Description

What is a “moon-shot” project and what can we learn from it? In this course John Saiz, former Chief Technology Officer of NASA’s Johnson Space Center will share insights from challenges faced over 25 years at NASA helming disruptive innovations, quantum leaps forward in technologies, and radical moon-shots. John currently works as a Principal and Innovation Management Black Belt™ collaborating with organizations to foster innovation.

Prerequisites and audience

For all people dealing with uncertainty; no specific prerequisite is needed.

Certificate

No certificate

Instructor

John Saiz

John Saiz, Principal at Innovation 360 Group, is formerly the Chief Technology Officer at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Mr. Saiz works with manufacturing and technology-intensive companies worldwide to enhance their capabilities across the core elements of innovation and technology management.

Since 2014, he has led collaborations with a number of multinational commercial organizations, including AstraZeneca, FMC Technologies, GE Global Research, GE Oil & Gas, Halliburton, Oxiteno, PepsiCo, Pfizer, Schlumberger, and Subsea 7. Mr. Saiz has also supported industry consortia and academia, including the Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute, BioPhorum, OrthoWorx, Purdue University, the University of California at Los Angeles, and the University of Maine.

While at NASA, Mr. Saiz directed a number of technology and flight development projects that spanned the full spectrum of technology readiness levels, from initial proof-of-concept laboratory demonstrations through long-term spaceflight operations on the Space Shuttle, Russian Mir, and International Space Station.  He managed a portfolio of nearly 200 internal research and technology development activities during his CTO tenure at the Johnson Space Center. His industry experience includes engineering and technology management roles at Halliburton, ILC Space Systems (now Oceaneering), and Honeywell Defense Systems. He also worked a brief stint as a “mud logger” with Integrated Drilling and Logging, Inc. in the Texas and Louisiana oilfields.

Mr. Saiz maintains an appointment as a Principal Industrial Fellow with the Institute for Manufacturing at the University of Cambridge.

Dr. Kasia Hein-Peters
2024-09-28

Thank you for a very informative course on using various tools and frameworks to develop and execute an innovation strategy. The information about NASA and its Mars program is an added benefit!

Frederik Petre
2024-06-24

Very entertaining and insightful at the same time!

Lauro Molina
2024-06-16

very helpfull

Niklas Tiger
2024-04-29

Very interesting to see what ideas exist in an organization where innovation is the core of everything.

Paulo Malta
2023-10-30

Another good course from John Saiz!

Courisse Knight
2023-10-23

Very infromative. Really helped me to assess how to use my toolbox effectvely

Jon Abad
2023-01-11

Great course!! I recommend it, very useful