Roger La Salle

Roger La Salle is a Director of the Innovation Centre of Victoria (INNOVIC) and holds the Chair of Innovation and Visiting Professor status at Queens University in Belfast. He is recognized for his pioneering work in innovation and business strategy, particularly through his creation of "Matrix Thinking," a methodology designed to foster innovation and identify business opportunities.

A professional engineer and entrepreneur with extensive experience at top management levels in both the public and private sectors internationally and in Australia, La Salle’s "Matrix Thinking" is a structured approach that has been adopted by numerous organizations worldwide since its inception in 1999. This method is not just theoretical but built on La Salle’s real-life experiences in founding four companies and lodging over five patent applications in the past two years alone. His approach to innovation is practical and grounded in real-world business challenges and opportunities.

La Salle is the author of three books that detail structured methods for identifying business opportunities. His role as a speaker often covers topics such as mitigating new product risk, finding low-risk product opportunities, and implementing the innovation matrix. With a history of multimillion-dollar successes in innovation and business development, La Salle speaks from a position of authority, backed by a career of practical achievements and continuous learning in the field of innovation.