Technology Trends & Research Specialist

Leverages technical depth in emerging information technology to create and communicate research artifacts designed to educate and/or influence the target audience at varying levels of the organization and potential businesses.

Develops emerging technology use cases aligned to business problems, opportunities, and strategy.

Drives the growth of the innovation network and ecosystem through vendor, academic institution, peer company, etc. engagement to quickly advance learning and understanding of emerging technologies as well as identify partnerships for exploratory work.

Establish, build, and maintain relationships with new and existing technology partners to gain knowledge and insight into their product / service offerings now and in the future.

Determines the appropriate partners(s) to participate in new technology innovation proofs-of-concept to deliver assessing various factors such a readiness, speed, cost, etc.

Leads the investigation and delivery of technology innovation proofs-of-concept.

Drives and executes team / department strategy working in partnership with various teams and organizations.