With expertise in the areas of innovation and transformational technology management, Manoj Govindan, brings the perspective of strategic change and idea actualization to the challenges of aligning environmental, technological, social and financial stakeholders.Mr. Govindan is the Marketing and Strategic Partnership Executive for Emerging Technology Discovery at Wells Fargo & Co where he straddles technology r&d and business development through strategic alliances with investors, entrepreneurs and universities. The team helps the company swiftly and deftly advance emerging technologies to solve for the company’s challenges/opportunities while leveraging its size, scale and spend in technology to exert strategic influence on the technology eco-system and recognizing and developing opportunities for revenue growth. Chair of Innovate + Educate, a national 501c3 working to create competency based education to employment pathways across the U.S. Apprenticeships have been validated to develop core competencies for job placement and advancement.