TRIZ Companies Database

TRIZ Companies Database as of March 10, 2008

We are thankful to TRIZ colleagues who sent us their corrections, additions, and comments - E.Domb, D.Mann, Yu.Salamatov, V.Souchkov, and V.Timokhov.

TRIZ Companies Database

                                         Prepared by GEN3 Partners/Algorithm

 

Results

·       A tentative list of companies that offer services/products based on TRIZ throughout the world, including Russia and CIS has been compiled.

  • The list excludes three largest public non-profit organizations: MA TRIZ, ETRIA, Altshuller Institute for TRIZ Studies.
  • The list also excludes three major TRIZ magazines: Journal of TRIZ (www.triz-spb.ru); Izobretenia (www.aitriz.org); and electronic The TRIZ Journal (www.triz-journal.com),

·       16 TRIZ-based companies have been identified in Russia and CIS (see Table 1). Besides, the list contains data on two independent TRIZ experts, who are the most aggressive in promoting their TRIZ-based services in CIS.

·       55 TRIZ-based companies have been identified in other countries outside of Russia and CIS. As of today, 49 of them are actively engaged in this business (see Table 2). The information on the other 6 companies (see Table 3) is insufficient to make an objective conclusion about their activity.

 

Conclusions

·       Among large consulting companies Cap Gemini Group (headcount - ten thousands of employees) declares it uses TRIZ in its consulting practice. The company has a wide network of offices all over the world and conducts business activity in various non-TRIZ directions - management and organization consulting, outsourcing, local professional services, etc.

       Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft at  Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology is the largest    performer of R&D to order in Europe, employing about 12,500 specialists and having 56 offices across Germany.

       Altran Consulting and Information Services employ over 17,000 experts in business and technology consulting. Only few of them are involved in TRIZ activities.

·       Only three TRIZ-based companies have been identified to have mid-size business with 100 full time employees and more:  GEN3 Partners/Algorithm, ASI Consulting Group, and Invention Machine Corp.

·       The majority of smaller companies are trying to build their TRIZ business in two major directions:             Training and Consulting. Sometimes they also perform consulting and training in non-TRIZ fields, and develop and sell software.

·       Ten TRIZ-based software producers have been identified: Invention Machine Corp., Ideation   International, Ideacore , IWINT, Pretium Consulting Services, Thought Guiding Systems Corp., TriSolver Group, "Analytika", TRIZ-CHANCE, and Center of Creative Technologies.

·       Most of the companies (regardless of their size) show a steady trend of using not only TRIZ methods, but also Six Sigma, QFD, Lean, FMEA [1] and other innovation methods.



[1] Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA): A systematized group of activities to recognize and evaluate the potential failure of a product or process and its effects, identify actions that could eliminate or reduce the occurrence of the potential failure and document the process. (www.asq.org/glossary/f.html)

TRIZ Companies Database

 

                                                                                                                                                      Table 1. TRIZ Companies in Russia and CIS

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Company

Location

Number of employees

Key people[1]

TRIZ--based Services / Products

Other services

Website

1.    

"Analytika"

Chelyabinsk, Russia

N/D

N/D

Consulting

Workshops

Software "Analysis and Synthesis of Systems " ("AiSSt")

 

http://www.aisst.ru/

2.    

Analytical center ECSD, Resultat, Hansainventor.

Tallinn, Estonia

N/D

Mark Luchin

Training and Consulting: Phenotype-audit, technologies of strong thinking, solutions for difficult problems and situations

Training and Consulting: negotiations strategy, sales technologies, advertising, PR

http://gala-persona.ru/content/view/86/34/

3.    

"Assessment and consulting company "IKR-Consultant"

Rostov-on-Don, Russia

N/D

Valery Vladimirovich Allaverdian

Consulting and Training: Business analysis/assessment

Marketing and business analysis: investments, acquisitions

http://www.i-con.ru/ikrcons/

4.    

Beliltsev's TSM Center / OO "TRIZ Training Center"

Voronezh, Russia

N/D

Valeri Konstantinovich Beliltsev

TRIZ Master

Consulting: marketing, management, politics

 

http://www.beliltsev.com/Beliltsev.htm

5.    

