Jeff Mulhausen

Jeff has 15 years of experience managing product innovation initiatives. With a hybrid background as a product designer and ethnographer, Jeff has been listed in over 10 patents. His work has been exhibited at the Austin Museum of Art and the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum in New York. His recent projects include helping shape a new patient-centered cancer care experience with the LiveStrong Foundation, the application of innovation principles for a future vision of the Austin Independent School District, and developing a family-centric behavior change model that uncovered new interventions to improve maternal/newborn health in India for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Recently, Mulhausen led a new initiative to design an integrated analog/digital experience focused on the future of self-guided retail space. He's currently working on an engagement with Facebook to explore new innovations for conflict resolution on the platform.

Experience

Founding Partner UPSTREAM

Innovation Mentor MassChallenge

Guest Lecturer McCombs School of Business

VP of Design BRiGGO 2012 – 2018

VP of Design BRiGGO 2012 – 2018

Industrial Design Director M3 Design Inc. 1999 – 2008

Industrial Design Design Continuum 1998 – 1999

Industrial Designer Cycra Racing 1997 – 1999

Industrial Design Next World Design 1996 – 1997

Education

The Ohio State University Bachelor of Science, Industrial and Product Design President, Ohio State Chapter IDSA