Intellectual Anarchy: The Art Of Disruptive Innovation | Patrick Sullivan | TEDxHonolulu

“At the tip of the spear, there is no roadmap” – Intellectual Anarchy is the art of disruptive innovation that enables navigation of the unknown, consistently finding the edges of thinking.

Patrick Sullivan founded Oceanit in 1985, a self-funded ”Mind to Market” company that produces home-grown research, development and engineering providing innovative solutions in aerospace, engineering, information technology and life sciences.

Patrick has extensive experience on boards and commissions and has successfully developed nationally focused research programs, such as the National Defense Center of Excellence for Research in Ocean Sciences (CEROS), and the National Electric Vehicle Demonstration program, both collaborations with DARPA. He has served as the honorary consul to the Republic of Indonesia in Hawai‘i from 2001-2013. Patrick received his PhD in Engineering from the University of Hawai‘i and his BS in Engineering from the University of Colorado, Boulder.

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