Center of Creative Technologies

Moscow, Russia

3

Alexander Andreevich Baryshnikov;

Albert Mikhailovich Kuzmin

Software: IdeaFinder+

QuaD Business Assessment Technology

Business Plans Development

http://www.inventech.ru/about/

6.    

Center of Know-How

St.Petersburg, Russia

2

Yu.V.Trofimov

Consulting: Customized  R&D

Implementation of business ideas

http://www.know-how-center.com/

7.    

Diol

Novosibirsk, Russia

N/D

Lyudmila Semyonova

Consulting: problem solving and strategy development

Training

Coaching

 

http://www.trizdiol.ru/

8.    

Group of companies "Russian Training Center"

Moscow,

Voronezh, Russia

N/D

N/D

Training: Lean Production

 

http://www.rutrening.ru/centr.html

9.    

Group of consulting firms "TRIZ-CHANCE"

St. Petersburg,

Rostov-on-Don, Russia

N/D

Igor Leonardovich Vikentiev

TRIZ Master

Consulting: PR, marketing, management

Software

Publishing

 

http://www.triz-chance.ru/triz-chance.html

10. 

Institute of Innovative Design

Krasnoyarsk, Russia

14

Yuri Petrovich Salamatov

TRIZ Master

Consulting and Training: Innovative Design, Analysis of patents, Value engineering

Technology Evaluation

Patenting

TRIZ-pedagogics

http://rus.triz-guide.com/about.html

11. 

Laboratory of civilization problems of the Chuvash State University

Cheboksary, Russia

N/D

Valeri Pavlovich Galietov

Head of Intellectual technologies department

 

Consulting: business process diagnosis

Training: VEA-based diagnostics

Coaching

 

http://www.rus.triz-guide.com/

12. 

Key Technologies of TRIZ

Novosibirsk, Russia

4

Vissarion Grigorievich Sibiryakov

TRIZ Master

Training and Workshops:

Lean production

 

http://www.trizline.ru/

13. 

Organisation of Time

Moscow, Russia

N/D

Gleb A. Arkhangelski (General director);
A.V. Ochnev

Training: time management

 

http://www.improvement.ru/consult/

14. 

Russian School of Management

Moscow, Russia

About 90

Marat Semenovich Gafitulin

TRIZ Master

Training: Management, PR, Production, IT

Consulting: Management, Administration, Logistics

http://www.uprav.ru

15. 

Sintal

Kishinev, Moldova

N/D

Sergei Anatolievich Sichkorez

Training: Business

 

http://sintal.livejournal.com/profile

16. 

TRIZ-Profi

Moscow, Russia

10+ (4 TRIZ Masters)

Alexei Vasilievich Podkatilin

TRIZ Master;

Vladimir Yurievich Bubentsov;

Alexander Ivanovich Skuratovich;

Anatoli Alexandrovich Guin

TRIZ Master;

Victor Ivanovich Timokhov, CEO, TRIZ Master;

Sergei Alexeevich Faer;

Petr Ivanovich Chuksin;

Nikolai Andreevich Shpakovskiy

TRIZ Master

Training: Patent breaking, Cost reduction, Product improvement, Creativity

Consulting

Training and Workshops (in Moscow Business School): management, marketing, finance, personnel, sales, logistics, foreign economic activity,

business security, office management, team building

 

http://www.triz-profi.com/

 

Moscow Business School: http://mbschool.ru/about.php

 

17. 

 

Riga, Latvia

1

Yuli Samoilovich Murashkovski

TRIZ Master

Consulting: politics

Training: TRIZ in art

 

http://triz-summit.ru/redirect.php?id=203678

18. 

 

Moscow, Russia

1

Petr-Pavel Vladimirovich Surkov

Consulting: solving production problems,

Cost optimization

Training: Business

http://surkov.ru/?TRIZ_konsalting

 


 

Table 2. TRIZ Companies outside of Russia and CIS

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Company

Location

Number of employees

Key people[2]

TRIZ -based Services / Products

Other services

Website

1.              

Agamus Consult

Starnberg, Germany

Plus France & Slovakia

>80

Alan Brunhammer,
CEO et al.

Consulting: Lean production

Consulting: Management, Administration, Logistics

www.agamus.com

2.              

