Christine Flanagan

Christine Flanagan directs the research initiatives at the Business Innovation Factory. She works closely with BIF’s research advisory council to provide our community with the latest thinking and research on innovation and its related fields and practices. She also blogs regularly on the BIFSpeak weblog. In addition to her BIF activities, Chris is a partner in Senjiva, a business strategy consulting firm in Providence, R.I. Her current projects are focused on researching and developing new markets for technology companies, professional services firms and patent holders. Over the last 15 years she has worked on numerous marketing communications strategy projects with recognized brands such as Dunkin Donuts, FedEx, Hyperion, GTech and Hearts on Fire Diamonds. Chris also maintains relationships with several communications strategy firms where her expertise is outsourced on a regular basis. Prior to consulting, she served as Director of Advertising for Nortel Networks where she managed its global advertising program.