Your Innovation Partners

Innovation Engine is a strategy firm that helps organizations across sectors unlock new value, often by doing something they’ve never done before, or through a model they haven’t used before.

Understanding What Drives Innovation Acceleration

Innovation Engine’s co-founders bring together knowledge and lessons learned from leading innovation initiatives across a diverse range of clients. Our approach was driven by insights across that work. Learn more about our thinking and our experience with innovation initiatives below.

Our Approach

The Innovation Experience is driven by six connected gears. It is accelerated through the implementation of Repeatable Patterns and Models (RPM). And innovation that lasts is built on imagination. Learn more:

Innovation Experience

Corporate Imagination

RPM

Civic Imagination

  • “Meticulous pursuit of excellence’ is the phrase that comes to mind when I think about Vijay Kamineni. I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Vijay for several years, during which time we collaborated on several strategic projects together. Above all, I was impressed with Vijay’s ability to lead business and digital transformation projects. These large and complex undertakings were made easier thanks to Vijay's attention to detail, pleasant manner and motivating personality. And, of course, his great sense of humor. Vijay would be a true asset for any positions requiring strong leadership as well as superior work ethic and he has my heartfelt recommendation.”

    -David Moon, Solutions Architect at Hitachi Vantara

  • “Sam is the kind of guy who asks all the right questions. Sam makes sure that both he and the team he manages deliver work that is thorough and adds value to all involved with any project. At a time when the company was growing rapidly, Sam’s ability to identify and initiate meaningful partnerships provided the type of connective tissue any growing organization could benefit from.”

    Nick (Gilyard) Spence, Chief Communications Officer, The Rainbow Disruption

  • “Vijay is one of the best people I have ever worked with! He's professional, a creative thinker, a thoughtful leader and a great teammate. He's always looking to make the workplace, a process or a relationship better. He is one of the most forward-looking professionals I have encountered in my 30 years of experience.”

    -Stacey Hughes, HR Director, Lochinvar (speaking to Vijay’s work with Logan Aluminum)

  • “(Sam’s) insights were invaluable; rather than just giving us a fish, he taught us how to fish, empowering our team to grow smarter about when, where, and how we engage with customers through social media. We have limited budgets for outside engagements of this nature, but Sam remains at the top of our list of must-have counselors whenever we have discretionary funds to invest.”

    Pete Abel, SVP of Sales & Marketing Operations, TierPoint (speaking to Sam’s work for Suddenlink Communications)

  • "Vijay is a transformational leader and powerful value generator/creator. I worked alongside him as I was leading innovation for a state. He has done tremendous work to bring together groups and equip them to work together as a force. His commitment to service and collaboration makes him a gem, and he is one of the greatest assets in our nation to innovation leadership."

    Monique Kuykendoll Quarterman, President & CEO, The Enterprise Center

  • “‘Because everyone is doing it,’ is an unacceptable answer for Sam. By the time an attendee has gone through one of Sam’s seminars, they understand exactly why that is so…I’ve not seen a presenter use questions to shape a seminar better than Sam. In an age when experts tend to give ‘their speech’ no matter who is in the audience, Sam Ford is a breath of fresh air.”

    Seth Arenstein, former editor, PR News, CableFAX

  • "Vijay is the consummate innovator, knowing how to take forward impactful initiatives that lead to real impact (including in large organizations). In our MIT REAP program, he demonstrated his thoughtful approach, adding value not only to a Corporate enterprise, and to the wider 'innovation ecosystem', but also to the wider community. It is this strategic approach that makes Vijay so effective."

    -Dr. Phil Budden, Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management

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The strategists at Innovation Engine match our clients’ subject matter expertise in their sector with our knowledge and models to make the Innovation Experience© gears turn smoothly as growth challenges, modernization efforts, new technologies, or new initiatives emerge. Need a partner to help? Drop us a line!