Altran Consulting and Information Services (CIS)

Eindhoven, the Netherlands

 

Over 17,000

Patrick Hendriks

Consulting: technology,

R&D support

Risk & Safety assessment

Performed by Altran Technologies Netherlands BV - a subsidiary of Altran CIS

Business process mgt Business intelligence

Enterprise content mgt

Quality assurance & testing 

Process mgt in IT

Innovatie mgt

http://www.altran-cis.nl/

 

3.              

Applied Innovation Alliance

West Bloomfield, MI, USA

3

Dana W. Clarke, Sr.,

President / CEO

Consulting (online): Process/Product Innovations, Predictions, Patenting

Organizational Support: team assessments, change management, strategic planning, coaching, cultural & organizational transitions

Patent: infringement/ circumvention support

www.aia-consulting.com

www.innovationrainmakers.com

4.              

ASI Consulting Group, LLC.
(based on
The American Supplier Institute)

Bingham Farms, MI, USA

>100 reputed instructors and consultants

Shin Taguchi, President;

Dr.Genichi Taguchi, Executive Director

 

Subir Chowdhury

Alan Wu

Jodi Caldwell

Workshops:

- Creating Breakthrough Products

- Systematic Innovation

 

http://www.amsup.com/index.htm

http://www.asiusa.com/

5.              

Axiomatic Design

Brighton, MA, USA

N/D

N/D

Training: in-home & e-learning

Mentoring

Consulting

Software

 

www.axiomaticdesign.com

6.              

C2C-Solutions

Troy, MI, USA

~10

David M. Verduyn;

Adam Marx;

Len Kaplan;

Mike Anleitner;

Sue McPhail;

Joely Gardner;

David Ball

Workshops:

- Teams facilitation/ coaching

- Patent Searches

- Knowledge extraction &  research (TechOptimizer 3.5 and Knowledgist 2.5)

 

http://www.c2c-solutions.com

Partners:

Ideacore (see below)

Axiomatic Design (see below)

7.              

Center for Product-Innovation GbR (C4PI)

Lohfelden, Germany

N/D

N/D

Consulting: product improvement, problem solving, idea generation, analysis

Training & Workshops

 

http://www.c4pi.de/

 

8.              

Center for Scientific & Technical Creativity (CSTC)

Ho Chi Ming City, Vietnam

1

Phan Dung , Director

Training: 4-60 hrs Educational programs

 

http://www.hcmuns.edu.vn/CSTC/home-e.htm

9.              

Concept Catalysts, Inc.

Charlotte, NC

1

Mark Barkan - President

Consulting: Problem-Solving, Product/Process Improvement, Facilitation, Coaching

 

www.concept-catalysts.com

10.           

CREAX

Ieper, Belgium

 

23

Simon DeWulf

Consulting

Training

Software

Funding

http://www.creax.com

also promote through: www.systematic-innovation.com

11.           

CTQ Media LLC

Bainbridge Island, WA

N/D

N/D

Publishing (The TRIZ Journal, iSixSigma Magazine, RealInnovation.com)

Providing business information

http://www.ctqmedia.com/

12.           

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft at  Fraunhofer Institute for  Applied Information Technology

Sankt Augustin, Germany

~12,500

N/D

Research to Order (the largest provider of R&D services in Europe)

 

http://www.fit.fraunhofer.de/

13.           

GEN3 Partners/ Algorithm

Boston, MA, USA

St.Petersburg, & Moscow, Russia;

Over 100
(6 TRIZ Masters,
23 Certified TRIZ specialists)

Jim Sims, Chairman;

Garrett L. Dietz, CEO;

Michael Treacy, Chief Strategist;

Sam Kogan, President/COO, Certified TRIZ specialist;

Simon Litvin, VP/CScO, TRIZ Master

Igor Petiy, Algorithm President, Certified TRIZ specialist;

Sergey Ikovenko, Director of training,  TRIZ Master;

A.Lyubomirskiy, TRIZ Master;

Yu.Fedosov, TRIZ Master;

A.Kudryavtsev, TRIZ Master

 

Consulting: Product/process Innovation, Business Insight

Training: education, facilitation, mentorship

Technology  Development & Commercialization: search, evaluation, transfer

 

http://www.gen3partners.com

14.           

