Functional Skills

Market Research
Organization Development
Product Development
Innovation Management
Interaction Design
Product Innovation
Service Innovation
Training and Coaching
User Research
Workshop Facilitation

Sector Experience

Business Services
Consumer Goods
Social & Public Sector
Technology

Languages

French

Notable Clients

NetApp
VMware

Experience

Fire Up Innovation Consulting Product Management / Strategy
Innovation Consultant
1/2001 - Present
Helping teams innovate by training and facilitating the innovative thinking, process and tools. Example of projects include
• Creating and delivering training for large corporations (i.e. Clorox or NetApp)
• Facilitating a three-day session in collaboration with the UC Berkeley Center for Executive Education to help a large manufacturing client create a portfolio of new ideas to include in an Incubator program
• Coaching executives and teams on innovation practices for ExecOnline
• Train consultants on tools and approaches to best manage their nonprofit clients in the environmental field

Berkeley Haas School of Business Other
Lecturer, Coach, and Facilitator
1/2009 - Present
• Coach in the Executive Program for Product Managers
• Coached first-year MBA students in the Problem Finding, Problem Solving class on innovation to help them learn and apply frameworks and tools in a team environment
• Facilitator for the Haas at Work program, helping student teams working on innovation projects for clients

Decorist Inc. Corporate Strategy & Development
VP of Innovation
1/2011 - 1/2013
• Partner with the founder to develop and test the initial concepts and prototypes using a user centered approach for this online interior design website

Paul & Hanley LLP Human Resources
Organization Development and Finance Director
1/2000 - 12/2000
• Set up HR and finance processes and practices for this emerging law firm

Clorox Research
Insight Manager, then Group Consumer Insight Manager
1/1994 - 1/1999
on new products
• Supervised a team of three researchers
• Designed, implemented, and analyzed ad-hoc consumer studies that included qualitative and quantitative research, as well as syndicated sales data, panel data, and multi-brand studies

INTERDECO Media & Communications
Account Director
1/1993 - 12/1993
• Developed clients' portfolio for two major French monthly magazines with readership over 3 million

European Trade Consultant Marketing
Marketing and Research Consultant
1/1992 - 12/1992
• Recommended marketing development strategies, designed and executed consumer and trade studies

Lintas Paris Media & Communications
International Account Supervisor
1/1989 - 1/1991
• Organized and coordinated Pan-European communication projects for major clients such as Unilever and Nestle, developed new product concepts for Unilever