Barlow Group

ANDOVER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--InnoCentive, the first online platform allowing world-class scientists and R&D-focused companies to jointly achieve innovative solutions to complex challenges, today announced that Todd Zangrillo, founder and managing partner of Barlow Group, has joined its Advisory Board.

Commenting on the appointment, Dwayne Spradlin, president and CEO, InnoCentive said, “Todd brings tremendous business insight and expertise around issues of organizational growth and operations. His input will be invaluable in shaping InnoCentive’s open sourced scientific network.”

“InnoCentive is the global leader in scientific innovation and I’m honored with this appointment,” says Zangrillo. “InnoCentive is pioneering a new category powered by a web 2.0 strategy and a first class stakeholder team. We have a truly disruptive business model and offering that creates an innovative, global open-sourced platform that accelerates product developments and break-through challenges for R&D.”

Prior to founding Barlow Group, Zangrillo was a Managing Partner at Redwood Partners International, an international advisory firm that provided investment banking, private equity and executive search to technology companies. During his tenure there, Todd was responsible for overall corporate and business development for Redwood's software practice and served as General Manager of their executive search practice.

The Advisory Board ensures InnoCentive has access to the best possible counsel on its open sourced, incentive-based global R&D business.

About Barlow Group
Barlow Group is a boutique executive search firm, specializing in matching early and mature growth-stage technology businesses with breakthrough leadership and smart industry partnerships. Barlow Group’s unique Alignment methodology has helped entrepreneurs, and venture capital and private equity firms build businesses that convert company potential into maximized shareholder value. Whether placing a single transformational leader or redesigning an entire management team, Barlow Group ensures organizations are aligned to drive performance. For more information, visit www.barlowgrp.com.

About InnoCentive
InnoCentive is the first online forum that allows world-class scientists and science-based companies to collaborate in a global scientific community to achieve innovative solutions to complex challenges. Companies including Dow AgroSciences, Eli Lilly and Company, Procter & Gamble and others, which collectively spend billions of dollars on R&D, post scientific problems confidentially on the InnoCentive Web site where over 110,000 scientists and scientific organizations in more than 175 countries can solve them. Scientists who deliver solutions that best meet InnoCentive's challenge requirements receive financial awards ranging up to and over $100,000. To learn more and to register as an InnoCentive Solver, visit the InnoCentive Web site at www.innocentive.com.