Karl is Managing Director of Innovation Portfolio Partners, a Silicon Valley based firm that helps CEOs and the Top Management of Fortune 500 companies find and develop new to the world products and services. He is the co-author of The Reciprocity Advantage about how to embrace this decade’s disruptions to create new businesses through partnerships. Karl has 30 years’ prior experience at Procter & Gamble. Swiffer, Febreze and Mr. Clean Magic Eraser are billion dollar businesses he helped to create and grow. He was also responsible for Global R&D for Pharmaceuticals and Over-the-Counter Health Care including Actonel, Vicks, Prilosec, and In-home Diagnostic Tests. Karl loves cooking, eating out, traveling, wine (and the SF Giants.)