As we all know, most initiatives die after they have been "validated" in the innovation team, and being handed over to the business to be scaled and integrated. There are many reasons for this happening, but for sure, this is a problem to be fixed. Join this conversation to learn from Rose, Ellie and Claus how they are aiming to make this handover process for their projects and ventures smoother, to increase the odds of success.

Claus is Vice President and Head of Business Model Innovation at SAP SE. His team shapes the design, incubation and scaling of new business models across board areas. In this role, he acts as a transformation agent and helps SAP pursue new business models in an agile way – managing the trade-offs with the corporate immune system that focuses on optimizing our current business model.

Dr. Ellie Amirnasr is Director of Digital Ventures at MANN+HUMMEL with extensive experience in venture building. She is the co-founder of MANN+HUMMEL’s first corporate startup and is responsible for leading MANN+HUMMEL digital ventures and SaaS businesses. The MANN+HUMMEL / i2m existing digital ventures are Qlair, Streametric, and Senzit HD. In her current role she is a key player in digital transformation initiatives at MANN+HUMMEL and its customers with the mission of leading sustainability environmental health and sustainability through clean air, clean water, and clean mobility.
Ellie is a fiber and polymer scientist with more than 10 years experience in filtration technologies and clean air solutions. She started her career at MANN+HUMMEL as innovation project manager in 2013 to work on future products in filtration industry. Close to the end of 2017, she joined the entrepreneurship program of MANN+HUMMEL and by January 2018 she co-founded qlair.

Rose is on the leadership team and a founding member of Sky Labs, which is Sky’s in-house innovation function.
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Rose has 20 years experience as a Product leader, in organizations including Sky, Amazon and Lovefilm.