John Saiz is a Principal Industrial Fellow at the University of Cambridge Institute for Manufacturing (IfM). John and his team at the IfM Centre for Technology Management work with technology intensive organizations worldwide to refine their capabilities across the three core elements of innovation & technology management: the strategy, the ‘system’, and the people & organization.

Since 2014, John has worked with a number of multinational commercial organizations including AstraZeneca, EloGroup, FMC Technologies, GE Global Research, GE Oil & Gas, Halliburton, Oxiteno, Pfizer, and Subsea 7. Saiz has also supported industry consortia and academia including BioPhorum, OrthoWorx, Purdue University, UCLA, and the University of Maine.

While at NASA, Mr. Saiz directed a number of technology and flight development projects that included efforts spanning the full spectrum of technology readiness levels from initial proof-of-concept laboratory demonstration through long-term spaceflight operations on the Space Shuttle, Russian Mir and International Space Station.  He managed a portfolio of nearly 200 internal research and technology development activities during his tenure as the Chief Technology Officer of NASA’s Johnson Space Center.

John holds degrees in petroleum engineering and mechanical engineering and his industry experiences include a brief stint as a ‘mud logger’ with Integrated Drilling and Logging, Inc. in the Texas and Louisiana oilfields, along with engineering and technology management roles at Honeywell Defense Systems, Oceaneering, and Halliburton.

John and his wife Natalie live in Houston and have three children.