Peter Andrews

Peter Andrews (Grad ’80) co-authored his first book, Innovation Passport: The IBM First-of-a-Kind (FOAK) Journey From Research to Reality, published in October by IBM Press. Mr. Andrews is an independent executive consultant and writer, having coauthored this book when he was the innovation strategist for IBM’s Executive Business Institute. While at IBM, he participated in corporation-wide studies into ad hoc innovation, innovation partnering and the use of collaboration tools for virtual teaming. He has trained hundreds of IBM researchers in techniques for realizing the value of their inventions. He was honored by IBM as one of its “Pioneers of the Web.” He is a popular speaker at conferences and has authored dozens of Executive Tech Reports, which explore innovation and emerging technologies.