Maria Giudice
Professor at THNK School of Creative Leadership
Schools
- Stanford Continuing Studies
- THNK School of Creative Leadership
Expertise
Links
Biography
THNK School of Creative Leadership
Innovator, artist, protagonist, and positive provocateur, Maria has pursued a vision of intelligent, elegant, people-centered design throughout her professional life. Her grasp of the pragmatic, the authentic, and the essential have kept her at the forefront of design and business for over 20 years. Under Maria's leadership, Hot Studio, the experience design firm she founded in 1997, grew from a two-person outfit into a full-service creative agency with an impressive list of Fortune 500 clients. Facebook paid Maria the ultimate compliment in Mar 2013, by acquiring her and most of her employees in their largest “acqui-hire” to date. Maria’s new role as Director of Product Design at Facebook allows her to experience first-hand the challenges and opportunities DEOs face.
Education
- BFA The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art (1981 — 1985)
Companies
- Instructor Stanford Continuing Studies (2020)
- Board Member CivicActions (2020)
- Advisory Board Member Cal Poly Graphic Communication (2019)
- Founder, Certified Executive Leadership Coach Hot Studio (2018)
- Advisory Council Member California State University - East Bay (2018)
- Advisory Board Member Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation at the College of Engineering at UC Berkeley. (2017)
- Board of Trustees Member California College of the Arts (2014)
- Co-author Rise of the DEO (2013)
- Adjunct Professor California College of the Arts (1999)
Videos
[WARM GUN 2014] Facebook, Maria Giudice, "Rise of the DEO: Leadership by Design"
Maria Giudice: Remaking the Making Company — Moving from Product to Experience (June 9, 2016)
How Creators Can Become Company Leaders | Poornima Vijayashanker & Maria Giudice
The Rise of the Design Executive Officer (Maria Giudice)
Maria Giudice: Innovation Starts at the Top
Maria Giudice: Design Leadership in Business
Maria Giudice – The Life of a Change Maker — Lessons from the Battlefield
Maria Giudice | The role of the DEO in solving world changing problems
#18: Autodesk VP of Design, Maria Giudice, on the rise of the Design Executive Officer
CUSP 2013 / Maria Giudice
#017: Maria Giudice: DesignOps, diversity, and design making a difference
ConveyUX 2016 Feature Presentation with Maria Giudice
Maria Giudice: Remaking the Making Company: Moving from Product to Experience
Design Leader Insights - Maria Giudice
The rise of the D.E.O | Maria Giudice | TEDxPresidio
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