IIT Institute of Design is partnering with bswing to bring you a panel discussion offering best practices for building a culture of innovation across multiple industries. Doug Beaudet joins us from Honeywell, a Fortune 100 global technology company spanning consumer products to aerospace systems where he leads global experience design. Amber Caron coordinates innovation at Mayo Clinic, a healthcare organization that can claim being one of the first to embrace design thinking as an essential aspect of delivering state-of-the-art healthcare services to its patients. Kimberly Ruthenbeck directs the web experience of Room & Board, a nimble, medium sized company that was early to the party with regard to customer responsiveness and customization of products.
Doors open at 5pm for a cocktail reception. Panel begins at 5:30pm.
Panelists
Doug Beaudet
Vice President Global Experience Design at Honeywell
Amber Caron
Innovation Coordinator, Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation
Amber Caron is an innovation coordinator at Mayo Clinic's Center for Innovation. As a coordinator she assists in the day to day operations and projects of the Innovation Accelerator platform. She is the program manager for the CoDE Innovation grant program. She has worked at Mayo for 9 years in many different roles. She started in clinic operations as a clinical assistant in Executive Health and then transitioned to Program Liaison of the OOST Training program. Amber was also an instructor of the EMR in Microcomputer Education Services (MES). Amber earned degrees in Physical Education and School & Community Health Education from Winona State University.
Kimberly Ruthenbeck
Director of Web Customer Experience, Room & Board
Kimberly Ruthenbeck has been with national home furnishings retailer Room & Board since 1994, serving in a variety of strategic roles and leading teams in the following areas: stores, vendor management, inventory management and merchandising. Her breadth of experience and passion for the customer has led her to her current role as Director of Web Experience.
Since 2008, Kimberly and her team have developed the website into a best in class experience by creating a site that is both intuitive and inspiring. Roomandboard.com has been recognized for its leading edge presentation of complex product options and customization that have translated to double digit sales increases online year over year.
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