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Elliott Parker is the CEO of Alloy Partners. He earned a B.S. in Finance from BYU and an M.B.A. from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Elliott built his career in strategy consulting at Innosight, the firm founded by Clayton Christensen, where he helped dozens of Fortune 100 companies build and execute their innovation strategies. Elliott joined his friends at High Alpha, the Indianapolis-based venture studio, to lead business design and corporate innovation. After years of building within the venture studio model, they spun the team out to bring their playbook to corporations, universities, and governments. Elliott is the author of "The Illusion of Innovation: Escape 'Efficiency' and Capture Radical Progress," a book that highlights the opportunity for scaled organizations to unlock transformation through rapid experimentation. A firm believer in the power of entrepreneurs to bring about meaningful innovation, Elliott is driven by this mission. A California native and avid surfer, he seizes any chance to ride some waves, finding that he does his best thinking out on the water. In 2022, he competed in the Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swim, placing in the top ten for his age group.
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Alloy Partners
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Alloy Partners (formerly High Alpha Innovation) is a venture builder that co-creates advantaged startups with corporations and entrepreneurs. Alloy Partners works with partners through their journey from defining a venture strategy to systematically conceiving, launching, investing in, and scaling a portfolio of venture-backed startups. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Indianapolis, the Alloy Partners portfolio includes over 30 companies and six venture studios started in partnership with leading organizations across industries, including Elanco, Capital One, Catalyst by Wellstar, University of Notre Dame and Koch Industries. For more information, visit AlloyPartners.com.