Elysia Garbade
Director of Design | Fintech, Climate-tech | Strategy, Vision, Human Centered, SaaS | frog design, N26, Schwab, NCX
- Role
- Guest Lecturer at Lander University
- Location
- Charlotte, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Elysia Garbade
My story Design executive with 20+ years of experience leading product design across enterprise, startup, and global markets. I specialize in building high-impact design teams, shaping product strategy, and scaling design services that deliver measurable results.After leading experience design at Charles Schwab, I made a purposeful pivot into climate-tech—serving as the sole designer at a 16-person startup where I operated as both principal contributor and design leader. I bring a rare combination of hands-on execution, cross-functional leadership, and the ability to navigate complexity at any scale.My background spans agency innovation at Frog Design, NGO work in India, fintech startups in Berlin, and large-scale digital transformation in the U.S—giving me a unique lens to balance user needs, business goals, and technical constraints.See Portfolio: How I build success:* Creating cultures where design thrives and products ship * Coaching teams toward design excellence in visual, interaction, and systems thinking * Driving alignment across disciplines through storytelling, strategy, and structure * Building future-proof products by deeply understanding users, tech, and the business 🧩 Industries & Impact Climate-tech, Fem-tech, Fintech, Health, Wealth, Education, NGO, and Consumer Tech — across the U.S, Europe, Asia, and Australia. My specialities UX Strategy · Design Leadership · Cross-functional Collaboration · Systems Thinking · Design Operations · Research & Insights · Agile Execution · Team Coaching · Workshop Facilitation · Vision Setting
Experience
Guest Lecturer
Mar 2026 — Present
Education
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Continuing Education, Funding Entrepreneurships
2015 — 2015
NOLS
Continuing Education, Outdoor Education
2000 — 2000
Acumen +
Human-Centered Design
2015 — 2015
Climatebase
Environmental Engineering Technology/Environmental Technology
North Carolina State University
Graphic Design
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