Deborah Perry Piscione is a principal at Vorto Consulting, a serial entrepreneur, and a thought leader in innovation process. She is the architect of Improvisational Innovation, a nine-month process that democratizes innovation so anyone can participate that has been adopted at many Fortune 500 companies. Additionally, she is the author of the New York Times bestselling Secrets of Silicon Valley and The Risk Factor and conducts Silicon Valley boot camps based on the teachings of her books.