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About Me
Award winning inventor, designer, and innovation development executive Adrian Chernoff transforms innovation and creativity into commercial reality. He is a proven leader in the development and introduction of incremental and radical innovations. Among his credits: Adrian has designed theme park rides at Walt Disney Imagineering, advised tech startups at Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories, worked as a robotics engineer at NASA, and was the Chief Architect on the Reinvention of the Automobile program at General Motors.
At General Motors his work earned him the title of Master Inventor and he was awarded their coveted Chairman’s Honors Award for his leadership and pioneering efforts in creating, developing, and executing the world’s first ever “skateboard car” —a zero-emission, hydrogen-fueled car propelled by wheel hub motors and electronic controls.
He has been responsible for spearheading new developments, projects and programs involving new ventures, new products, and new businesses where risk and an ability to adapt are balanced. He has managed and overseen innovation and exploration projects programs for Diageo, Alcoa, and Magna International and at vehicle design studio Stile Bertone in Italy, at product design and branding development firm Design Continuum in Boston, at technology development house Applied Minds in Los Angeles, and at marketing and product innovation firm Fahrenheit 212 in New York.
Adrian has 76 awarded patents in addition to 48 pending applications. As a result, he has been a frequent guest speaker on the subject of innovation at auto shows in Paris and across North American, as well as at colleges, universities, and the TED conferences in Monterrey, California.
Currently Adrian is the Chief Creative Officer at Ideation Genesis. His inventive mind, creativity, and commercial acumen transform notions into realities and inspirations into innovations in the creation of strategies, products, and businesses.
Adrian has an MBA, a Masters in Science in Manufacturing Engineering, and a Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering.
- Location:
- United States, Boulder, CO
- Current organization:
- Ideation Genesis
- Past organizations:
- General Motors, Walt Disney Imagineering, NASA, Sandia National Labs
- Current role:
- Chief Creative Officer
- Gender:
- Male
- Areas of expertise:
- Ideation, Innovation, and Invention, Product Design & Development, Vehicle Design & Developmen, Ride Design & Development, R & D, Tech Intelligence, Systems Thinking, Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, Space Transportation & Robotics, Project Management, Ideas that change the World!
- I am:
- Business leader, Change Agent, Consultant, Designer, Engineer, Idea generator, Inventor
- My website links:
- Adrian Chernoff, Ideation Genesis
- Universities:
- University of New Mexico, Cal Poly Pomona, Flinders University, Adelaide Australia
More About Me
I'm passionate about
initiating, developing and executing innovation initiatives
✤ articulating, generating and implementing growth engines
An idea worth spreading
Could we still be living in time of the Industrial Revolution? Is it quite feasible that our entry into this time period is still evolving. Technology, Design, and Commerce started a wild ride in the 1800's and it is most likely continuing. If we are not currently in the Industrial Revolution, then where are we?
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People don't know that I'm good at
I make incredible guacamole, and enjoy making tasty, flavorful, and delicious creamy soups.
My TED Story
TED has been good to me. I first came to TED to present the GM AUTOnomy. It was a great visit and I met some incredible people.
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