It was also important to find people comfortable with ambiguity and unafraid to lead. Wald has found it useful to accept that some things will remain unknowable, while building a strong partnership with the board. Today, the organization has close to 40 employees, which could double over the next five years as it meets plan objectives. You couldn’t go study five other companies that were collaboratories like this one and go by their playbook,” Wald says. “There wasn’t a lot of precedent that we could pattern this after. The Columbus Collaboratory had to find its footing on new ground, including trying things like open source technology, which it ultimately deprioritized in lieu of bigger opportunities. “It is absolutely amazing what we’ve been able to do. Then, he realized it was an opportunity to build something unique and critical to the future of business. Matt Wald, who was working from home for a San Francisco Bay Area-company, thought it seemed too complicated at first. The board did a national search to find a president and CEO for the fledgling organization. Not only would it make them more competitive, it could raise the region’s visibility and attract talent to get away from cycling people around the beltway. The new organization could minimize duplicated efforts in data analytics, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.
It was rooted in the idea of collaboration among seven of the largest companies in Central Ohio, which were, by design, non-competitive. They got their CEOs to commit capital and the Columbus Collaboratory was born.
Several years ago, partly to generate more technology job growth, some area CIOs rallied together. Matt Wald, president and CEO of Columbus Collaboratory, is a 2018 Columbus Smart 50 honoree
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