INNOVATION EXPERTISE

 
 

Innovation and design-thinking expert with 25+ years of professional experience

 

Ethnographic & user experience design to optimize innovation and new product development efforts

 
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Instructor of Design Thinking at Cornell University’s CornellTech graduate school and Colorado College

 
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Award-winning business journalist at the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Businessweek

 

Extensive experience in:

  • Innovation methodologies used in new product development (certified in Design Thinking, Strategyzer’s Business Model canvas, Eric Reis Lean Startup, Google Design Sprint)

  • Coaching, facilitation and teaching

  • Corporate and academic innovation curriculum development

  • Prototype Builder with Validated Process to Create Minimum Viable Products (MVPs and Mockups) and Proof of Concepts (POCs)

  • Organizational change in support of innovation results and digital transformation initiatives

  • Design thinking-driven new product development

  • Organizational /stakeholder assessment & analysis/ market scans

  • Consumer insights & user-experience design

  • Brand development & communication