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TRIZ Companies Database

Prepared by GEN3 Partners/Algorithm

Results
• A tentative list of companies that offer services/products based on TRIZ throughout the world, including
Russia and CIS has been compiled.
• The list excludes three largest public non-profit organizations: MA TRIZ, ETRIA, Altshuller Institute
for TRIZ Studies.
• The list also excludes three major TRIZ magazines: Journal of TRIZ (www.triz-spb.ru); Izobretenia
(www.aitriz.org); and electronic The TRIZ Journal (www.triz-journal.com),
• 16 TRIZ-based companies have been identified in Russia and CIS (see Table 1). Besides, the list
contains data on two independent TRIZ experts, who are the most aggressive in promoting their TRIZ-
based services in CIS.
• 55 TRIZ-based companies have been identified in other countries outside of Russia and CIS. As of
today, 49 of them are actively engaged in this business (see Table 2). The information on the other 6
companies (see Table 3) is insufficient to make an objective conclusion about their activity.

Conclusions
• Among large consulting companies Cap Gemini Group (headcount - tens thousand of employees)
declares it uses TRIZ in its consulting practice. The company has a wide network of offices all over
the world and conducts business activity in various non-TRIZ directions - management and
organization consulting, outsourcing, local professional services, etc.
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft at Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology is the largest
performer of R&D to order in Europe, employing about 12,500 specialists and having 56 offices across
Germany.
Altran Consulting and Information Services employ over 17,000 experts in business and technology
consulting. Only few of them are involved in TRIZ activities.
• Only three TRIZ-based companies have been identified to have mid-size business with 100 full time
employees and more: GEN3 Partners/Algorithm, ASI Consulting Group, and Invention Machine
Corp.
• The majority of smaller companies are trying to build their TRIZ business in two major directions:
Training and Consulting. Sometimes they also perform consulting and training in non-TRIZ fields,
and develop and sell software.
• Ten TRIZ-based software producers have been identified: Invention Machine Corp., Ideation
International, Ideacore , IWINT, Pretium Consulting Services, Thought Guiding Systems Corp.,
TriSolver Group, "Analytika", TRIZ-CHANCE, and Center of Creative Technologies.
• Most of the companies (regardless of their size) show a steady trend of using not only TRIZ
methods, but also Six Sigma, QFD, Lean, FMEA1 and other innovation methods.

1Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA): A systematized group of activities to recognize and evaluate the
potential failure of a product or process and its effects, identify actions that could eliminate or reduce the
occurrence of the potential failure and document the process. (www.asq.org/glossary/f.html)

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TRIZ Companies Database

Table 1. TRIZ Companies in Russia and CIS
## Company Location Number of Key people2 TRIZ--based Services / Other services Website
employees Products
1. "Analytika" Chelyabinsk, N/D N/D Consulting http://www.aisst.ru/
Russia Workshops
Software "Analysis and
Synthesis of Systems " ("AiSSt")
2. Analytical center ECSD, Tallinn, Estonia N/D Mark Luchin Training and Consulting: Training and http://gala-
Resultat, Hansainventor. Phenotype-audit, technologies of Consulting: persona.ru/content/view/86/
strong thinking, solutions for negotiations strategy, 34/
difficult problems and situations sales technologies,
advertising, PR
3. "Assessment and Rostov-on-Don, N/D Valery Vladimirovich Consulting and Training: Marketing and http://www.i-con.ru/ikrcons/
consulting company "IKR- Russia Allaverdian Business analysis/assessment business analysis:
Consultant" investments,
acquisitions
4. Beliltsev's TSM Center / Voronezh, Russia N/D Valeri Konstantinovich Consulting: marketing, http://www.beliltsev.com/B
OO "TRIZ Training Beliltsev management, politics eliltsev.htm
Center" TRIZ Master
5. Center of Creative Moscow, Russia 3 Alexander Andreevich Software: IdeaFinder+ Business Plans http://www.inventech.ru/ab
Technologies Baryshnikov; QuaD Business Assessment Development out/
Albert Mikhailovich Kuzmin Technology
6. Center of Know-How St.Petersburg, 2 Yu.V.Trofimov Consulting: Customized R&D Implementation of http://www.know-how-
Russia business ideas center.com/
7. Diol Novosibirsk, Russia N/D Lyudmila Semyonova Consulting: problem solving and http://www.trizdiol.ru/
strategy development
Training
Coaching
8. Group of companies Moscow, N/D N/D Training: Lean Production http://www.rutrening.ru/cen
"Russian Training Center" Voronezh, Russia tr.html
9. Group of consulting firms St. Petersburg, N/D Igor Leonardovich Consulting: PR, marketing, http://www.triz-
"TRIZ-CHANCE" Rostov-on-Don, Vikentiev management chance.ru/triz-chance.html
Russia TRIZ Master Software
Publishing
10. Institute of Innovative Krasnoyarsk, 14 Yuri Petrovich Salamatov Consulting and Training: Patenting http://rus.triz-
Design Russia TRIZ Master Innovative Design, Analysis of TRIZ-pedagogics guide.com/about.html
patents, Value engineering
Technology Evaluation
11. Laboratory of civilization Cheboksary, Russia N/D Valeri Pavlovich Galietov Consulting: business process http://www.rus.triz-
problems of the Chuvash Head of Intellectual diagnosis guide.com/
State University technologies department Training: VEA-based
diagnostics

