Bio

Kalina Yingnan Deng is a mixed media visual arts storyteller, Springer Nature published sociocultural scientist, and strategist with 9+ years of experience, from start-ups to Fortune 100 companies. Profiled by Teen Vogue and featured on the cover of a limited-edition leadership issue of TIME Magazine (via Parsons School of Design), Kalina nurtures agile, innovative, and human-centric consumer-facing firms. Kalina holds a B.A. Philosophy cum laude from Wellesley College with extensive coursework from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), an M.A. Fashion Studies with Honors (valedictorian) from Parsons School of Design, and an MBA with Beta Gamma Sigma Honors from NYU Stern School of Business. Experience: qualitative research; quantitative research; ethnography; M&A; venture capital; early-stage startups; multinational corporate operations; diversity and inclusion; global mobility; consumer insights; luxury; consumer goods; fashion; illustration; design thinking; business law; lead generation; market research; organizational behavior; editing; branding, go-to-market strategy; digital innovation; digital marketing; Agile methodology; design sprint; product strategy; product management; project management Software and tools: Google Analytics 360; Atlassian Confluence & Jira; Salesforce Marketing, Commerce, and Service Clouds; Qualtrics; Microsoft Office Suite; Excel with Analytics Edge; Adobe Creative; Minitab; Power BI; Shopify Plus; Umbraco; Drupal; Narvar; Oracle Responsys; Epsilon; Amperity Currently self-teaching and practicing: aerial hammock, Muay Thai, boxing, Filipino escrima, simplified Chinese character recognition, Spanish, and Hindi