Muki Izora
Tech/AI/Data | Innovation & Strategy | Social Impact | Senior Fellow & Advisor
- Role
- Senior Fellow at National Policy Consensus Center
- Location
- Portland, OR, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Muki Izora
I work at the intersection of my passions - emerging technologies, innovation & strategy, data, analytics, & ai, community & social impact, incubating & investing in new ventures, human centered research & experience design. Human flourishing, envisioning new futures, & the potential of technology to empower is a consistent theme – from leading one of the first social ventures bridging the digital divide, to researching societal shifts & market ecosystems, pathfinding & scaling new businesses, and lowering barriers to using Data + AI across global health, climate, education, international & community development, autonomous vehicles, robotics, and more. Highlights from my 20+ yr career: Co-founder - Prosperithm: Equipping institutions to make better funding and strategic decisions in complex systems using ai, data & systems science. Founder & Principal - IZORA: Impact consultancy at the intersection of strategy, social innovation, emerging technology, data science, capital allocation, research, & design. Research Scientist, Technology & Investment Strategist, Director of Innovation, & UX Architect @ Intel & Intel Labs. Director of R&D - Philips Research Labs: CEO sponsored emerging markets pathfinding division. Led international research & development teams on 4 continents. Director of Global Health, Product R&D, Incubation & Roadmap - Intel Digital Health Group & Intel-GE Healthcare spinout Care Innovations - Acquired $141m/2020 Digital Village Program Director - Hewlett Packard: Designed & launched 1st $20m Digital Village e-inclusion program. Led to scaling of 4 additional US & global sites. Principal Investigator: Cognitive Health - Technology Research for Independent Living,$30M collaboration between the Irish Government, 3 Irish Universities & Intel. Co-Launched Intel\'s first Startup Accelerator - The Data Services Accelerator Intrapreneur & Entrepreneur with multiple patents & deep pathfinding/launch/scale, ux, product, & strategy expertise. Co-Founder Living Cultural Storybases: NGO deploying emerging technologies to help preserve & nurture global minority cultures, indigenous knowledge & disappearing languages. Plugged In - Learning Through Technology - Program Director, Board Member, Chair. Creative arts, tech, & education digital inclusion studio & pioneer. New Markets Host & Winner of Commerce Dept National Information Infrastructure Award: Jesse Jackson & U.S. President visit founded HP Digital Villages.
Experience
Senior Fellow
National Policy Consensus Center
Feb 2025 — Present · Portland, OR, US
Research, development, & deployment of multi-disciplinary (ai, social science, data science, innovation theory) methods and approaches (Keystone Factor Analysis, Systems Transformation, and others) in support of building deeper insight, strategic clarity, and collective action to drive improved outcomes for Oregon residents. Starting with \'Belonging\' in higher education.
Education
University of California, Santa Cruz
Bachelor of Arts - BA
Stanford University
Master of Science - MS
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