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## Company Location Number of Key people2 TRIZ--based Services / Other services Website
employees Products
Coaching
12. Key Technologies of Novosibirsk, Russia 4 Vissarion Grigorievich Training and Workshops: http://www.trizline.ru/
TRIZ Sibiryakov Lean production
TRIZ Master
13. Organisation of Time Moscow, Russia N/D Gleb A. Arkhangelski Training: time management http://www.improvement.ru
(General director); /consult/
A.V. Ochnev
14. Russian School of Moscow, Russia About 90 Marat Semenovich Training: Management, PR, Consulting: http://www.uprav.ru
Management Gafitulin Production, IT Management,
TRIZ Master Administration,
Logistics
15. Sintal Kishinev, Moldova N/D Sergei Anatolievich Training: Business http://sintal.livejournal.com/
Sichkorez profile
16. TRIZ-Profi Moscow, Russia 10+ (4 Alexei Vasilievich Training: Patent breaking, Cost Training and http://www.triz-profi.com/
TRIZ Podkatilin reduction, Product improvement, Workshops (in
Masters) TRIZ Master; Creativity Moscow Business Moscow Business School:
Vladimir Yurievich Consulting School): management, http://mbschool.ru/about.ph
Bubentsov; marketing, finance, p
Alexander Ivanovich personnel, sales,
Skuratovich; logistics, foreign
Anatoli Alexandrovich Guin economic activity,
TRIZ Master; business security,
Victor Ivanovich Timokhov, office management,
CEO, TRIZ Master; team building
Sergei Alexeevich Faer;
Petr Ivanovich Chuksin;
Nikolai Andreevich
Shpakovskiy
TRIZ Master
17. Riga, Latvia 1 Yuli Samoilovich Consulting: politics http://triz-
Murashkovski Training: TRIZ in art summit.ru/ru/section.php?d
TRIZ Master ocId=3578
18. Moscow, Russia 1 Petr-Pavel Vladimirovich Consulting: solving production Training: Business http://surkov.ru/?TRIZ_kon
Surkov problems, salting
Cost optimization

