Kristine Chan-Lizardo, Joint Fellow
Contact Information
Rocky Mountain Institute
Attn: Built Environment Team
1820 Folsom Street
Boulder, Colorado 80302
Ms. Chan-Lizardo has an extensive background in product development and engineering. Eight years with design consultancy IDEO have made her seasoned in design project management and workshop facilitation skills. Additionally, her expertise includes translating the needs and issues expressed by end users into ideal user experiences and product requirements, whether that product is a consumable, service, or environment. As a consultant, Kristine worked with companies in the industries of healthcare, household goods, consumer electronics & appliances, food packaging, and furniture manufacturing. Kristine comes to RMI most recently from Orbit Baby, a small start-up selling a radically new product system in the infant car seat and baby gear market. As this category produced few true innovations in the past 20 years, Kristine understands the barriers to successfully introducing innovation into an established, risk-adverse industry. Prior to IDEO, Kristine spent four years working at Ford Motor Company in plastic components manufacturing. With her experience in generating innovative product concepts and debugging those designs through to implementation, Kristine brings a unique perspective to RMI’s philosophy of “Think-and-Do”. RMI Projects
Indiana Energy Systems NetworkUrban Re:Vision
India Workshop (MOVE internal)
Education
Master of Science, Product Design, Stanford University, 2007Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, MIT, 1991