Vision
Pillars
Engagements
Testimonials
Vision
Vision
SagaX is an innovation strategy advising practice. It supports creating new market spaces, and advancing Innovation with business REthinking.
Our focus is on driving innovation to gain market leadership and technology tie-in with customers. We add value by supporting clients to identify and achieve change.
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Engagements
Supporting leadership and using data gathering methods to identify your potential innovation paths, your competitive positioning and your key enablers (technological, standards, infrastructure, etc) for the successful introduction of new functional solutions in accordance to your situation.
We optimize your portfolio and roadmapping processes in a way that incorporate the different voices existing in your organization to generate business model innovation.
Driving your product/process/services innovation to gain market leadership and technology tie-in with customers. We add value by supporting you to identify and achieve change.
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Pillars
Pillars
- Rationalizing, sourcing, critical mass structuring for strategic positioning, timing and markets.
- Business diversification and digitalization to full fill market needs and business opportunities.
- Negotiating technology-related deals, agreements, investments and partnerships.
- Support to venture funds and startups in time-based professional management enhancing profitable-return & investors attractiveness.
- Intellectual asset mapping, optimization and development in global + local (glocal) perspective.
- Identification of key differentiators enhancing embedment in the organization, in the products and a proper protection.
- Action learning and change initiatives.
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Testimonials
Pascal Ehret
Architect – Innovation & concepts
I have had the pleasure to know Alejandro for many years. Alejandro has a talent for capturing new technology trends, providing real advice in strategy and business approach and in identifying the key value points on which to concentrate. He has a great network across the industry and in many countries. Alejandro is immensely knowledgeable and a nice person to work with.
Alejandro Navarro
Head R&D
Alejandro is a sharp strategist and has a great background about China, which came very handy during our relationship. He is constantly making connections on his mind and bringing ends together that can ignite potential innovations. He is an active and disciplined person, eager to learn and to get things done.
Patrick Sheehan
Founding partner
I am pleased to recommend Alejandro for his professional and well-ordered approach, as well as for his great attitude!.
Paul Vouters
VP Open Innovation and intellectual assets
Alejandro is a trustworthy person, fully engaged and with an innovative thinking process. His broad international experience including in depth knowledge of China and India is a strong asset. He is a real asset.
Lu Huang
Professor
Alejandro has supported the activities of MIIT (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology) and the BIT (Beijing Institute of Technology) to bring digitalization to industry in an efficient and profitable way via the actions of the AI&ITI (Academy of Industry & Information Technology Integration). He has provided key global players to the AI&ITI discussions via his vast international network. Alejandro is really a good partner and I admire his expertise and experience in innovation management.
Babak Hosseinkhani
Senior program manager
I really enjoyed working with Alex as he is extremely passionate with respect to state of art technological solution and connecting this to both customer and company's business need. This make him perfect partner on adviser to have in setting hand-in-hand technology and business strategy specially for start-ups as well as business incubation within well establish companies.
Henry Rihard Pasaribu
General Manager P&T technology safety and environment
I have a great time working with Alex. I experienced his passion for technology solutions and ability to decompose complex challenges to workable steps together with his team. He is a great strategist, scientist and manager in "one package". I believe that his wide perspectives, network, knowledge and experience would be beneficial for those who are seeking fresh look at technology strategy development, commercialisation and business partnering.
Alan Porter
Professor and VP technology
In 2014, Scott Cunningham (TU Delft) and I (Georgia Tech) conducted an extended training program with Alex’s “Group Technology—Business Intelligence” unit at SKF. This was a highly participative effort to Forecast Innovation Pathways for an emerging automotive technology. I was amazed at Alex’ effectiveness at forging a cohesive, inquisitive group spread across India, China, and the Netherlands. I applaud his creative spark in pushing methodological frontiers to generate strategic intelligence.
