Nathan Shedroff
Education
Presidio Graduate School
MBA, Sustainable Management 2004-01-01 - 2006-01-01
ArtCenter College of Design
BS, Industrial Design - Transportation Design 1984-09-01 - 1989-06-01
University of California, Berkeley
, Environmental Design, Japanese 1982-01-01 - 1984-01-01Work Experience
Columbia University School of Professional Studies
Current
Columbia University School of Professional Studies
California College of the Arts
Current
California College of the Arts
Elisava School of Design and Engineering
Current
Elisava School of Design and Engineering
Material Change Institute
Current
Material Change Institute
Wege Foundation
Current
Wege Foundation
Consultant
Current
Consultant
Lex Icons
2020-05-01 - 2022-12-01
Lex Icons
Seed Vault Ltd.
2017-10-01 - 2020-06-01
Seed Vault Ltd.
Botanic Technologies, Inc.
2017-07-01 - 2020-05-01
Botanic Technologies, Inc.
Teague
2010-06-01 - 2017-07-01
Teague
Skills
Summary
Nathan is a seasoned, professional strategist and serial entrepreneur as well as a pioneer in the fields of experience design, interaction design, and information design. Currently, he's creating new tools and models for new ventures and "total value" (beyond just economic and functional value). He speaks and teaches internationally, and has authored many books (below). Nathan is the chair of the groundbreaking Design MBA programs in design strategy at California College of the Arts in San Francisco. These programs prepare the next generation of innovation leaders for a world that is profitable, sustainable, ethical, and truly meaningful. The programs unite the perspectives of systems thinking, design and integrative thinking, business models, sustainability, and generative leadership into a holistic strategic framework. Before academia, he was a pioneer in multi- and online media. He worked with Richard Saul Wurman at TheUnderstandingBusiness and co-founded vivid studios, a pioneering interactive media company and one of the first Web services firms on the planet. vivid's hallmark was helping to establish and validate the field of information architecture by training an entire generation of designers in the newly emerging web industry. Nathan can help you with: • Business Models and Strategy • Customer Experience and Meaning Strategy • Sustainability Evaluation and Strategy • Innovative Educational Models • Radical Science Fiction Interfaces nathan@nathan.com
