John Riley
Chief Operations Officer
- Role
- VP, Innovation IT at Hubbell Incorporated
- Location
- Grand Junction, CO, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About John Riley
Hi, I\'m John Riley. Strategic Chief Operating Officer and Innovation Leader with 25+ years of experience driving operational excellence, digital transformation, and high-growth strategies across manufacturing,construction, and technology sectors. Proven ability to architect and scale systems, forge strategic partnerships, and execute complex development pipelines—from advanced manufacturing workflows, deployment of EV infrastructure at speed & scale, to large-scale real estate initiatives. Let\'s connect and discuss how we can achieve our goals together.
Experience
VP, Innovation IT
Jun 2020 — Present · Shelton, CT, US
VP, Innovation IT,Understanding and leveraging innovations, processes and technologies that weave-together and positively impact various functional area within our enterprise. Seek & understand Emerging technology relative to the organization\'s technology investment priorities. Work as a conduit between Enterprise Functional Areas: such as Technology, Operations & Logistics and HR. Develop emerging technology radar illustrating view of the technology landscape with a focus on technologies that will have a high impact within our Enterprise & industry. Illustrate Pilot project opportunities that align with our Enterprise culture. Stay ahead of the market with trendspotting: Scan the horizon for emerging technologies, and other disruptive forces, that could assist and enhance opportunities for our enterprise. Reimagine your business: Utilize emerging technologies as inspiration to provide insights towards optimizing or creating new business models that drive competitive advantage through innovation. The “futurist” advisor: Given the rapid pace of emerging technologies, we find more questions than answers. The VP of Innovation acting as an enterprise architect has the opportunity to be an advisor with answers to these complex challenges. Skill up: Develop and enhance employee competencies with innovation, impacting emotional intelligence, strategic vision and design thinking, allowing adoption to be successful in the age of disruption.
Education
University of New Haven
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management
1995 — 2000
Bryant University
Bachelor's degree, Marketing/Marketing Management, General
1991 — 1995
Skills
- Competitive Analysis
- Product Marketing
- Forecasting
- Conference Speaking
- Manufacturing
- Negotiation
- Process Improvement
- Sales Management
- Product Development
- Analysis
- Business Transformation
- Sales Operations
- Customer Service
- Key Account Management
- Sales
- New Business Development
- E-Commerce
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Business Development
- Account Management
- Change Management
- Project Management
- Strategic Planning
- Product Management
- Pricing
- Inventory Management
- Management
- Team Building
- Leadership
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