MEET THE SPEAKERS
Jod Kaftan
As Head of Product Design & Research at Oracle, Jod leads a design practice that strives to meaningfully impact climate change and provide SaaS solutions that bring critical energy and construction services to populations globally. Jod has more than 20 years of extensive end-to-end expertise in the enterprise and at both agencies and start-ups, driving cross-channel experiences across platforms for blue chip clients such as Sony, Microsoft, Riot Games, Google, and Wells Fargo. Jod has always pushed for businesses to become human-centered, provide solutions that are resilient, and seek enduring value. Before leading design teams at Oracle and Accenture Song, Jod was an experience designer and strategist at shops such as Razorfish and Possible, where he’s been exposed to a large spectrum of business models and design problems, from CPG, Financial Services and Entertainement to Non-Profits, start-ups and innovation labs. Jod has an MFA from Naropa University and a BFA from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. When not at home in Los Angeles, Jod is probably hiking with his wife, 13-year-old son, and dog in the Santa Monica Mountains.
