More about Ruth Ann Hattori

First and foremost, Ruth Ann Hattori is a results oriented business person with over 25 years experience as an entrepreneur, corporate executive, consultant and innovation “spark plug.”  After a long and highly successful career in fashion apparel, she launched her consulting and training career right here with InnovationNetwork where her talents for future thinking and design were put to good use in the creation of products and services for innovators.

As one of the founders and creative director of Rocky Mountain Clothing Company (RMCC), over 15 years Ruth Ann drove its growth to $50+ million in annual sales.  While her entrepreneurial start and hands-on style caused her to learn almost every function from design to production to marketing, it was her ability to create innovative product “that sells” and iconic brands that spurred her success. Acquired by Miller International Inc., RMCC had an unfailing record of profitability during Ruth Ann’s tenure. And, as a corporate VP and division president, she navigated through challenges typical of today's business climate--growth, merger, re-engineering and organization development.

Ruth Ann began studying Innovation in the early 90s, and when she left RMCC, it was a perfectly natural move to join Joyce Wycoff and InnovationNetwork.  In the years since, she has been involved in the education of business professionals around Innovation and Creativity including the design and facilitation of InnovationNetwork's Innovation University program, the production of the Innovation Convergence conference, research and benchmarking on innovation across industries, client consulting and training.  She also teamed up with hospitality consultancy Customer Contact Corporation to work in the arena of service innovation.

Known for her high energy, Ruth Ann is a skilled facilitator, community builder and designer of adult learning events. She has authored numerous articles on innovation and related topics and co-authored the book Innovation Training with Joyce Wycoff.  Ruth Ann has spoken at public and corporate conferences across the country including the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Nexus Conference (Credit Unions), ASTD’s international conference and expo and of course, Convergence.  Consulting clients have included Bristol-Myers Squibb, Datex-Ohmeda (now part of GE Medical), Otto Bock Healthcare, Air Products and Chemicals, Intrawest, Destination Hotels & Resorts, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group and Hunt Realty Investments. Ruth Ann holds a B.S. from Oregon State University in Home Economics and Journalism.

Ruth Ann can be reached at staff@InnovationNetwork.Biz or 303.521.5601.