Dwayne Spradlin

Dwayne Spradlin

President and CEO, InnoCentive, Inc.

Dwayne Spradlin is President and Chief Executive Officer of InnoCentive, Inc. Previously, he served as President at Hoover's Inc. and before that he was President and Chief Operating Officer of Starcite, Inc.

 

Spradlin served as Senior Vice President of Corporate and Business Development for Verticalnet Inc., the world's largest portfolio of online industry marketplaces. Earlier, Spradlin was a Director in the E-Business and Emerging Technology practice at PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

 

He holds a BA in Applied Mathematics and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

2 min
When Group Think is Good
Many years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill, off-the-shelf cement equipment is now being used clean up oil in arctic waters.
2 min
Where Opportunity is Now in Business
Dwayne Spradlin, CEO of InnoCentive, insists companies use this recession to fundamentally rethink their business.
2 min
Manage that Global Workforce!
CEO of InnoCentive Dwayne Spradlin’s model for inducing “solvers” around the world to work on your problems
3 min
Get Your Company’s Best Ideas to Market Fast
Dwayne Spradlin, CEO of InnoCentive, says sustainable companies must build communities and adopt a constant innovation model.
3 min
Internal Talent is Not Enough
Dwayne Spradlin, CEO of InnoCentive, urges companies to create breakthrough solutions by collaborating with outsiders.
11 min
A Discussion About Crowdsourcing and Open Innovation With Dwayne Spradlin
The President and CEO of InnoCentive, Inc. talks about opportunities a global workforce provides during the economic downturn.