::: Trained as a product designer in Europe, José holds a master’s degree in business administration and brings more than 10 years of relevant professional experience, which comprehends: product management, strategy, partnerships and business development, as well as research on forward looking designs, being the recipient of a Honeywell Europe Futurist Award :::
::: Passionate about user and customer centric practices, José has pioneered, lectured and published articles on the subject: LAI’s first course on “Human Factors in Product Design” and the article “Roadblocks impacting Ergonomics in Design” published by INSHT, the Spanish Health & Safety Institute, are just two examples :::
::: Most recently, Alcatel-Lucent published “Getting to a Segment of One,” which discuses emerging trends in the telecommunications industry. This article has been translated into Chinese, French and Spanish :::
::: Originally from Barcelona, Spain, José currently lives in the Chicago area, having worked on projects in the European Union and the Americas :::
::: You can follow José’s thinking on consultaglobal’s innovation blog, which has already registered more than 100,000 page views :::
http://www.consultaglobal.com/html/Jose_de_Francisco_Lopez.html