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David Cruickshank is the Director of Strategy and Operations for the Co-Innovation Lab in Palo Alto. Prior to his current role, David was with Sun Microsystems serving as Solution Design Manager in Sun IT leading a team to deliver solution design and back line support required for client services development across a portfolio of software and services. Before joining Sun IT, David spent four years in Sun Services as program manager for Sun's global High Availability SLA program and Managed Security Services. David's 20 year career has spanned various technology fields within the network computing industry. A Masters of Science in Information Systems from Santa Clara University and the Leavey School of Business was conferred upon David in September 2010. David received his Bachelor of Science from Western Michigan University.

Open Innovation Strategy and Supporting the Field
A follow up to my recent paper on Open Innovation Strategy and how it can bring benefit to selling and alliance teams. Dec. 19, 2011
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BI 4 Large Scale Implementation
This is a summary of the "Monsta" BI 4 large Scale Implementation project in COIL. Dec. 19, 2011
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Open Innovation Strategy and Intellectual Property
Exploring the creating of an open innovation strategy and how it relates to sharing and protecting intellectual property. Nov. 29, 2011
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Exploring Open Innovation Strategy (Part 2)
The second in a series of blog posts discussion Open Innovation Strategy. Nov. 23, 2011
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Open Innovation Strategy
A blog post discussing Open Innovation Strategy in the SAP Ecosystem. Nov. 17, 2011
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SAP Co-Innovation Lab plays host to Innojam in Palo Alto
The SAP Co-Innovation Lab in Palo Alto hosts the DKOM Innojam (Palo Alto), Sunday March 13, 2011 Mar. 12, 2011
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Co-Innovation, Collaboration and Social Networks
Brief introduction to a recent article exploring the intersection of online collaboration, social networking and innovation within the context of inter-firm co-innovation. The information is offered within a framework of field observations and experiences from within the SAP Co-Innovation Lab. Jan. 11, 2011
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SAP Sustainability Day and the SAP Co-Innovation Lab
SAP Sustanability Day and the SAP Co-Innovation Lab. Dec. 9, 2010
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Cross Utilization Management and Innovation
How can the priciples of cross-utilization management be applied to accelerating innovation? Dec. 1, 2010
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SAP Co-Innovation Lab and TechEd 2010
This is a run down of Activities and topics featured at TechEd from the SAP Co-Innovation Lab. Oct. 10, 2010
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Open Innovation, Co-Innovation- Part II
This blog discusses a recent article from the blogger providing a brief introduction and summary of the basic tenets and framework associated with the concept of open Innovation. It further describes a co-innovation enablement platform (CEP) for ecosystems-based innovation, designed to support alliance formation, governance and implementation, which can be leveraged by a firm to execute against its open innovation strategy. The CEP and its underlying processes can be leveraged to execute against an Open Innovation strategy. Oct. 4, 2010
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The Importance of a Co-innovation Enablement Platform
This blog post is an update to extend an invitiation to SAP ecosystem partners to contribute to a current survey I am conducting to support the graduate research I am pursuing to examine the different elements that comprise a co-innovation enablement platform and how they each contribute to the success of a co-innovation project. Feb. 1, 2010
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PKOM and the SAP Co-Innovation Lab
SAP Co-Innovation Lab looks forward to supporting PKOM 2010 and sharing how we help SAP ecosystem partners drive innovation by making the fundamental project resources available so that innovation project teams can reamin solution focused and rapidly get to market. Jan. 27, 2010
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Supporting Disruptive Growth Opportunity through Co-Innovation
this blog post recaps the importance of managing co-innovated IP and how it influences developing business models for monetizing co-innovation in a way that shifts some focus away from battling over IP ownership. It also explores how co-innovation can support more disruptive growth assuming partners can develop the right process for assessing risks vs. benefits. Jan. 4, 2010
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Managing Foreground IP Derived from Co-Innovation
This blog post examines the need for a bilateral approach to managing intellectual property derived from co-innvoation projects pursued through strategic alliance and partnerships. Dec. 22, 2009
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Innovation-Speed to Market is Key
The importantance of getting to market quickly with innovation. Nov. 18, 2009
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Open Innovation and Co-Innovation
This blog entry examines the concepts of open innovation and co-innovation, how they might cmpare as well as differ. Aug. 20, 2009
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Increasing disruptive and radical innovation through Co-Innovation
Increasing co-innovation with the SAP ecosystem. Jul. 21, 2009
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Disaster Recovery Options
Disaster Recovery should be a major topic of Interest during SAP Virtualization Week Apr. 5, 2009
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SAP Co-Innovation Labs hosts SAP Virtualization Week 2009
This weblog offers a COIL perspective of this year's SPA Virtualization Week Event. Mar. 20, 2009
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