Enzo Ruscio
Senior VP Tenova
I had the opportunity of working with Alejandro Sanz during his period in Danieli & C. Officine Mecchaniche SpA focusing on activities related to international negotiations, technical plants and environmental solutions for international customers. He indeed showed a dynamic approach to customer and market understanding. Alejandro’s international experience links market-platforms-change-negotiations to create new business enablers. Alejandro naturally integrates beyond hierarchy in different businesses, functions and cultures. He is an innovative, agile and pragmatic professional committed to success and excellence.
Kobi Kurtz
President
I've known Alejandro Sanz (Alex) for many years, Under his supervision, as senior director at SKF, we performed technology search together, which resulted in the initiation of successful technological projects.
Alex is a positive force, always looking for solutions rather than problems, His amazing stamina in the pursuit of innovation, coupled with his endless curiosity which covers all relevant areas, make him an ideal partner for technology search and for fostering innovation. I highly recommend Alex for any initiative related to technology and innovation.
Michel Judkiewicz
Membre Associé
I have been in contact with Alejandro since about 8 years.
Alejandro combines a helicopter view combined with an attention for details.
Not only is he a visionary but also a pragmatic, "feet on the ground' implementor.
On top of his expertise, he has a lot of empathy and is a very trustable person.
Philippe Queille
Group R&D VP Asia
Alex was a great contributor with a sharp mind and a talent for synthesis. He has a broad conceptual vision of industrial innovation supported by a depth of practical experience. Last but not least, Alex has great interpersonal skills and ability to deal with top officials in a very international environment, as proved by his chairmanship of European Chinese conferences. Alex is a very solid and talented senior executive who can handle many challenges. I strongly recommend him.
Anne Goldberg
Chief Scientist and New Technologies Platform
Alex has a broad experience in innovation, and more especially regarding foresight and technology intelligence. He is a very creative guy, and it is quite difficult to resist to such a high amount of enthusiasm and energy!
Frank Sperling
Co-Founder
Alejandro has made a lasting impression on me not only because he is highly energetic, alert and entrepreneurial, but mainly because he is a man of high moral standards and outstanding integrity.
Andrea Bacchetto
Team Lead Test Engineering
I have worked with Alejandro at SKF for several years. Although we worked in different groups, his broad view and knowledge on a variety of arguments it has been always source of great challenge: clear vision, thinking out of the box, always looking for improvements.
Khairul Ridzwan Ibrahim (Kiwi)
Senior Technology Strategist
Alex is like a walking MBA course!
With all his credentials and experiences added, Alex is the best person to work with and have a win-win working relationship, to get things done, to learn and gain knowledge especially in the areas of strategic business, innovation and technology management.
Alex is a person you can confidently depend on, always!
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Pascal Ehret
Architect – Innovation & concepts
I have had the pleasure to know Alejandro for many years. Alejandro has a talent for capturing new technology trends, providing real advice in strategy and business approach and in identifying the key value points on which to concentrate. He has a great network across the industry and in many countries. Alejandro is immensely knowledgeable and a nice person to work with.
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Alejandro Navarro
Head R&D
Alejandro is a sharp strategist and has a great background about China, which came very handy during our relationship. He is constantly making connections on his mind and bringing ends together that can ignite potential innovations. He is an active and disciplined person, eager to learn and to get things done.
close
Patrick Sheehan
Founding partner
I am pleased to recommend Alejandro for his professional and well-ordered approach, as well as for his great attitude!.
close
Paul Vouters
VP Open Innovation and intellectual assets
Alejandro is a trustworthy person, fully engaged and with an innovative thinking process. His broad international experience including in depth knowledge of China and India is a strong asset. He is a real asset.
close
Lu Huang
Professor
Alejandro has supported the activities of MIIT (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology) and the BIT (Beijing Institute of Technology) to bring digitalization to industry in an efficient and profitable way via the actions of the AI&ITI (Academy of Industry & Information Technology Integration). He has provided key global players to the AI&ITI discussions via his vast international network. Alejandro is really a good partner and I admire his expertise and experience in innovation management.
