Travis Lee
Partner at Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolTravis Lee is a partner at IDEO with over a decade of experience helping Fortune 500 companies and startups design products, services, and ventures that reshape markets and organizations. He specializes in human-centered design at the intersection of brand, transformation, and technology, and has led high-impact engagements including Ford’s shift toward mobility services and new-brand launches for major global companies. As former Managing Director of IDEO Chicago and Executive Managing Director for North America, he focuses on data as a medium for design and drives studio-level design excellence. He brings hands-on engineering credibility from earlier work at Medtronic, where his concept and test engineering led to a patented cardiac lead implantation system. A frequent speaker and adjunct lecturer at Northwestern, he blends practical prototyping and venturing methods with strategic leadership. Colleagues note his knack for turning ambiguous, “seemingly impossible” challenges into tangible opportunities through creative rigor and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
12 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Mechanical Engineering at University of Minnesota
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