1. Ray O’Brien CTO for IT & Innovation Manager NASA Ames Research Center The IT CTO Council Panel NASA IT Summit 2011

2. Focused Innovation  So many opportunities and a rapidly changing technology landscape – how does one choose?  At ARC, the formal innovation focus will leverage the Center’s IT strengths & specialized facilities for benefit of the Agency  Enhanced by beneficial public/private partnerships, many with presence in SV

3. Moving Innovation from Disruptive to Sustained Use/Operations Phase  Many great ideas die along the way  Could have a great innovation program but some percentage will need to move out of the “lab”  Many challenges – contractual, financial, political, policy, process integration  Sometimes timing is just off – but at least one definition of innovation says this is key, and a certain author states that if the timing is right, it’s too late

4. Repeatable Infusion  Much more difficult than repeated innovation  Frequently will be an extended uphill trudge  So the innovation pursuit should be worth the trudge  An innovation framework and recognition of CTO’s role in innovation will help but might also need a playbook  Each “win” (innovation successfully infused on a large scale) will probably help rewrite the playbook

5. A Recognized Role for Innovation within NASA IT  For a variety of reasons, service providers/owners may not always be in best position to propose new approaches  New I3P Service Office Charters appear to be addressing this by allowing CTO community to influence direction  Every Center has strengths, assets, other resources that the CTO community needs to leverage to take advantage of this new role/opportunity