J. Sanchez

J. Sanchez is a human-driven product innovation leader with a strong passion for innovating at the intersection of customer, business, and technology. Holding an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Princeton University, Sanchez has a diverse professional background that includes consulting for Deloitte Consulting, working as an Assistant Brand Manager at Procter & Gamble, and serving as the Chief Innovation Officer at Nationwide.

Sanchez has expertise in a variety of fields, including Customer Driven Innovation (aka Design Thinking), Product Management, User Experience and Design, Empathetic People Development, and Facilitative Leadership. Their innovative mindset and ability to collaborate with diverse teams and stakeholders allowed them to build product innovations in a human-centered way, which is known as "Design Thinking." Sanchez has also taught as an Adjunct Faculty member at Emory University - Goizueta Business School and has collaborated with Stanford University's Hasso Plattner Institute of Design as a Coach, Advisor, and former Adjunct Faculty member.

Sanchez's extensive experience in product and innovation management has made them an expert in building innovations in a repeatable way, refining roadmap strategies to achieve product-market fit, and creating a lightweight, yet rigorous structure for sustainable growth. They also seek to build innovators into company culture by nurturing and unleashing the innovative capacities of its people, making them more engaged and likely to stay with the company.