Chris Kasabach

Chris Kasabach has served the Executive Director[1] of the Watson Foundation since 2011, and is a member of the Foundation's board. He previously co-founded[2] and served as the director of product marketing[3] at BodyMedia, a wearable technology startup that was acquired by Jawbone for $100 million in 2013[4]. He also currently serves on the Board of Directors at the Winterhouse Institute[5], a council of national design education. Previously, he received his BFA from Carnegie Mellon[6] and an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School, where he was named Lucius N. Littauer Fellow[7].

Chris Kasabach
Alma materHarvard Kennedy School, Carnegie Mellon
OccupationDesigner, Entrepreneur, Foundation Director

Design Awards

Chris Kasabach's work has won several design awards,[8] including two International Design Excellence Awards.[9] His work has been exhibited by the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum.[10] He was also a recipient of the Watson Fellowship in 1991, from the foundation he would later direct.[11]

References
  1. "History & Vision". Watson Foundation.
  2. "60 Seconds With". Carnegie Mellon Today Archives. Carnegie Mellon Today.
  3. Celanto, David. "Innovate or Perish: New Technologies and Architecture's Future". Harvard Design Magazine.
  4. Velazco, Chris. "Jawbone Acquires BodyMedia For Over $100 Million To Give It An Edge In Wearable Health Tracking". Tech Crunch. Tech Crunch.
  5. "About". Winterhouse Institute.
  6. "Chris Kasabach". Carnegie Mellon Athletics. Carnegie Mellon University.
  7. "Design Thinking in Business: Chris Kasabach". DT Summit 2012. DT Summit 2012.
  8. "Harvard Design Magazine: Innovate or Perish: New Technologies and Architecture's Future". www.harvarddesignmagazine.org. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
  9. Cagan, Jonathan (2011). The Design of Things to Come: How Ordinary People Create Extraordinary Products. FT Press.
  10. BodyMedia, Extreme Textiles: Designing for High Performance Exhibition, Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, spring 2005.
  11. "Leadership". Watson Foundation. Watson Foundation.
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