Jenna Fizel

Jenna Fizel

Managing Director & Global Head of Emerging Technology

Building the future with emerging tech.

I help clients explore design questions by building with emerging tools like AI, XR, and digital fabrication. Using these tools is an excellent method for discovering new perspectives during the design process, which can help unlock new value for IDEO’s clients and the people they serve. During my tenure, I’ve worked with organizations including Moderna, Intercorp, and many major tech companies. I believe that technical skills are crucial to solving hard problems, and I lead an 100-plus person internal group focused on making them more accessible to IDEO's diverse community. Before joining IDEO, I served as a partner at an agency that designs interactive physical/digital spaces for clients. I also co-founded a fashion tech startup and worked as CTO of an intimate apparel brand. Thanks to my academic background in computational geometry from MIT, I see software as a mode of thinking that solves problems through exploration.