Andrea A. Mills
Education
University of California, Berkeley
Masters Degree, Management in the Network Economy 2002-01-01 - 2003-01-01
University of California, Berkeley
Visiting Scholar and Research Associate at the Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy, Information Economics -
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Bachelors Degree, Economics of Innovation & Management -
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Executive Program, Knowledge Management & Applied Complexity -Work Experience
Philip Morris International
Current
Philip Morris International
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
2015-03-01 - 2022-05-01
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
International Space University
2017-06-01 - 2020-05-01
International Space University
SThealth Ventures
2015-01-01 - 2016-12-01
SThealth Ventures
Zambon
2008-01-01 - 2014-12-01
Zambon
Innovation Lab
2005-03-01 - 2008-02-01
Innovation Lab
Zambon
2004-07-01 - 2005-12-01
Zambon
GSK
1999-07-01 - 2004-06-01
GSK
University of California, Berkeley
1997-07-01 - 2004-06-01
University of California, Berkeley
Skills
Summary
Andrea Mills is an international executive with an extensive and diverse experience in open innovation, R&D, business transformation, knowledge creation and management across organizational boundaries, seed-stage and early-stage tech scouting, corporate venture capital, and new ventures. Executive roles covered over the last 20 years include Chief Innovation Officer, Chief Advisor on Open Innovation and Emergent Technologies, Head of Technology Intelligence North America, Executive Director. AREAS OF EXPERTISE: - orchestrating complex ecosystems for open innovation and external R&D; - building advanced tools for complex knowledge management, technology scouting and competitive intelligence; - conceiving and building technology ventures using recombinant innovation; - forging and nurturing strategic alliances and cross-industry technology partnerships; - launching and managing corporate venture capital investment programs (seed + early stage); CROSS-INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNOLOGIES: - FMCG, medtech, healthcare, pharma and wellness (micro/nano sensors, bio-electronics, IoT, functional fabrics, drug delivery systems, lab-on-a-chip diagnostics, wearables); - automotive, aerospace, network-based infrastructure and energy industries (advanced materials, high-performance composites, autonomous systems, distributed energy systems and next-gen battery technologies); - software (AR/VR, human-machine interfaces, cognitive AI, distributed cognition, knowledge management, Social Networks Analysis, complex data visualization, ID technologies). FAVORITE QUOTES “It's not where you take things from, it's where you take them to." - Jean-Luc Godard "90% of the difficulties in your intellectual life would never have happened, if you just had better taste." - Terence McKenna
