Time(s)
Location
Peninsula 4
Description
To Hell with “That’s the way it’s always been done”: Disrupting the status quo with people-centered design
About the speakers
Eduardo Ortiz is a designer and an engineer with over a decade of experience. For the past 6 years he’s been focused on developing design within social impact practices in order to help make a positive difference in the world. He’s co-founded Project 100, an organization dedicated to helping get progressive women elected to Congress, and PRTNRS, LLC a social impact design and engineering studio working with organizations that are helping improve their communities. He previously held several titles (Executive Creative Director, Director, Designer) at the US Digital Service, a White House startup launched under President Obama to use design and technology to deliver better services to the American people; he focused on immigration reform and developing new capabilities for NATO. He is also a decorated Marine Corps veteran.