Episode 20 - Talking Innovation Strategy With McDonald's Innovation Guru Wayne Montague

Private Equity Technology Podcast

Before you get to taking on big technology initiatives, you need to have a definitive understanding of your core business: what are the markets you serve, who are your customers, etc. You need to make sure that you’re designing technology solutions to fit the core business needs. How do you do this? Wayne Montague, the man who started and ran McDonald’s innovation center in the early 2000s, steps into the recording studio to talk about the importance of having an innovation strategy and why private equity needs to get more prescriptive about innovation both pre- and post-close.