Team

The Innovation Company consists of its Founder and President, Richard Trombetta, as well as a network of certified facilitators throughout the United States. Based on your needs we will identify the appropriate resources to best work with you and your team.

Rich is a 17-year veteran of corporate America working in various sales, marketing, operations, and training functions for such organizations as GE Capital, Fidelity Investments and Thomson Financial. In addition, he has worked as a sports producer for an ABC affiliate, was an NBC Page (he was on Late Night with David Letterman eating ice cream), writes screenplays for movies and TV as a hobby, and has studied various aspects of Improvisational Performing.

He is the author of two books, Mustard Doesn’t Go On Corn! – how respect, openness, and a simple process for innovation can lead to great ideas and the children’s book Siamese Sam and the Things He Will Eat! 100% percent of the proceeds from Siamese Sam go to literacy programs for children.

He has appeared on numerous radio stations such as WBZ in Boston, Massachusetts, WPRO in Providence, Rhode Island and WFLA, in Tampa, Florida discussing his approach to innovation. He also has been interviewed by Investors’ Business Daily as an expert on innovation and has been featured in media outlets such as Forbes.com, CBS Marketwatch, Yahoo Finance, DallasMorningNews.com, KRON.com in San Francisco, and The Innovative Forum.

Rich has worked with numerous companies on innovation including Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, AIG, Citigroup, Monster.com, and The Dana Farber Cancer Institute. In addition, he has been a featured speaker for the Human Resource Management Association of Rhode Island, The Boston Network for Excellence in Nonprofits, and The Bay Colonies Chapter of the American Society of Training and Development.

Rich holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and has completed graduate work at Northeastern University, Brandeis University, and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife and two daughters who continuously reinforce to him the joy of focusing on what is possible.