close
Babak Hosseinkhani
Senior program manager
I really enjoyed working with Alex as he is extremely passionate with respect to state of art technological solution and connecting this to both customer and company's business need. This make him perfect partner on adviser to have in setting hand-in-hand technology and business strategy specially for start-ups as well as business incubation within well establish companies.
close
Henry Rihard Pasaribu
General Manager P&T technology safety and environment
I have a great time working with Alex. I experienced his passion for technology solutions and ability to decompose complex challenges to workable steps together with his team. He is a great strategist, scientist and manager in "one package". I believe that his wide perspectives, network, knowledge and experience would be beneficial for those who are seeking fresh look at technology strategy development, commercialisation and business partnering.
close
Alan Porter
Professor and VP technology
In 2014, Scott Cunningham (TU Delft) and I (Georgia Tech) conducted an extended training program with Alex’s “Group Technology—Business Intelligence” unit at SKF. This was a highly participative effort to Forecast Innovation Pathways for an emerging automotive technology. I was amazed at Alex’ effectiveness at forging a cohesive, inquisitive group spread across India, China, and the Netherlands. I applaud his creative spark in pushing methodological frontiers to generate strategic intelligence.
close
Enzo Ruscio
Senior VP Tenova
I had the opportunity of working with Alejandro Sanz during his period in Danieli & C. Officine Mecchaniche SpA focusing on activities related to international negotiations, technical plants and environmental solutions for international customers. He indeed showed a dynamic approach to customer and market understanding. Alejandro’s international experience links market-platforms-change-negotiations to create new business enablers. Alejandro naturally integrates beyond hierarchy in different businesses, functions and cultures. He is an innovative, agile and pragmatic professional committed to success and excellence.
close
Kobi Kurtz
President
I've known Alejandro Sanz (Alex) for many years, Under his supervision, as senior director at SKF, we performed technology search together, which resulted in the initiation of successful technological projects.
Alex is a positive force, always looking for solutions rather than problems, His amazing stamina in the pursuit of innovation, coupled with his endless curiosity which covers all relevant areas, make him an ideal partner for technology search and for fostering innovation. I highly recommend Alex for any initiative related to technology and innovation.
close
Michel Judkiewicz
Membre Associé
I have been in contact with Alejandro since about 8 years.
Alejandro combines a helicopter view combined with an attention for details.
Not only is he a visionary but also a pragmatic, "feet on the ground' implementor.
On top of his expertise, he has a lot of empathy and is a very trustable person.
close
Philippe Queille
Group R&D VP Asia
Alex was a great contributor with a sharp mind and a talent for synthesis. He has a broad conceptual vision of industrial innovation supported by a depth of practical experience. Last but not least, Alex has great interpersonal skills and ability to deal with top officials in a very international environment, as proved by his chairmanship of European Chinese conferences. Alex is a very solid and talented senior executive who can handle many challenges. I strongly recommend him.
close
Anne Goldberg
Chief Scientist and New Technologies Platform
Alex has a broad experience in innovation, and more especially regarding foresight and technology intelligence. He is a very creative guy, and it is quite difficult to resist to such a high amount of enthusiasm and energy!
close
Frank Sperling
Co-Founder
Alejandro has made a lasting impression on me not only because he is highly energetic, alert and entrepreneurial, but mainly because he is a man of high moral standards and outstanding integrity.
close
Andrea Bacchetto
Team Lead Test Engineering
I have worked with Alejandro at SKF for several years. Although we worked in different groups, his broad view and knowledge on a variety of arguments it has been always source of great challenge: clear vision, thinking out of the box, always looking for improvements.
close
Khairul Ridzwan Ibrahim (Kiwi)
Senior Technology Strategist
Alex is like a walking MBA course!
With all his credentials and experiences added, Alex is the best person to work with and have a win-win working relationship, to get things done, to learn and gain knowledge especially in the areas of strategic business, innovation and technology management.
Alex is a person you can confidently depend on, always!
Testimonials