DEEPTI PAHWA

Executive Consultant to C-suites - championing the interdisciplinary, multi-faceted design thinking across sectors

such as health, technology, the social sector, business strategy & culture, digital transformation and Humane

Technologies (Privacy by design).

• Ex-CIO for a Health-tech (BIG Innovation Award 21, and Fast company’s 2021 World Changing Ideas Awards –

honorable mention) for Innovative Pandemic solutions for public health and private businesses (Ai & IOT)

• Guest Speaker (IMD business school) - Digital Execution course & building thought leadership on

• Digital Pandemic response with MIT Media Labs/ Harvard & Intelligent Health AI.

• Led multi-stakeholder Consortium and Hackathon for Dayone HealthTech Conference, 2021 (BaselArea) with

Academia, Industry and Government (Google & Microsoft as key tech partners)

• Strategic Consulting to Chief Learning Officer, Novartis: Implementing Innovation through L&D

• Expertise in bridging digital technologies to human needs, consumer insights (neuroscience) to behavioral

science, and bringing stakeholders together lead visionary projects (academia, corporate, government,

communities)- a rare skill set evolving from cross-industry intelligence.

• Executive coach for Stanford GSB LEAD executive education (Leadership & Innovation Programs)

• Founding Partner of LISA (Lead Incubator & Start-up Accelerator at Stanford GSB), an extensive engaging

ecosystem of hundreds of founders, mentors, and influential guest speakers and VCs that channels the expertise

of global Stanford LEAD community to help foster entrepreneurship ventures from across the globe.

• Jury member & Mentor for Masschallenge Switzerland, Catalyst Accelerator, Canada, and Advisor for Swiss

Innovation Park’s MedTech Accelerator, plus sitting on the Advisory Board of 2 Start-ups in Stealth mode.

• Author – Trailblazing Founders: Breaking through Invisible Boundaries (www.deeptipahwa.com/book)

Seasoned leader with a proven ability to build and

nurture high performing teams.

• Experience shaping major digital and brand

transformation initiatives including strategy,

implementation planning and mobilisation

• Digital innovation executive who has delivered

multiple complex products in health-tech platform

with AI strategy, direction and guided IT & business

leadership, business units and sourcing partners to

innovate solutions

• Experience in end-to-end lifecycle including Strategy,

Business Model Innovation, Change Management,

Programme Management & Stakeholder Mapping

• Enabled ecosystem for US based private-public

Partnerships with in-country business communities,

public health authorities (states and counties),

academia (MIT) for contact tracing, monitoring,

vaccine passport solution design.

• SAAS integrations for data-driven platform insights

and Health equity tracker project.

• Stanford GSB Rebuild, Advisor/Mentor, Global innovation sprint (8 weeks) to accelerate solutions for the challenges and opportunities we will face as we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic., 06/20 - 10/20
• Stanford GSB LEAD LISA (LEAD INCUBATOR & ACCELERATOR), Founding Partner, Stanford GSB LEAD community's first hybrid digital incubation platform for Ideas to MVP and scaling ventures globally., 06/20 - Present
• Swiss Stanford GSB Alumni Chapter, Founder and Conversation Catalyst, 08/19 - Present
• Stanford GSB LEAD European Chapter, Co-Founder and Lead Organizer for Events, 08/19 - Present
• Stanford GSB LEAD's Annual Alumni In-Person Speaker, Resilient Start-ups and Beyond Innovation in a time of Disruption European Women Changemakers United Making great Ideas Stick, 03/21 - Present
• Author, Trailblazer Founders Breaking through Invisible Boundaries, Bestseller New Release in VC category on Amazon, 06/21 - Present

• Stanford GSB, Intellectual Contribution Award for Power to Lead, Organizational power dynamics, Building influence & impact for change through networks & Communities, 03/2020
• Stanford GSB, Intellectual Contribution Award for Strategic Leadership in Innovation, Increase innovation, Leading by Design and implement successful strategic change, 03/2020
• Stanford GSB, Intellectual Contribution Award for Innovation Playbook, Storytelling & Story-coaching to build high-performing teams, global brands., 06/2020

Seasoned leader with a proven ability to build and nurture high performing teams., Seasoned leader with a proven ability to build and nurture high performing teams., Experience shaping major digital and brand transformation initiatives including strategy, implementation planning and mobilisation, Digital innovation executive who has delivered multiple complex products in health-tech platform with AI strategy, direction and guided IT & business leadership, business units and sourcing partners to innovate solutions, Experience in end-to-end lifecycle including Strategy, Business Model Innovation, Change Management, Programme Management & Stakeholder Mapping, Enabled ecosystem for US based private-public Partnerships with in-country business communities, public health authorities (states and counties), academia (MIT) for contact tracing, monitoring, vaccine passport solution design., SAAS integrations for data-driven platform insights and Health equity tracker project., Design Thinking: Iterative and user-centric approach, with a focus on value, incremental delivery and continuous improvement., Business model innovation and design for disruption Consultancy: Extensive experience in executive coaching on start-ups (300+), Network builder: Working with 250+ global corporate Leaders across Asia, Europe, US and Africa with C-suites from Google, Microsoft, Novartis, Roche, Global banks, Insurance and Automobile industries., Creating organisations for Leadership, Creativity & Innovation - Driving culture change, Communication: Strong communicator, able to adapt to business and technical audiences, and lead cross-functional teams, Critical Analytical Thinking: Structured logical and analytical approach to all work, Diversity, inclusion & equity to drive product and platform innovations, brand strategy & community narratives., English, German, Hindi, Punjabi, French, Spanish, MS Office, Photoshop, Lightroom, Affinity, Social Media, Website Tools, Negotiation, Sociability, Inter-Cultural, Leadership

Nationality: German

• Founding Partner of LISA (Lead Incubator & Start-up Accelerator at Stanford GSB), an extensive engaging
• ecosystem of hundreds of founders, mentors, and influential guest speakers and VCs that channels the expertise
• of global Stanford LEAD community to help foster entrepreneurship ventures from across the globe.
• • Jury member & Mentor for Masschallenge Switzerland, Catalyst Accelerator, Canada, and Advisor for Swiss
• Innovation Park’s MedTech Accelerator, plus sitting on the Advisory Board of 2 Start-ups in Stealth mode.
• Author – Trailblazing Founders: Breaking through Invisible Boundaries (www.deeptipahwa.com/book)
• TEDx Speaker 2023

AWARDS:

• BIG INNOVATION AWARDS 2020 (as Chief Innovation Officer)
• Stanford GSB: Intellectual Contribution Award for Power to Lead: Organizational power dynamics, Building influence & impact for change through Networks & Communities
• Stanford GSB: Intellectual Contribution Award for Strategic Leadership in Innovation: Increase innovation, Leading by Design and implement successful strategic change
• Stanford GSB: Intellectual Contribution Award for Innovation Playbook: Storytelling & Story-coaching to build high-performing teams, global brands.