ICG Training & Consulting

Enschede,

The Netherlands

1

Valeri Souchkov

Training and certification: systematic innovation, analytical techniques and systematic inventive thinking

Consulting: business innovation and problem solving, definition and implementation of an organizational innovation strategy

Development of innovative solutions

Publishing

 

http://www.xtriz.com/

 

15.           

Ideacore

 

Birmingham, MI, USA

~10

Joseph Craig - CEO&President

Software: QFD, Web-miner, TRIZ, FMEA

Training

Coaching

 

www.ideacore.com

16.           

Ideation International, Inc.

Detroit, MI, USA

6 (3 TRIZ Masters,
2 Certified TRIZ specialists)

Zion Bar-El, CEO/Chairman, Boris Zlotin, Chief Scientist, TRIZ Master

Alla Zusman, TRIZ Master;

V.Gerasimov, TRIZ Master

Consulting

Software: several TRIZ-Based products

Training

Workshops: e-learning

Publications

 

http://www.ideationtriz.com/home.asp

17.           

Innologics

Gilching/ München, Germany

>5

Dr. Edgar Jochheim

Christian Stammel

Thorsten Rudolph

Leonid Shub

Christian Ritter

Bastian Krapf

Consulting: Innovation Generation,

Technology Commercialization: Search, Development, Transfer, Due Diligence

Consulting: Marketing, Manufacturing, Patenting

http://www.innologics.com/

http://www.innologics.de

18.           

InnoQ

Eindhoven

The Netherlands

N/D

N/D

Consulting: Innovation

Training

 

http://www.innoq.nl/

19.           

Innosight

Watertown, MA, USA

Singapore

>35

Mark Johnson -

Co-Founder and Chairman

Scott Anthony -

President

Training & Workshops: Innovation leadership, Ideas generation,

Consulting: Idea synthesis, industry landscaping, reshape/banlance innovations

Market analysis

http://www.innosight.com

20.           

Innovation Works, Inc. (IWINT)

Headquarter in California;
offices in Beijing, Chengdu, Hong Kong

N/D

L.Bachilo,
Chief Scientist

G.Severinets

Consulting: TRIZ,

Application of Software

Training: TRIZ, Creativity

Software: Pro/Innovator, & CBT/NOVA

 

http://www.iwint.com

21.           

Innovation-TRIZ, Inc.

Tampa, FL

St. Paul, MN, USA

2

Jack Hipple;

Mark Reeves

Consulting: Innovation Audits and Assessments, Future Product Design, TRIZ-based patenting

Workshops: problem solving

 

http://www.innovation-triz.com

22.           

Innovative Partners

Wormer,

The Netherlands

5

Gertjan Otto

R&D support

Business consulting

http://www.innovativepartners.nl/

23.           

Innovative Patent Technology, Inc.

Oregon House, CA, USA

3

James Kowalick

Consulting:

IP & IP Strategy development

Subject-meter expertise

http://innovativepatent.com/

24.           

Inventioneering Company

USA

1

Michael S. Slocum

Consulting: Problem Solving, Idea/Concept Generation, Technology Forecasting

Innovation Coaching

 

http://www.inventioneeringco.com/

 

25.           

Invention Machine Corp.

Boston, MA, USA

Offices in the UK, France, Germany, Belarus, Japan

~100

Mark E. Atkins, President/CEO

J. Toddhunter

CTO

I.Devojno

Software: Goldfire Innovator

Training: Education/ Mentoring

Consulting: Knowledge management

 

http://www.invention-machine.com

26.           

National Institute of Applied Science,

Laboratory of

Industrial Engineering

& Artificial Intelligence

Strasbourg, France

28 Proffessors

15

PhD student

D.Cavallucci;

N.Khomenko - TRIZ Master;

D.Kucharavy

Research

Training (Education)

 

http://www.insa-strasbourg.fr/triz/

27.           

Oxford Creativity Ltd

Witney

Oxfordshire, UK

 

9

Karen Gadd, H.Strickland,
et al.

Training: TRIZ & TRIZ-teams building

Workshop: Practical Problem Solving with TRIZ

 

http://www.oxfordcreativity.co.uk

28.           

P41

Antwerpen, Belgium

 

 

Consulting: product and process innovation

R&D support

Training

 

http://www.p41.be/contact

 

29.           

