On July 1st we officially joined JAKALA, and asked an experienced professional to join our team to lead our international expansion and contribute to our transformative journey in the world of innovation. Christian Schneider, who is moving from New York City to Milan, will join Tomas Barazza and Vittorio di Tomaso as H-FARM Innovation’s new Partner.
Schneider is a Design Strategist with a background in both design consulting and academia. He worked on business and design development at Milan’s Studio De Lucchi in the early 1990s and continued to focus on design and innovation in the IDEO team in London. He mentored student projects at the Politecnico di Milano and Carleton University amongst others and became an associate professor at New York’s Parsons in 2011, where he served as a Senator working on the budget and finance of the university and designed online course offerings in Strategic Design and Management. His Innovation Design consulting projects have involved both startups as well as Fortune 100 companies.
Christian Schneider, H-FARM Innovation Partner:
«I am very proud to join H-FARM Innovation as Partner and cannot wait to start working with this unique team. They stand out not only with their consulting work but also as individuals and as a group. It is a great place to work on innovation projects that people, companies, and economies urgently need to transform today’s challenges into opportunities.»
Tomas Barazza, H-FARM Innovation Partner:
«I am thrilled to have Christian join us. His exceptional experience will help us raise the bar further and become a leader in strategic design.»