Elisa Jagerson
Career CEO and Investor, now Executive Advisor & Coach
- Role
- Advisory Board Member at Equality Now
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Elisa Jagerson
Elisa is an internationally recognized leader at the intersection of technology innovation and behavior design. Most recently as Managing Director at Wildcat Venture Partners, Elisa focused on climate SaaS investments and supporting climate-tech CEOs through the entrepreneurial journey. Immediately prior, as CEO of FutureBrand Speck, she pioneered Experience Engineering, a \'next generation design thinking’ methodology credited with infusing reliability and behavior science into the innovation process. Both Fortune 500s and startups turned to Elisa and her teams of brand, product, environment and service designers in order to generate ‘future proof’ growth. These innovations generated billions in revenue, and now sit inside our pockets, bodies, homes, hospitals, cars, and data centers. Elisa sold Speck Design to FutureBrand (NYSE: IPG), where she served on the global leadership team through 2019.Elisa is currently an active board member, author and coach. She lectures at Stanford University and speaks regularly at innovation summits such as CES, SXSW, DENT and TNW, advancing more rigorous paradigms for innovation and growth. She is currently writing a book exploring decision-making in innovative environments titled, “How do you know?” With a commitment to always serve on three nonprofit boards respectively supporting efforts internationally, nationally and locally - she is currently focused on nonpartisan democracy infrastructure and affordable housing.
Experience
Advisory Board Member
Jan 2015 — Present · New York, NY, US
High leverage infrastructural / legal fight for basic rights/protection against girl slave trade/trafficking/FGM.
Education
Princeton University
Bachelor of Arts - Cum Laude, Dual Major (Anthropology/African-American Studies)
1990 — 1994
The Wharton School
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Finance and Entrepreneurship
1998 — 2000
Skills
- Product Design
- Product Innovation
- Outsourcing
- Start-Ups
- Business Strategy
- User Acceptance Testing
- Customer Service
- Nonprofits
- Product Management
- Market Research
- Management
- Web Design
- Angel Investing
- Web Development
- Rapid Prototyping
- Leadership
- Executive Management
- Problem Solving
- Program Management
- Design Thinking
- Qualitative Research
- Non-Profits
- User Interface Design
- Strategy
- Graphic Design
- Strategic Partnerships
- Entrepreneurship
- Manufacturing
- Usability
- Innovation
- Business Development
- User Experience
- Strategic Planning
- User Interface
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