Pretium Consulting Services, LLC

Houston, TX;  regional office in MI, USA

>5

David Bonner

Peter Hanik

Sergey Malkin

Galina Malkin

Software: Guided Innovation Toolkit

Training

Workshops

- IP Enhancement, IP strategy

- Business Strategy Development

http://www.pretiumllc.com/index.htm

Partner of Ideation International, Inc. (see above)

30.           

PRIMA Performance Ltd.

Maple, Ont., Canada

2

Gunter Ladewig, Director

Training: TRIZ, TOC, SixSigma, Lean

Consulting: Product/Process Due diligence Improvement forecasting, etc.

Consulting: Project Management, Turnaround and profit improvement, Business process

http://www.primaperformance.com

31.           

Productivity Quality Results (PQR Group)

Upland, California, USA

 

>10

Ellen Domb (founder);

Ralph Czerepinski;

Michael Slocum;

Joe A. Miller;

Darrell Mann;

Mark Barkan;

Ned Schneider;

Marco Aurélio de Carvalho;

Akhilesh Gulati

Consulting: problem solving and strategy development

Training: TRIZ, QFD, Six Sigma practice,  "Train-the-trainer"

 

www.trizpqrgroup.com

32.           

A.Seredinski

Poitiers, France

1

Avraam Seredinski - Certified TRIZ specialist

Consulting: Problem solving,

Training: TRIZ education, Publication: Translation and Distribution TRIZ books in French

 

http://www.as-triz.com

33.           

SIT Ltd.

Tel Aviv, Israel

Sweeden, Germany,

USA

>40

Janko.Goldenberg, Ron Horowitz,

A.Levav, Managing Director

Consulting

Training: from lectures to mentoring

Trainings: Marketing Communications & Advertising

http://www.sitsite.com

www.sit-scandinavia.com

www.de-sitsite.com

34.           

Start2Think

Ramat Gan,

Israel

1

R.Horowitz

Publishing

Training: Internet & CD courses

 

http://www.start2think.com

35.           

Systematic Innovation Ltd.

(cluster of companies)

Clevedon, UK,

Ireland, Hong Kong,  China, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, Austria, Japan, Denmark,

Turkey, USA, Australia, Malaysia, India, Mexico

40

Darrell Mann

Training & Workshops

Software Development

Problem Solving

 

IP licensing

Turnkey projects

Global Benchmarking

http://www.systematic-innovation.com/

36.           

Systematic Inventive Thinking Center "Think-Tech"

Kfar-Saba, Israel

1

Alexander Chernobelsky, Manager

Training

Consulting: Problem solving, Trends, IP

Text book "Systematic Inventive Thinking and Technological Problems Solving" (Hebrew, 224 pages, 1997)

http://www.think-tech.co.il

37.           

Technical Innovation Center, Inc.

Worcester, MA, USA

5

R.Langevin-CEO;

S.Rodman - President

Valery Krasnoslobodtsev;

Isak Buhkman,

TRIZ-Master

Gunter Ladewig

Training,

Consulting: problem solving and IP development

Publishing

 

http://www.triz.org

38.           

The Cap Gemini Group

Paris, France;

offices in more than 30 countries

Over 82,000 worldwide

Capgemini U.S.:

Salil Parekh-CEO;

Lanny Cohen -

CEO, Capgemini North America, and Acting Area Director, East Region

Consulting: design and integrate technological solutions, exploit innovation, etc. (based on TRIZ)

Consulting: Management, Finance;

Outsourcing Services

Local Professional Services

http://www.capgemini.com/

39.           

The TRIZ Group, L.L.C.

West Bloomfield, MI, USA

3

V.Fey,
TRIZ Master;

E.Rivin

David Mayer

Vice President

Business Development

Consulting: Forecasting, Roadmapping, Problem solving

Training

 

http://www.trizgroup.com

40.           

Thought Guiding Systems Corp.

Canada

1

Y.Karasik

Software: Root Cause Finder

Training

Consulting: problem solving

Publishing: The Anti TRIZ-journal

 

http://www3.sympatico.ca/karasik

 

41.           

TIPS Innovation

Stockholm, Sweden

3

Olle Berg

Joachim Burvall

Consulting: Process/Product development,

Training (using TechOptim)

Publishing

Consulting: Marketing and Management

http://www.xtab.se/tips_innovation

42.           