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Table 2. TRIZ Companies outside of Russia and CIS
## Company Location Number of Key people3 TRIZ -based Services / Other services Website
employees Products
1. Agamus Consult Starnberg, >80 Alan Brunhammer, Consulting: Lean production Consulting: Management, www.agamus.com
Germany CEO et al. Administration, Logistics
Plus France &
Slovakia
2. Altran Consulting and Eindhoven, the Over Patrick Hendriks Consulting: technology, Business process mgt http://www.altran-cis.nl/
Information Services (CIS) Netherlands 17,000 R&D support Business intelligence
Risk & Safety assessment Enterprise content mgt
Performed by Altran Quality assurance & testing
Technologies Netherlands BV Process mgt in IT
- a subsidiary of Altran CIS Innovatie mgt
3. Applied Innovation Alliance West Bloomfield, 3 Dana W. Clarke, Sr., Consulting (online): Organizational Support: www.aia-consulting.com
MI, USA President / CEO Process/Product Innovations, team assessments, change www.innovationrainmaker
Predictions, Patenting management, strategic s.com
planning, coaching, cultural
& organizational transitions
Patent: infringement/
circumvention support
4. ASI Consulting Group, Bingham Farms, >100 Shin Taguchi, President; Workshops: http://www.amsup.com/in
LLC. MI, USA reputed Dr.Genichi Taguchi, - Creating Breakthrough dex.htm
(based on instructors Executive Director Products http://www.asiusa.com/
The American Supplier and - Systematic Innovation
Institute) consultants Subir Chowdhury
Alan Wu
Jodi Caldwell
5. Axiomatic Design Brighton, MA, N/D N/D Training: in-home & e- www.axiomaticdesign.co
USA learning m
Mentoring
Consulting
Software
6. C2C-Solutions Troy, MI, USA ~10 David M. Verduyn; Workshops: http://www.c2c-
- Teams facilitation/ coaching solutions.com
Adam Marx; - Patent Searches Partners:
Len Kaplan; - Knowledge extraction & Ideacore (see below)
Mike Anleitner; research (TechOptimizer 3.5 Axiomatic Design (see
and Knowledgist 2.5) below)
Sue McPhail;
Joely Gardner;
David Ball
7. Center for Product- Lohfelden, N/D N/D Consulting: product http://www.c4pi.de/
Innovation GbR (C4PI) Germany improvement, problem
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## Company
8. Center for Scientific &
Technical Creativity
(CSTC)
9. Concept Catalysts, Inc.
10. CREAX
11. CTQ Media LLC
12. Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft at
Fraunhofer Institute for
Applied Information
Technology
13. GEN3 Partners/ Algorithm
14. ICG Training & Consulting
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Location Number of Key people3 TRIZ -based Services / Other services Website
employees Products
analysis
Training & Workshops
Ho Chi Ming 1 Phan Dung , Director Training: 4-60 hrs http://www.hcmuns.edu.v
City, Vietnam Educational programs n/CSTC/home-e.htm
Charlotte, NC 1 Mark Barkan - President Consulting: Problem- www.concept-
Solving, Product/Process catalysts.com
Improvement, Facilitation,
Coaching
Ieper, Belgium 23 Simon DeWulf Consulting Funding http://www.creax.com
Training also promote through:
Software www.systematic-
innovation.com
Bainbridge Island, N/D N/D Publishing (The TRIZ Providing business http://www.ctqmedia.com/
WA Journal, iSixSigma Magazine, information
RealInnovation.com)
Sankt Augustin, ~12,500 N/D Research to Order (the http://www.fit.fraunhofer.
