Tyrome ‘Ty’ Smith, has spent over 25 years consulting and leading executives and their teams by helping them understand human and organizational dynamics. Currently, he is a senior consultant to the Department of Defense (DoD),…
Sandeep is a mechanical engineer and a human-centered design practitioner. He’s spent more than a decade at the proving grounds, developing various construction and mining machines for Caterpillar Inc. As a Lean Innovation specialist, he’s…
Elijah is an internationally recognized innovator and futurist whose projects have been featured in the Wall Street Journal and Forbes. He’s taken part in innovation incubators, accelerators, and design sprints in Europe and throughout North…
Ieasha is an executive leader, practitioner and facilitator who builds shared service practices in innovation, design thinking and product management. She has led transformations at companies like Waste Management, Travelers Insurance, Cisco and is currently…
Ben Hafele is a senior faculty member at Lean Startup Co, where he leads training, coaching and consulting engagements with startups, large corporations and government agencies. Ben is an experienced Lean Startup practitioner, program manager,…
Nancy Yaklich is a digital innovation coach at Cargill. She launched the EDGE Program, Cargill’s new digital business accelerator based on Lean Startup. She coaches Founders, Startup teams and early and late-stage funding Boards on…
Rob Hernandez is a practiced product developer and strategist in the automation space. Together with The Lean Startup Co., he has started UR LABS, a division of Universal Robots focused on using Lean Startup tools…
Ben Schmuck is a lean innovation manager at Caterpillar, where he accelerates an eclectic portfolio of early-stage innovation projects focused on revenue growth. Ben has coached over a hundred startups through 1871, The Polsky Center…
Keith Berry is General Manager of the KYC Solutions business at New York-based Moody’s, where he promotes innovation across a passionate and dedicated organization focused on helping customers understand who they are doing business with…
“If something’s not working, we owe it to ourselves, and the taxpayers, to try something different.” The Problem How do we know we’re investing our very limited resources in solving the right problems? How do…
Since our co-founder Eric Ries published The Lean Startup in 2011, organizations around the globe have been applying The Lean Startup methodology to an ever-growing number and variety of business challenges. Here at Lean Startup…