Morrison Tech, 701 Portland Avenue (IL Route 78) is pleased to announce that Bruce Vojak, Managing Director of Breakthrough Innovation Advisors, LLC, will conduct a live presentation in the Parkinson Auditorium. He will speak at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, September 28, 2022. Free registration is required, and lunch will be provided. Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/no-excuses-innovation-bruce-vojak-to-speak-live-at-morrison-tech-tickets-407479551307. The event is sponsored by Whiteside County Economic Development and is open to the public.
Breakthrough Innovation Advisors, LLC, was founded to help companies survive and thrive in a volatile, complex, and increasingly ambiguous world. As a leading authority on Breakthrough Innovation, Vojak brings a unique and powerful combination of deep and broad expertise, that he shares throughout his speech.
Vojak is co-author of No Excuses Innovation: Strategies for Small and Medium Sized Mature Enterprises (Palo Alto: Stanford University Press, 2022); Serial Innovators: How Individuals Create and Deliver Breakthrough Innovations in Mature Firms (Palo Alto: Stanford University Press, 2012), and five book chapters on innovation. He serves on the Board of Directors of Midtronics, Inc., the Advisory Board of JVA Partners. and periodically consults on the topic of innovation for Procter & Gamble.
Prior to founding Breakthrough Innovation Advisors, Vojak served as Associate Dean and Adjunct Professor, in the top-ranked College of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign. Earlier in his career he was Director of Advanced Technology for Motorola’s non-semiconductor components business; held research and business development positions of increasing responsibility at Amoco Corporation; was on the research staff at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. Vojak holds BS (with Highest Honors), M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering (from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and an MBA, with concentrations in Finance and Marketing, from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business.
Morrison Tech and Whiteside County Economic Development plan to host additional programs, that will provide the region’s businesses and stakeholders with critical information, ideas, and networking opportunities.