INNOVATIONLABS - Key Persons


Ahmed Abukhater

Job Titles:
  • Vice President R & D

Akin Akinmulero

Job Titles:
  • Project Director

Arash Ghazanfari

Job Titles:
  • Field CTO & Principal Technologist
As the Director of the EIPM Value Creation Observatory, Hervé conducts research on Innovation, supply chains and ecosystems. He has recently published articles on topics such as the internet of things, open hardware ecosystems and on agile vendor selection. He continuously looks at the trends that shape businesses and speaks at in-company and public events. Previously, Hervé led the EIPM Executive MBA Programme and the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) European Excellence Award. Additionally, Hervé worked for Renault Consulting where he led major change initiatives.

Birge Berns

Job Titles:
  • Physician
Dr Berns is a physician with > 25 years experience in early and late stage drug development including clinical, strategic, regulatory and operational aspects, therapeutic area focus rheumatology/immunology and oncology. Following strategic projects within Global Regulatory Affairs (GRA) Johnson&Johnson, leading multiple global regulatory biologic teams, integrating inputs from regional and functional Regulatory Team members to create a coherent and unified global regulatory strategy, she recently led the integration of the Actelion regulatory affairs group into Janssen GRA. She is now looking to apply her broad clinical and regulatory R&D experience to smaller sized biotech companies.

Dr. Lars Förster

Job Titles:
  • Vice President R & D

Langdon Morris

Job Titles:
  • Senior Partner
Langdon is an award-winning innovator and world-renowned innovation consultant. He is Senior Partner at InnovationLabs LLC, where he leads the firm's global innovation consulting practice with a wonderful variety of clients in business, government, and non-profits.

Suzan Briganti

Job Titles:
  • Founder, CEO & Head of Product
Over 25 years experience with Fortune 500 clients driving business growth through strategic innovation initiatives, with expertise in product management, software development, business development, innovation management, crowdsourcing, advertising and brand strategy. My core strength is a deep, deep ability to understand how people think. This helps me develop user-centric products that people love, form and lead great teams, and influence large organizations at the highest level. I thrive in ambiguity and drive constant experimentation while bringing rigor to decision-making. Get your Ticket