| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Open Innovation, Innovation Consulting, product development |
| Founded | Cleveland, Ohio, USA (2000) |
| Headquarters | Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
| Key people | John McIlwraith, Chairman Andreas M. (Andy) Zynga, CEO Matthew Heim, President Akihiko Suwa, President and CEO, NineSigma Japan |
| Products | Open innovation, crowdsourcing, OI Readiness Process Development |
| Website | www.ninesigma.com |
NineSigma is an open innovation services provider that helps client companies develop and maximize value from their innovation programs. In 2008, NineSigma ranked among the top 20 percent of companies on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing private companies in the United States.[1] The company also has operations in Europe and Asia.
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NineSigma was founded in 2000 by Dr Mehran Mehregany, Goodrich Professor of Engineering Innovation, Case Western Reserve University.
NineSigma global headquarters are in Cleveland, Ohio, with additional offices in Leuven, Belgium, and Tokyo, Japan.[2]
Competitors offering similar services include Fellowforce, IdeaConnection, Innocentive, Inpama.com, MillionBrains, Nottingham Spirk, Yet2.com and YourEncore.