development, Corporate Strategy & Client Services of New Marketing Labs, a new media marketing agency.  He is also the conference co-director of the Inbound Marketing Summit, New Marketing Experience and Inbound Marketing Bootcamp conferences. When not busy with New Marketing Labs, Justin is Partner and General Manager of Caminito Argentinean Steakhouse, located in Massachusetts. Justin writes and creates media of all kind over at justinrlevy.com.

Tim Kastelle is a Lecturer in Innovation Management in the UQ Business  School.  He provides a number of innovation related resources including talks, slides and a blog at Innovation Leadership Network Blog

Bobbie Carlton is the co-founder of Innovation Nights, and a 20+ year marketing and  public relations veteran.  She tweets as @BobbieC and @MassInno

Scott Templeman is the Marketing Coordinator of The Gilbane Group, a division of Outsell, Inc. He mixes elements of marketing, IT, and webmaster duties in his daily life. A venerable “jack of all trades. He is generally “the man behind the curtain” for Gilbane’s Social Media Accounts, and heavily involved in promotion and speaker coordination for Gilbane Conferences.  Scott maintains an online portfolio (with blog) and can also be found on LinkedIn & Twitter. Feel free to reach out & connect with him

Erica Templeman is a client services Associate at New Marketing Labs with a passion for learning, social media, technology and innovation. A true Millennial, she sees the world through a wondrous set of eyes, eager to learn and hypothesize. She feels that innovation can come in many forms, and from anywhere.  She blogs for her company, Workshifting, and tweets from @templemane.

Drew Marshall is the Principal of Primed Associates. In working on the installation of innovation-focused performance systems Drew helps them rapidly improve the return on their innovation investment. Drew has consulting and management experience in process consulting, project management, human resources management, rational thinking practices and product development methodologies. Drew spent ten years with boutique consulting firm Kepner-Tregoe where he rose to become a Partner and the Chief Innovation Officer. He also spent five years in the software industry with Adobe Systems, Inc., where he held a variety of management positions.

Caren Libby a native of St. Louis, MO, has an extensive background in marketing and business development in a corporate, non-profit and entrepreneurial environment.   She is intrigued by the inspirational innovation that is part of the American spirit and the power of social media to spread the word.  Caren enjoys photography and writing at the speed of life in her blog at carenlibby.com and @carenlibby on Twitter

Uri Neren

Jorge Barba

Brianne Villano

David Romm

Ben Abrams