John Knight

Current

• Innovation Manager, North American Region at Whirlpool Corporation
• Program Manager at Whirlpool Corporation

Past

• Lead Software Engineer at Interactive Portal
• Computer Programmer at Motive
• Computer Programmer at Tivoli

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Education

• Purdue University

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Connections

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Industry

Consumer Goods

John Knight’s Summary

Change Agent and Innovator with consumer product development and enterprise software development expertise. Strong background in innovation, product development, intellectual property development as well ascustomer relationship management software and eBusiness strategy and development.

John Knight’s Specialties:

Innovation (Strategos & Whirlpool toolset), Product Development, Consumer Research, Intellectual Property Development, Software Engineering, Customer Relationship Management, Facilitation, Ideation, Rapid Prototyping.

John Knight’s Experience

• Innovation Manager, North American Region

  Whirlpool Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; whr; Consumer Goods industry)

  April 2006 — Present (3 years 4 months)

  Innovation Manager responsible for front-end product development of exclusivly innovative and industry changing products and services. Currently oversee all North American Innovation products for refrigeration and outdoor entertainment categories. Current lead for Voice Of Consumer (VOC) product development process for global refrigeration.

• Program Manager

  Whirlpool Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; whr; Consumer Goods industry)

  October 2001 — Present (7 years 10 months)

  Generated new product concepts for specialty and mass markets. Innovation centered development of consumer focused product services and features.