PROFILE:
Jennifer Ernst
Director of Business Development
Jennifer Ernst is Director of Business Development at PARC. She has developed partnerships with companies around the globe, helping conceptualize and implement new business opportunities.
In her current role, Ernst has expanded PARC's impact into multiple new industries and secured licensing and co-development relationships with companies in the U.S., Asia, and Europe. Prior to helping found PARC's Client Services team, she led PARC's external and internal communications through PARC’s transition from corporate lab to research company. Ernst has roughly 20 years experience in innovation, including experience in marketing, sales, and business development based on advanced technology research.
From this cross-functional vantage, Ernst has a deep understanding of the practices that foster creativity and make it possible to move ideas from concept to market. She speaks regularly about innovation to C-level executives of Fortune 500 and Global 2000 companies, international government leaders, industry analysts and business schools such as IMD, IESE, Haas, Wharton, and Stanford.
Ernst holds an MBA from Santa Clara University and a BA in Radio/Television from San Francisco State University. She is a former member of The Conference Board’s Council on Innovation and a current member of Tech Connect Advisory Board.
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Smart Technology Scouting – Part 2
posted 13 April 2010
It’s the market disruption, not the disruptive innovation
posted 28 January 2010
Smart technology scouting – Part 1
posted 20 January 2010
in the news
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Smart technology scouting - Part 1
5 August 2010 | IT World blog
Innovators Win Prism Awards
27 January 2010 | Photonics.com
What is the problem with innovation?
1 January 2009 | ElectroOptics
events
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Printed Electronics USA 2010
1 December 2010 - 2 December 2010
Ensuring that the results of partnerships truly match and meet corporate objectives
27 October 2010 - 29 October 2010 | New York, NY
Open innovation: in practice
9 September 2010 | George E. Pake Auditorium, PARC
