Elaine Ann🇨🇦

About Elaine Ann

Founder / Director at Kaizor Innovation

Elaine Ann, Founder / Director of Kaizor Innovation

20+ years of experience in the User Experience / Design Thinking 12 years in the U.S. living and working in New York, San Francisco, Silicon Valley in the 90’s Founded Kaizor Innovation, a strategic innovation consultancy since 2002: www.kaizor.com Clients include: Google, Meta (Facebook), Airbnb, DropBox, BMW, Intel, Siemens, Motorola etc. Taught at Executive Masters in Innovation Leadership at Hong Kong PolyU School of Design and HKUST MBA Advisory Committee and Visiting Professor at HK Polytechnic University School of Design and the Hong Kong Design Institute since 2002 Alumni of Stanford Executive Education Design Thinking, Cheung Kong Business School EMBA Undergrad and Masters at Carnegie Mellon University Currently help Tech Startups with Fractional CXO (Chief Xperience Officer) www.cxo.kaizor.com Run IxDA Hong Kong since 2006 and currently running IxDA Vancouver (UX Community) since 2021 Currently also a General Partner and Co-Founder at Zenith Venture Studio creating AI B2B Startups from build to fund

Expertise

Sessions with Elaine Ann

• Mentorship Session (15 min): General mentorship

What mentees say

“Elaine is offering fresh insights on maintaining a realistic understanding of employers' expectations and bridging the gap effectively. Excellent to follow.”

“She is soooo kind and professinal that you want your talk never ends with her. She has great knowledge of UX market and would guide you whole-heartedly. Her insights are realistic and great. Definitely recommend her.”

“Elaine shared her experience in helping people get into the UX design industry. Thank you for taking the time to speak with me.”