Stephanie Meusburger

About Stephanie Meusburger

Stephanie is a Global Innovation Director at Tata Consulting Services (TCS) where she directs and manages innovation teams, delivering end-to-end, systemic transformation to drive business impacts. She combines foresight, and analytical and creative problem-solving skills with sharp business and R&D acumen to target strategic opportunities and drive actionable results. In addition, she has 16 years of experience practicing the Science of Design and an Executive Masters Degree from the IIT Institute of Design. Stephanie is a visionary with the energy and enthusiasm to inspire dynamic change with the research tact to de-risk the opportunity for responsible investment. In addition, Stephanie is a passionate people person. She is an outstanding relationship builder who fosters trusting, long-term connections with those she encounters, enabling her to partner with diverse stakeholders and gain executive support. Stephanie is also a proven innovation leader, having built and contributed to the launch of three innovation teams. Lastly, Stephanie is a dedicated mentor and coach, leading her team by example with empathy, respect, trust, and curiosity.Stephanie thrives in an environment of complexity bringing new concepts to life and delivering impacts that benefit both people and business. Stephanie is the right mix of a trusted advisor to C-suite members, an innovation expert, and a business leader who embraces diversity and adversity as critical elements for growth.

Experience

1. Global Director of Innovation

   Tata Consultancy Services

   Apr 2022 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

   Recruited to build a new, global innovation practice with a compelling vision and portfolio for growth.Role and Accomplishments include:• Portfolio management of innovation offerings to meet clients\' needs. Offerings include Systemic Innovation, Co-creation, Innovation Culture and Mindset, AI Infused Processes, Strategic Foresight, Business Ecosystems and more.• Conduct continuous improvement and analysis of offerings to optimize impact. Top offering was Co-creation, priced, sold and delivered to 10 clients, followed by AI Infused Processes used for 7 clients worth $300M+.• Build strategic partnerships with key senior leadership members and accounts across TCS.• Oversee and direct design teams, focusing on the healthcare, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, CPG and public sector industries.• Create business cases to ensure feasibility and use cases to ensure desirability for top implementation ideas. For example, delivered a co-creation engagement for a pharmaceutical client which increased IT efficiency by 25%, resulting in a return on investment of 200%.• Deliver innovation solutions using systems thinking to understand the current-state. This includes understanding each stakeholder group and mapping the technologies, processes and exchanges between them, and pinpointing weaknesses and gaps to create a transformation hypothesis to meet key performance indicators.• Facilitate co-creation workshops, creating a safe environment that maximizes participation, collaboration and inclusion of diverse stakeholders, maximizing the impact for the company and for people.• Apply strategic foresight and market trend analysis to explore future scenarios and readiness.• De-risk Innovation with the Science of Design, using qualitative and quantitative research methods to validate innovation opportunities and address unknowns.• Recruit, train and mentor team to ensure consistency and quality in delivery.

Education

• Danmarks Designskole

  Visual Communication Design, Textile/Screen Printing Design

  2006 — 2006

• The Ohio State University

  Visual Communication Design, Psychology, Art and Technology

  2004 — 2009

• Institute of Design (ID)

  Masters of Design Methods, Design Research, Strategy and Innovation

  2017 — 2018