Sustainable Innovation

Vesselin ArnaudovAdvanced Development LeadVMware Bulgaria

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VMware Inc. Founded: 1998 г. Headquarters: Palo Alto California, US Main LoB: Virtualization and Cloud Infrastructure Employees: ~ 14 000 Customer Base: > 500 000 Partners: > 55 000 Certified Professionals > 59 000 Revenue 2013 г. – 5.21B USD Net Income 2013 ~ 1.01B USD

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VМware Bulgaria > 7 years

Employees ~ 500

R&D – Largest R&D Center in EMEA Development

Quality Engineering

Build engineers

PSO

Technical Publications

Technical Operations

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Renaissance

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Sustainable!

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Model: Sustainable Innovation

• Lean

• Organic

• Ecosystem Partnerships, openness, tools

Kanban: waste elimination, interdisciplinary approach

Grassroots, continuous improvement

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Grassroots• Internal and External Continuous Collaboration

• Core Values & Passion

• Adobe’s Example

Organic

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Open Innovation Example

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Waste Elimination• Cross-disciplinary

• Amazon

Lean

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From Books to the Cloud

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Ecosystem• Open Tools, Open Products, Open Access

• Let Others Build upon Success

• Engagement with Academia, Partnership with Community, Mentoring

Ecosystem

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Everyone is Doing It!

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What about local companies?

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Getting There…• Research Collaboration with Academia

• Community Engagement– IT Academies– Social Activities– Startup Ecosystem

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Ecosystem Organic

Lean

Thank You!

Backup Slides

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VМware Bulgaria > 7 години

R&D – Largest R&D Center in EMEA Development

Quality Engineering

Build engineers

PSO

Technical Publications

Technical Operations

Employees ~ 500

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Journey1. Create a Framework: Innovation Facet Pipelines

2. Generate & Funnel Project Ideas

3. Mold & Filter According to Guides

4. Execute By Class & Priority

5. Review Continuously

6. Deploy Regularly Generate

Forge

ExecuteReview

Deploy

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Maintain & Measure Velocity

Innovation Facet Pipelines

Execution Lifecycle

Generate Forge

Academia

Startup

Research

Market & Customers

Execute

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Sustainablekaizen Impactful

Lean

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