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Chris Flink
Adjunct Professor, d.school
BioChris Flink is an Adjunct Professor and a versatile leader with experience spanning premier creative, educational and cultural institutions. He's a dynamic executive who consistently marries imagination with strategic rigor, brings the best out of interdisciplinary teams, and fosters inclusive, human-centered organizational cultures. He is the former CEO and Executive Director of the Exploratorium (2016-22), senior partner at IDEO (1997-2016), and Fortune 500 corporate board member. At Stanford, he is supporting strategic leadership of the "d.school" and contributing to its courses, programs and fundraising. Chris was a founding faculty member of the d.school (Hasso Plattner Institute of Design) and key part of its early leadership team. He currently co-teaches the undergraduate Capstone course ("Advanced Design"; 161 a/b) and was previously appointed as a Consulting Associate Professor in Engineering (1999-2017), a Lecturer in Marketing at the Graduate School of Business (2011-16), and a faculty Resident Fellow (2013-17). Courses taught include: "Advanced Product Design" (ME 216B), "Human Values in Design" (ME 313 with Professor David Kelley), "Brands, Experience & Social Technology" (MKTG 353), "Designing Empathy-based Organizations" (GSBGEN 555), "Social Brands" and "Building Innovative Brands" (MKTG 541 & 552 with Professor Jennifer Aaker). He served as the faculty Resident Fellow for a vibrant innovation-themed undergraduate dorm of more than 130 upperclass students (each year) as they built community and fueled their creative confidence. Chris has also delivered popular guest lectures at Wharton and Columbia business schools, and presented at TEDx as well as the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. His adventures with Stanford began as an enthusiastic student, earning his BS in Engineering/Product Design and his MS in Management from the Graduate School of Business.
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Matt Harvey
Chief Corporate Engagement Officer, Stanford Engineering Center for Global and Online Education
BioMatt Harvey is the chief corporate engagement officer with the Stanford Engineering Center for Global and Online Education (CGOE). He is responsible for leading development of corporate, collaborator, and prospective donor relationships to drive sustainable engagement and growth opportunities for CGOE, Stanford Enterprise Education, and Stanford Online. As a member of CGOE’s senior leadership team, he also serves as an executive lead for organizational development initiatives.
Matt previously served at CGOE as senior director of global partnerships and professional programs, where he developed global collaboration relationships and provided strategic direction for CGOE's professional programs and open course portfolios. Prior to that as executive director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP), the entrepreneurship center in Stanford Engineering, he led external relations and provided direction for STVP’s operations, communications, and digital products, including Stanford eCorner, a multimedia digital learning platform to support entrepreneurship and innovation educators and aspiring entrepreneurs around the world. Prior to joining Stanford, Matt worked in content strategy and marketing roles for firms in the tech, entertainment, and non-profit sectors. A Silicon Valley native, Matt holds a degree in Television and Film from San Jose State University.
