Summary
Diego Rodriguez is a multidisciplinary executive who blends product, design, and engineering to create AI-forward customer experiences and scalable businesses. He led Intuit’s product and design teams through a transformation toward AI-centric platforms, coined strategic “Big Bets,” and relaunched product management for an AI era. Formerly a Senior Partner and Global Managing Director at IDEO, he built Business Design and incubated ventures including PillPack and IDEO U, translating design thinking into investable startups. A founding d.school faculty member and current Harvard Business School Executive Fellow, he mentors entrepreneurial leaders and shapes innovation curricula. Diego serves on multiple corporate boards with a focus on hard tech and transportation, and holds engineering and humanities degrees from Stanford plus an MBA with distinction from Harvard. Notably, his career spans hands-on engineering (HP, early Apple projects) to board-level exits, reflecting rare fluency from prototype to public company strategy.
9 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
MBA, with Distinction, MBA, with Distinction at Harvard Business School
BS & BA, Mechanical Engineering (BS) | Values, Technology Science & Society, with Honors (BA), BS & BA, Mechanical Engineering (BS) | Values, Technology Science & Society, with Honors (BA) at Stanford University
Spanish, French