Germany largest provider of R&D de/
services in Europe)
Boston, MA, USA Over 100 Jim Sims, Chairman; Consulting: Product/process http://www.gen3partners.c
St.Petersburg, & (6 TRIZ Garrett L. Dietz, CEO; Innovation, Business Insight om
Moscow, Russia; Masters, Michael Treacy, Chief Training: education,
23 Strategist; facilitation, mentorship
Certified Sam Kogan, President/COO, Technology Development
TRIZ Certified TRIZ specialist; & Commercialization:
specialists) Simon Litvin, VP/CScO, search, evaluation, transfer
TRIZ Master
Igor Petiy, Algorithm
President, Certified TRIZ
specialist;
Sergey Ikovenko, Director of
training, TRIZ Master;
A.Lyubomirskiy, TRIZ
Master;
Yu.Fedosov, TRIZ Master;
A.Kudryavtsev, TRIZ
Master
Enschede, 1 Valeri Souchkov Training and certification: http://www.xtriz.com/
The Netherlands systematic innovation,
analytical techniques and
systematic inventive thinking
Consulting: business
innovation and problem
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## Company Location Number of Key people3 TRIZ -based Services / Other services Website
employees Products
solving, definition and
implementation of an
organizational innovation
strategy
Development of innovative
solutions
Publishing
15. Ideacore Birmingham, MI, ~10 Joseph Craig - Software: QFD, Web-miner, www.ideacore.com
USA CEO&President TRIZ, FMEA
Training
Coaching
16. Ideation International, Inc. Detroit, MI, USA 6 (3 TRIZ Zion Bar-El, CEO/Chairman, Consulting http://www.ideationtriz.co
Masters, Boris Zlotin, Chief Scientist, Software: several TRIZ- m/home.asp
2 Certified TRIZ Master Based products
TRIZ Alla Zusman, TRIZ Master; Training
specialists) V.Gerasimov, TRIZ Master Workshops: e-learning
Publications
17. Innologics Gilching/ >5 Dr. Edgar Jochheim Consulting: Innovation Consulting: Marketing, http://www.innologics.co
München, Christian Stammel Generation, Manufacturing, Patenting m/
Germany Thorsten Rudolph Technology http://www.innologics.de
Leonid Shub Commercialization: Search,
Christian Ritter Development, Transfer, Due
Bastian Krapf Diligence
18. InnoQ Eindhoven N/D N/D Consulting: Innovation http://www.innoq.nl/
The Netherlands Training
19. Innosight Watertown, MA, >35 Mark Johnson - Training & Workshops: Market analysis http://www.innosight.com
USA Co-Founder and Chairman Innovation leadership, Ideas
Singapore Scott Anthony - generation,
President Consulting: Idea synthesis,
industry landscaping,
reshape/banlance innovations
20. Innovation Works, Inc. Headquarter in N/D L.Bachilo, Consulting: TRIZ, http://www.iwint.com
(IWINT) California; Chief Scientist Application of Software
offices in Beijing, G.Severinets Training: TRIZ, Creativity
Chengdu, Hong Software: Pro/Innovator, &
Kong CBT/NOVA
21. Innovation-TRIZ, Inc. Tampa, FL 2 Jack Hipple; Consulting: Innovation http://www.innovation-
St. Paul, MN, Mark Reeves Audits and Assessments, triz.com
USA Future Product Design, TRIZ-
based patenting
Workshops: problem solving
22. Innovative Partners Wormer, 5 Gertjan Otto R&D support Business consulting http://www.innovativepart
The Netherlands ners.nl/
23. Innovative Patent Oregon House, 3 James Kowalick Consulting: Subject-meter expertise http://innovativepatent.co
Technology, Inc. CA, USA IP & IP Strategy development m/
24. Inventioneering Company USA 1 Michael S. Slocum Consulting: Problem http://www.inventioneerin

