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Chris Kasabach | |
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Alma mater | Harvard Kennedy School, Carnegie Mellon |
Occupation(s) | Designer, Entrepreneur, Foundation Director |
Chris Kasabach has served the Executive Director [1] of the Watson Foundation since 2011, and is a member of the Foundation's board. He previously co-founded [2] Sandbox Advanced Development with three Carnegie Mellon alumni, and together they co-founded and grew the company into BodyMedia Inc., a wearable health technology pioneer that was acquired by Jawbone for $100 million in 2013. [3] He also currently serves on the board of directors at the Winterhouse Institute, [4] a council of national design education. Previously, he received his BFA from Carnegie Mellon [5] and an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School, where he was named Lucius N. Littauer Fellow. [6]
Chris Kasabach's work has won several design awards, [7] including two International Design Excellence Awards. [8] His work has been exhibited by the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum. [9] He was also a recipient of the Watson Fellowship in 1991, from the foundation he would later direct. [10]
The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's
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Chris Kasabach | |
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Alma mater | Harvard Kennedy School, Carnegie Mellon |
Occupation(s) | Designer, Entrepreneur, Foundation Director |
Chris Kasabach has served the Executive Director [1] of the Watson Foundation since 2011, and is a member of the Foundation's board. He previously co-founded [2] Sandbox Advanced Development with three Carnegie Mellon alumni, and together they co-founded and grew the company into BodyMedia Inc., a wearable health technology pioneer that was acquired by Jawbone for $100 million in 2013. [3] He also currently serves on the board of directors at the Winterhouse Institute, [4] a council of national design education. Previously, he received his BFA from Carnegie Mellon [5] and an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School, where he was named Lucius N. Littauer Fellow. [6]
Chris Kasabach's work has won several design awards, [7] including two International Design Excellence Awards. [8] His work has been exhibited by the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum. [9] He was also a recipient of the Watson Fellowship in 1991, from the foundation he would later direct. [10]