RTI Innovation Advisors
Alison (Cartwright) Sykes is an experienced Innovation Advisor with a career spanning over a decade at RTI Innovation Advisors and RTI International since July 2015. Prior to this role, Alison served as a self-employed consultant for RTI International from May 2009 to July 2015, where expertise in innovation was further developed. Earlier in the career, Alison contributed as a Post-doctoral Associate in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill under Dr. Howard Weinberg from June 2006 to September 2007. Educationally, Alison holds a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, obtained in 2006.
RTI Innovation Advisors
We help organizations innovate better and faster. With a record of success across the innovation life cycle, we know what works. For over 50 years, we've partnered with Fortune 500 companies, global organizations, NASA, and federal agencies to solve their toughest innovation challenges. Blending technical and creative competencies, we approach your projects as problem solvers. We help our clients – global corporations, federal agencies, and foundations – innovate by providing market, user, and technical insights, building capacity, and accelerating technology from idea to market. Whether we serve as an extension of your team or an objective third party, we arm you with the knowledge and tools you need to make decisions that push your organization—and humankind—forward. We solve your innovation challenges. Follow us on Twitter, too: @RTI_Innovation. We are a business unit of RTI International (RTI), an independent, nonprofit research institute dedicated to improving the human condition. RTI believes in the promise of science and is inspired every day to deliver on that promise for the good of people, communities, and businesses around the world. More about RTI International: www.rti.org.