CCC Consultants

Harry Coleman

Harry’s 29 year career with P&G included 9+ years in the leading edge External Business Development (EBD) organization where he was one of the leaders in practicing Open Innovation and licensing. As leader of the EBD team for Household Care he was responsible the development and implementation of Open Innovation strategies working directly with senior management. He personally negotiated dozens of intellectual property transactions, specializing in complex, unusual, new-to-the-world situations. He also has 20 years experience in P&G R&D, giving him firsthand experience with the product development process and a unique perspective on Open Innovation as both a user and “connector” . Having worked with both large multi-nationals and small, entrepreneurial start-ups he can “speak both languages” and navigate between vastly different business cultures & environments.

Consulting Expertise

Open Innovation Strategy & Management– creating and OI strategy, setting up an OI organization for success, creating the appropriate culture for OI, and the practice of finding, evaluating and procuring external innovation as well as ongoing management of deals/relationships.
Open Innovation Execution– Finding external innovations, managing initial connections, structuring and negotiating intellectual property transactions – especially creative structures.
Facilitating Asymmetrical Relationships– Helping large corporations connect with small-medium size enterprises/academia/individual entrepreneurs and vice-versa regarding innovation. Generally large & small businesses struggle to communicate well with each other leading to frustration and missed opportunities. Having worked extensively with small companies, Harry understands both sides.

Experience

2005-2008	Director, External Business Development, Procter & Gamble
1999-2005	Assoc. Director, External Business Development, Procter & Gamble
1997-1999	Assoc. Director, Coffee New Product Development, Procter & Gamble (Cincinnati)
1992-1997	Assoc. Director, Japan & China Laundry Product Development, Procter & Gamble (Kobe, Japan & Guangzhou, China)
1986-1992	Section Head, Asia Laundry Product Development, Procter & Gamble (Cincinnati)
1981-1986	Group Leader, Paper and Laundry Product Development, Procter & Gamble
1979-1981	Engineer, Canada Laundry Product Development, Procter & Gamble (Cincinnati)

Associations/Affiliations

Certified Licensing Professional®, Licensing Executives Society

Clients

Procter & Gamble
Irving Place Capital

Education
BS, ChE, Carnegie-Mellon University