Skills

about dean hovey

• Skilled at creating new product lines, business units and companies.
  
• Diverse industry background, providing resourceful insights resulting in novel solutions.
• Business visionary - pioneered the use of Design Thinking to create a wide range of innovative user centric products and services to new markets. 
• Renowned product designer - co-founder of Hovey|Kelley Design now branded as IDEO. 
• Gifted leader and storyteller - inspiring clients and employees to find motivation and purpose in their work. 

Dean has broad executive experiences - as a boot-strapped founder, venture backed CEO, public company VP|GM, innovation consultant, Board Member, and venture capitalist. 

He is known for his creativity, leadership, and curiosity. He has started 12 companies, served as a senior executive in two public corporations and on several boards, and was instrumental in the design and commercialization of the computer mouse for Apple Computer. 

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