Dwayne Spradlin

Dwayne Spradlin is president and chief executive officer of InnoCentive, Inc, a novel company that connects companies, academic institutions, public sector and non-profit organizations to solve some of the world’s toughest challenges. He previously served as president at business information company Hoover’s Inc and before that he was president and chief operating officer at Starcite, Inc., an online meeting and events planning business. Spradlin also served as senior vice president of Corporate and Business Development for Verticalnet, Inc., the world’s largest portfolio of online industry marketplaces, and was director in the E-Business and Emerging Technology practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Spradlin received a bachelor’s degree in Applied Mathematics and an MBA from the University of Chicago.