Dr. Minna Allarakhia is the founder of Engaged Thinking Associates. She is faculty at the University of Waterloo, Management Sciences Department and teachers at McMaster University. Dr. Allarakhia's 20 years of professional experiences encompass open innovation strategy development, knowledge management, designing for the whole consumer, sustainability management and social innovation with focus on the base of the pyramid. She is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Brown University.