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## Company Location Number of Key people3 TRIZ -based Services / Other services Website
employees Products
Solving, Idea/Concept gco.com/
Generation, Technology
Forecasting
Innovation Coaching
25. Invention Machine Corp. Boston, MA, USA ~100 Mark E. Atkins, Software: Goldfire Innovator http://www.invention-
Offices in the UK, President/CEO Training: Education/ machine.com
France, Germany, J. Toddhunter Mentoring
Belarus, Japan CTO Consulting: Knowledge
I.Devojno management
26. National Institute of Strasbourg, 28 D.Cavallucci; Research http://www.insa-
Applied Science, France Proffessors N.Khomenko - TRIZ Master; Training (Education) strasbourg.fr/triz/
Laboratory of 15 D.Kucharavy
Industrial Engineering PhD
& Artificial Intelligence student
27. Oxford Creativity Ltd Witney 9 Karen Gadd, H.Strickland, Training: TRIZ & TRIZ- http://www.oxfordcreativit
Oxfordshire, UK et al. teams building y.co.uk
Workshop: Practical
Problem Solving with TRIZ
28. P41 Antwerpen, Consulting: product and http://www.p41.be/contact
Belgium process innovation
R&D support
Training
29. Pretium Consulting Houston, TX; >5 David Bonner Software: Guided Innovation - IP Enhancement, IP http://www.pretiumllc.co
Services, LLC regional office in Peter Hanik Toolkit strategy m/index.htm
MI, USA Sergey Malkin Training - Business Strategy Partner of Ideation
Galina Malkin Workshops Development International, Inc. (see
above)
30. PRIMA Performance Ltd. Maple, Ont., 2 Gunter Ladewig, Director Training: TRIZ, TOC, Consulting: Project http://www.primaperform
Canada SixSigma, Lean Management, Turnaround ance.com
Consulting: Product/Process and profit improvement,
Due diligence Improvement Business process
forecasting, etc.
31. Productivity Quality Results Upland, >10 Ellen Domb (founder); Consulting: problem solving www.trizpqrgroup.com
(PQR Group) California, USA Ralph Czerepinski; and strategy development
Michael Slocum; Training: TRIZ, QFD, Six
Joe A. Miller; Sigma practice, "Train-the-
Darrell Mann; trainer"
Mark Barkan;
Ned Schneider;
Marco Aurélio de
Carvalho;
Akhilesh Gulati
32. A.Seredinski Poitiers, France 1 Avraam Seredinski - Consulting: Problem solving, http://www.as-triz.com
Certified TRIZ specialist Training: TRIZ education,
Publication: Translation and
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## Company Location Number of Key people3 TRIZ -based Services / Other services Website
employees Products
French
33. SIT Ltd. Tel Aviv, Israel >40 Janko.Goldenberg, Ron Consulting Trainings: Marketing http://www.sitsite.com
Sweeden, Horowitz, Training: from lectures to Communications & www.sit-scandinavia.com
Germany, A.Levav, Managing Director mentoring Advertising www.de-sitsite.com
USA
34. Start2Think Ramat Gan, 1 R.Horowitz Publishing http://www.start2think.co
Israel Training: Internet & CD m
courses
35. Systematic Innovation Ltd. Clevedon, UK, 40 Darrell Mann Training & Workshops IP licensing http://www.systematic-
(cluster of companies) Ireland, Hong Software Development Turnkey projects innovation.com/
Kong, China, Problem Solving Global Benchmarking
Taiwan, Saudi
Arabia, Austria,
Japan, Denmark,
Turkey, USA,
Australia,
Malaysia, India,
Mexico
36. Systematic Inventive Kfar-Saba, Israel 1 Alexander Chernobelsky, Training Text book "Systematic http://www.think-
Thinking Center "Think- Manager Consulting: Problem solving, Inventive Thinking and tech.co.il
Tech" Trends, IP Technological Problems
Solving" (Hebrew, 224
pages, 1997)
37. Technical Innovation Worcester, MA, 5 R.Langevin-CEO; Training, http://www.triz.org
Center, Inc. USA S.Rodman - President Consulting: problem solving
Valery Krasnoslobodtsev; and IP development
Isak Buhkman, Publishing
TRIZ-Master
Gunter Ladewig
38. The Cap Gemini Group Paris, France; Over Capgemini U.S.: Consulting: design and Consulting: Management, http://www.capgemini.co
offices in more 82,000 Salil Parekh-CEO; integrate technological Finance; m/
than 30 countries worldwide Lanny Cohen - solutions, exploit innovation, Outsourcing Services
CEO, Capgemini North etc. (based on TRIZ) Local Professional Services
America, and Acting Area
Director, East Region
39. The TRIZ Group, L.L.C. West Bloomfield, 3 V.Fey, Consulting: Forecasting, http://www.trizgroup.com
MI, USA TRIZ Master; Roadmapping, Problem
E.Rivin solving
David Mayer Training
Vice President
Business Development
40. Thought Guiding Systems Canada 1 Y.Karasik Software: Root Cause Finder http://www3.sympatico.ca
Corp. Training /karasik
Consulting: problem solving
Publishing: The Anti TRIZ-
journal

