John E. Kelly III — HoF: For his visionary role in promoting deep partnering to avoid duplicative R&D costs and steer the industry out of the R&D crisis in the mid-nineties
- Dr. John Kelly is credited with coining the word 'Coopetition' to embrace the idea that competitors could cooperate on mutually-beneficial research
- He has a rare ability to excel in both technical and business domains, while linking both
- For example, Kelly was one of the first to see Artificial Intelligence cognitive systems were ready to become a practical reality, sparking the worldwide explosion of AI research