Total Quality Management

Neckarsulm/ Stuttgart/ Karlsruhe, Germany

>10

André Kapust

Christian Wirth

Rita Demmeler-Wirth

Elisabeth Rößle

Oliver Wagner

Jochen Wanders

Gerald Saur

Alexandra Lindner

Horst Nähler

Klaus Hörmann

Roland Papst

Michael Proch

Karin Prinz

Consulting: In-house consulting using software

Training: using software

 

http://www.tqm.com

43.           

TriS Europe GmbH - Innovation Knowledge Company

Hannover, Germany

Zürich,

Switzerland

>10

Pavel Livotov

Consulting

Software: TriSIDEAS

Training

 

http://www.tris-europe.com/

 

44.           

TRIS OY

Turku, Finland

1

Kalevi Rantanen

Publishing

Training

 

http://www.kolumbus.fi/kalran

45.           

TRIZ Consulting, Inc

Seattle, Washington, USA

1

Zinovy Royzen -President, TRIZ Master

Training: TRIZ

Consulting and Facilitation

Publishing

 

http://www.trizconsulting.com

 

46.           

TRIZ-online

Germany

N/D

N/D

Innovation consulting

Software development

Training

Publishing

 

http://www.triz-online.de/

 

47.           

TRIZ XXI

Valencia, Spain

N/D

José M. Vicente Gomila, Co-Director

Software: distribution

Training: TRIZ, CI

 

http://www.triz.es/

http://www.triz.net

48.           

TRIZ4U

Melbourne, Australia focused on  Malaysia & Singapore

7

Iouri Belski

Training: Seminars.

 

http://www.TRIZ4U.com

49.           

WOIS INSTITUTE

Coburg, Germany

 

11

Prof.

Hansjürgen Linde

Consulting: Problem solving, Innovation strategy

Training: Team Facilitation

Education: MBA

info@wois-innovation.de

www.wois-innovation.de

 


 

Table 3. Inactive Companies

 

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Company

Location

Number of employees

Key people[3]

TRIZ-, 6-sigma-, FMEA-, Lean-based Services / Products

Other services

Website

1

ESICS (Ecole Superieure de l'Innovation, de la Conception et de la Simulation), Chaire of TRIZ

La Rochelle, France

3

Dominique Barre, Directeur ; Avraam Seredinski, TRIZ Chairman, Certified TRIZ specialist

Training: Education on TRIZ (students, industries)

 

New website: http://www.esics.com/

TRIZ-pages are under construction (Dec.11, 2007)

2

eTG – Knowledge Solutions

exclusive representative of Invention Machine in Australia and New Zealand

Australia

2

David Brocklehurst, Chairman

David Colvin, Managing Director

Consulting: P-o-P prototyping, Innovation Road-mapping

Workshops: Diagnostic Workshops

Software:

Goldfire InnovatorTM Reselling

Consulting:

- Information/Knowledge Management,

- Business Case Development & ROI Assessment,

- Project Management and Implementation

- Post Implementation Support

http://www.etg.com.au

out-of-order (Dec.11 2007)

3

Present Vision, Inc.

Oregon House, CA, USA

~10

James Kowalick, Technical Director

 

 

http://www.presentvision.com/index.html

This page is parked free (Dec. 13 2007)

4

The TRIZ Experts

CA, USA

 

S.Savransky, President

 

 

http://www.trizexperts.net

This page is parked free (Dec. 13 2007)

5

Strategic Product Innovations Inc.

Houston, Texas, USA

N/D

William (Bill) Molnar;

Mark R. Bender;

John Filla;

Jay Pharris;

No services
(looking for investors)

Market new product: generate, evaluate, incubate, prototyping, patenting

http://www.spiusa.org

  6

Mulbury Consulting Limited

UK

N/D

N/D

Mulbury Consulting Limited is no longer trading and does not undertake any consultancy or training work.

e-shop providing free resources, electronic or paper books to meet the needs of the next generation Six Sigma, Lean and TRIZ practitioner.

http://www.mulbury.biz/

 



[1] Persons identified as TRIZ-experts are marked

[2] Persons identified as TRIZ-experts are marked

[3] Persons identified as TRIZ-experts are marked