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## Company Location Number of Key people3 TRIZ -based Services / Other services Website
employees Products
41. TIPS Innovation Stockholm, 3 Olle Berg Consulting: Process/Product Consulting: Marketing and http://www.xtab.se/tips_in
Sweden Joachim Burvall development, Management novation
Training (using TechOptim)
Publishing
42. Total Quality Management Neckarsulm/ >10 André Kapust Consulting: In-house http://www.tqm.com
Stuttgart/ Christian Wirth consulting using software
Karlsruhe, Rita Demmeler-Wirth Training: using software
Germany Elisabeth Rößle
Oliver Wagner
Jochen Wanders
Gerald Saur
Alexandra Lindner
Horst Nähler
Klaus Hörmann
Roland Papst
Michael Proch
Karin Prinz
43. TriS Europe GmbH - Hannover, >10 Pavel Livotov Consulting http://www.tris-
Innovation Knowledge Germany Software: TriSIDEAS europe.com/
Company Zürich, Training
Switzerland
44. TRIS OY Turku, Finland 1 Kalevi Rantanen Publishing http://www.kolumbus.fi/k
Training alran
45. TRIZ Consulting, Inc Seattle, 1 Zinovy Royzen -President, Training: TRIZ http://www.trizconsulting.
Washington, USA TRIZ Master Consulting and Facilitation com
Publishing
46. TRIZ-online Germany N/D N/D Innovation consulting http://www.triz-online.de/
Software development
Training
Publishing
47. TRIZ XXI Valencia, Spain N/D José M. Vicente Gomila, Software: distribution http://www.triz.es/
Co-Director Training: TRIZ, CI http://www.triz.net
48. TRIZ4U Melbourne, 7 Iouri Belski Training: Seminars. http://www.TRIZ4U.com
Australia focused
on Malaysia &
Singapore
49. WOIS INSTITUTE Coburg, Germany 11 Prof. Consulting: Problem solving, Education: MBA info@wois-innovation.de
Hansjürgen Linde Innovation strategy www.wois-innovation.de
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Table 3. Inactive Companies
Company Location Number of Key people4 TRIZ-, 6-sigma-, FMEA-, Other services Website
## employees Lean-based Services /
Products
1 ESICS (Ecole Superieure de La Rochelle, 3 Dominique Barre, Directeur ; Training: Education on TRIZ New website:
l'Innovation, de la France Avraam Seredinski, TRIZ (students, industries) http://www.esics.com/
Conception et de la Chairman, Certified TRIZ TRIZ-pages are under
Simulation), Chaire of TRIZ specialist construction (Dec.11,
2007)
2 eTG – Knowledge Solutions Australia 2 David Brocklehurst, Consulting: P-o-P Consulting: http://www.etg.com.au
exclusive representative of Chairman prototyping, Innovation - Information/Knowledge out-of-order (Dec.11
Invention Machine in David Colvin, Managing Road-mapping Management, 2007)
Australia and New Zealand Director Workshops: Diagnostic - Business Case
Workshops Development & ROI
Software: Assessment,
Goldfire InnovatorTM - Project Management and
Reselling Implementation
- Post Implementation
Support
3 Present Vision, Inc. Oregon House, ~10 James Kowalick, Technical http://www.presentvision.
CA, USA Director com/index.html
This page is parked free
(Dec. 13 2007)
4 The TRIZ Experts CA, USA S.Savransky, President http://www.trizexperts.net
This page is parked free
(Dec. 13 2007)
5 Strategic Product Houston, Texas, N/D William (Bill) Molnar; No services Market new product: http://www.spiusa.org
Innovations Inc. USA (looking for investors) generate, evaluate, incubate,
Mark R. Bender; prototyping, patenting
John Filla;
Jay Pharris;
6 Mulbury Consulting UK N/D N/D Mulbury Consulting Limited e-shop providing free http://www.mulbury.biz/
Limited is no longer trading and does resources, electronic or
not undertake any paper books to meet the
consultancy or training needs of the next generation
work. Six Sigma, Lean and TRIZ
practitioner.

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