Saama’s Chief Strategy Officer Sagar Anisingaraju, recently attended the World Forum Disrupt Open Innovation Strategy & Conference in San Francisco, September 18-19, 2018, and participated in a panel on Open Innovation and Co-Innovation, hosted by Pamela Rice, FinTech Executive, Advisor and Innovator. Below are excerpts from Sagar’s discussion points on that topic.
Pamela Rice: We are at a moment where technology and strategy can no longer be separated. Where the customer expectations, the mega trends in AI, ML, IoT are changing the landscape of what we can do and what our customers expect. Companies can be outpaced or worse get caught in the trap of creating in innovation for the sake of innovation. Our next panel discussion focuses on harnessing open and co-innovation to strategically leverage partnerships and open networks for innovation. I’ll start with a brief intro for everyone on the panel. Sagar, can you give a brief background of Saama and your role there and your perspective on Open Innovation and Co-Innovation?