Michael Dipaola
Director, Research & Development at Procter & Gamble
- Role
- Investor Member at Qca Ventures
- Location
- Cincinnati, OH, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Michael Dipaola
With over 25 years experience in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods industry, Mike strongly believes that innovation is not random. Rather, the process of innovation can be effectively nurtured and activated with a foundation in strategy, supported by enlightened portfolio decisions and organizational designs. Over the last 10+ years, Mike has direct experience with developing innovation strategies, managing innovation portfolios, and Innovation organizational design capabilities, Recently Mike has codified these processes and has a demonstrated history of enabling senior leaders to maximize the innovation output of their diverse organizations. Mike also has a demonstrated passion for leading teams developing new products that delight and inspire consumers and other stakeholders. This work has spanned diverse categories and consumers including Foods, Baby, and Laundry and Household Cleaning. Sustainability is a personal passion, and he leverages his professional capabilities to make an impact in this space,\"doing well by doing good\" through work both within P&G and with early-stage startup companies through his work with Queen City Angels. Most recently, Mike has co-founded a startup company focused on practical climate solutions. Compai, LCC, is developing a smart home composting system with the objective of getting one million new families to start composting and maintain the habit.
Experience
Investor Member
Mar 2021 — Present · Cincinnati, OH, US
Education
Cornell Duffield College of Engineering
Bachelor’s Degree, Chemical Engineering, concentration in Food Science / Enology
1992 — 1996
Skills
- Front End of Innovation (Fei)
- Business Model Innovation
- Consumer Products
- Consumer Habit Adoption
- Fmcg Product Development
- Web Application Product Management
- Lean Startup
- Customer Insight
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Product Development
- Value Engineering
- Behavioral Market Research
- Intrapreneurship
- Disruptive Innovation
- Renewable Energy
- Market Research
- Lean Innovation
- Back End of Innovation (Bei)
- Product Innovation
- Innovation Strategy
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