Linda serves as Head of the Gore Innovation Center in Silicon Valley, exploring how Gore's advanced materials can play a unique role in white space areas for Gore through strategic partnerships and new business development. In addition to her external facing role, Linda has collaboratively led teams to receive additional rounds of internal funding to validate concepts for new product opportunities as an internal startup founder.
Linda led the design and creation of the Gore Innovation Center in Silicon Valley, where she took the facility from its original concept to its execution, completion, and launch. In addition to creating an inspiring physical space to foster innovation, she established the operating model and key performance metrics; while also expanding areas of exploration, establishing partnerships with startups, and advancing relationships and idea generation across the Enterprise.
Prior to her time in innovation, Linda led new product development teams from ideation to commercial launch, drove technical project development and resourcing, and obtained two patents. Linda is currently getting an EMBA at The Wharton School and previously earned Master of Science degrees in both Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame.
Innovative companies have the hunger, momentum and ideas necessary to disrupt their industries. What they may lack is the materials and material expertise to carry them out. That’s where Gore comes in.
The Gore Innovation Center team works with early to mid-stage startups, innovators, academia, corporations and customers. Our process helps innovators accelerate the discovery of new capabilities and paths to successful commercialization of advanced material technology. While we welcome ideas and engagement across the breadth of Gore’s markets, we have a specific focus in sustainability (e.g. SynBio, CCUS, building materials) and other emerging tech.
In addition to working with collaborators in our prototyping lab, the center also serves as a meeting space that brings together Silicon Valley’s thought leaders, innovators, academics, engineers and more to discuss today’s most pressing industry, product and technical challenges.
From ideation to creation, our Innovation Center provides an environment for meaningful partnerships: a place that not only sparks ideas but can bring them to life.
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