Bob Wasson

Bob Wasson's technical background enhances his ability to see profit and viability in investment opportunities. He's used data-driven analysis to make financial and business assessments at companies like Alco, Chevron, and the Continental Group, Inc. Through his career, Wasson has learned that innovation management is about fully understanding the financial potential regarding new and exciting innovations - ranging from simple incremental produce innovations to new technology platforms that offer the opportunity for revolutionary growth. In his class, Finance for Innovation Management, students are introduced to the conventional accounting and finance methods of determining the value of innovations to both the organization that they're apart of, as well as the investment community. In Wasson's course, Decision-Making Methods for Innovation Management, students examine the decision-making process and complex methodologies like decision analysis and real option theory that are used for making business choices with respect to more revolutionary technologies. Wasson hopes his students leave his classroom understanding that data-driven decision-making is vital to making thorough and reliable business assessments.