The people behind Iprova
We are a high-energy team of engineers and scientists who are on a single mission: to use the power of the world’s inventive information to change the way we all invent.
Executive team
Julian Nolan
Founder - CEO
Dr Nicholas Walker
Chief Scientific Officer
Nicholas Petrig
Head of Finance
Dr Chris Wright
Chief Invention Officer
Dr Andreea Constantin
Head of Product Development
Jon Foster
Senior Product Manager
Advisors
Professor Cyril Bouquet
Professor of Strategy and Innovation, IMD
Dr Catherine Breslin
Founder of Kingfisher Labs / AI Consultant, Advisor & Coach
Peter Finnie
Partner - Patent Attorney at Potter Clarkson
Professor Bill Fischer
Professor Emeritus of Innovation Management, IMD
Professor Martin Jaggi
Associate Professor, Machine Learning and Optimisation Laboratory, EPFL
Maaike Van Velzen
Executive IP & Innovation Strategy Advisor - Studio MMV | IP Manager at VITO
Ruud Peters
Former Chief Intellectual Property Officer, Philips
Joff Wild
Former Editor, IAM
Duane Valz
Founder, Valz Legal Inc
Partners
Clarivate
Clarivate has announced a strategic partnership with Iprova, the world’s first data-driven invention company, to integrate Invention Studio 3 with Clarivate’s IPfolio platform.
This collaboration creates a seamless workflow from invention creation to patent management, enabling organizations to efficiently capture, develop, and file high-value inventions.
The integration provides a fully connected, end-to-end solution — from AI-driven invention generation to patent prosecution and portfolio management.
Microsoft Partnership
Our Invention Studio platform is hosted on Microsoft Azure, ensuring enterprise-grade security, performance, and compliance.
Microsoft has also partnered with Iprova during our last two Data-Driven Invention Summits, supporting our shared vision on how to empower innovators through the use of advanced data and AI technologies.
Furthermore, Iprova’s Invention Studio is available directly through the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, making it easy for organizations to integrate our solution into their existing cloud environment: Business Apps – Microsoft AppSource
Our development teams are spread over 3 main locations – London, Cambridge and Lausanne. They include graduates from universities such as Cambridge, Yale, Cornell, EPFL, ETH, Oxford and Imperial. Over 50% have obtained doctoral degrees, and many have previously worked for leading tech companies.
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