Innovation Leader Rika Nakazawa Joins frog as Head of Global Strategic Partnerships

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- frog, the global product strategy and design firm, today announced that it has hired a senior executive to augment its global team: Executive Director of Global Strategic Partnerships Rika Nakazawa.

"Increasingly breakthrough design and innovation work is driven by organizations working in concert," said Andy Zimmerman, president of frog. "Rika will expand and deepen our partnerships in the general consulting, creative services, high-tech, and academic fields. She brings extensive experience harnessing innovation in the creative services, e-commerce, embedded technology, and entertainment industries, and we're very pleased to have her aboard."

"Historically, frog has worked with other partners in providing innovative product and service solutions, but it has been opportunistic and related to specific projects.  More recently, with the increased importance of design, customer experience, and innovation for growth strategies, it is clear that frog can add tremendous value in a partnership, both in proposing and delivering transformational products and services," said Nakazawa. "I'm looking forward to working with our creative, strategy, and business development teams to expand the partner network for the benefit of our joint clients."

Nakazawa has fostered new business in enterprise and startups globally from the beginning of her career—most recently at Neo Innovation in San Francisco, and previously at Accenture, Sony, and American Express in various strategy, consulting, marketing, and business development roles.  She is active as a formal advisory board member for venture-backed startups in Silicon Valley, has filed commercial patents, and has held a producer role for original online programming promoting women entrepreneurs.

Nakazawa was born and raised in Japan, is tri-lingual, and has forged strong networks around the Internet of Things in Asia, Europe, and the U.S. 

ABOUT FROG
frog is a global product strategy and design firm. Our work solves problems, anticipates the future, and advances the human experience. We are more than 600 strategists, researchers, designers, and technologists who consult and partner with clients across industries. Headquartered in San Francisco, we have offices in Amsterdam, Austin, Boston, London, Milan, Munich, New York, Seattle, Shanghai, and Singapore. www.frogdesign.com

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