VCU Masters of Product Innovation (MPI)
Tyson Glover is implementing his education from the Master of Product Innovation (MPI) at VCU — an in-demand program for creative thinkers and doers from backgrounds including business, engineering, communications, social sciences, and the arts — who learn to ideate and launch innovative products, projects and initiatives in the world’s leading-edge companies and organizations.
• Plan, apply, and execute product innovation skills for developing and launching new products and services;
• Effective product innovation team leader and project manager;
• Serve as an interface between different departments and disciplines within an organization;
• Translate opportunities into product specifications, commercial concepts, and eventual new product introductions.
• Develop new products, services or business and work towards capital.
VCU Entrepreneurship Academy
• Curriculum development team including micro-credential courses
• UX/UI of online learning modules
• Instructor of course material (in-person, virtual, hybrid)
– Introduction to Business Model Canvas
– Introduction to Digital Literacy
– The Art of the Pitch
– Introduction to Design Thinking
City of Richmond Voting Platform Project
Project Goal: Design an accessible voting system prototype for the Richmond Participatory Budgeting (PB) pilot project in partnership with the City of Richmond and Storefront for Community Design to successfully empower the people living in Richmond, Virginia.
The design must be a multimodal voting interface for the widest possible base of end users. In order to promote equity and create an accessible system, the product must be user-friendly and accessible for government and poll workers.
