Florin Paun

Innovation Director in France, practitionerand theoretician of the evolutions of the innovation models and tools, Dr. Florin Paun encourages the comprehension of the human factors and behaviors during the collaborative processes as innovation building thus bridges between the world of practitioners and the world of scientists and economists.

His scientific work, based on more of 200 project he worked on, gained worldwide recognition and put in light the emergence of a new innovation French model but also completed the theories of two Nobel Prize Winners (Stiglitz, J., Sen. A) after having applied and adapted them to the highly collaborative processes like innovation.

His strategies and tools aim to support the creation of the shared value between research laboratories, SMEs, multinationals and regions with more then 70 technology transfer agreements succeeded. Innovation director in aerospace sector in France, Dr. Florin Paun, (former Deputy Innovation Director at ONERA and Strategy and development Director at the Competitive Pole SAFE – PACA region) started its career in the aerospace research being specialized in structures and multifunctional materials (15 scientific articles, 4 patents). Educated at the Aerospace Faculty in Bucharest, in Ecole Plytechnique (Palaiseau, Grand Paris), Dr. Florin Paun made a Phd. in Mechanical Engineering in Toulouse (ENSICA) and completed his education with a Master in Management and Leadership at MIT Sloan (United States).

Entrepreneur and Business Angel (Celidea, Progonline.com…) Florin is President of the French Start-up Xvaluator.co.

As French Romanian innovation leader, Dr. Florin Paun is one of the 5 French experts and one of the 2 Romanian experts in the Pilot Jury of the European Council of Innovation. Expert-Inventor of several tools and methods for collaborative innovation such as « Demand Readiness Level »  («DRL» (market pull tool)  completing the «TRL» (NASA tech push tool),  « Contract of shared risks and benefits », « asymmetries identification and compensation in the highly collaborative process »), Dr. Paun is teaching its own innovation methods in international Schools for Master Degrees students and is senior advisor in innovation collaborative process of innovation  and impact of human factors for Governments, multinationals, networks of practitioners, European INTRA-PRENEURS, Innovation School of ANRT in Paris (ANRT Ecole de l`Innovation), ISAE, Ecole de l’Air, ENAC, ESEO, Toulouse Business School.

Dr. Florin Paun is author of several scientific articles and books on open innovation strategies including the contributions of more than 50 international business and political leaders in the last 10 years: « J’innove donc je suis » (I innovate so I existe!) , « Tous entre-preneurs » (All Entre-Preneurs), « Innover ou périr » (Innovate or disappear).

Dr. Florin Paun is member of the more international Innovation Networks for Research and Innovation (RRI, Technology Transfer Society, ONERA Alumni, MIT Alumni, etc.)

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