Stephan Clambaneva is the Managing Director of PARK. He is a sustainable design & circular innovation leader with global experience in business transformation, design innovation management, and holistic closed looped systems thinking for sustainable end-to-end product development. A creative polymath driving the triple bottom line by design and design driven innovation.

A thinker and a doer, prior to joining PARK, Stephan has 20 years of experience working in numerous global roles for tech giant IBM and global enterprise software leader Dassault Systemes leading product design and innovation projects for clients around the world.

Besides being a global design and utility patent holder, Stephan has an active keynote and public speaking schedule around the world at conferences most recently at the World Design Organization (WDO) Conference (2022-23), 2021 Athens EcoFest, 2021 Boston Design Week, The IDSA Sustainability Deep Dive 20,21&22, Great Wave Athens Hub, the Sustainability Forum, Milan Salone, Paris Design Week, New York Fashion Week, Denver Design Week, SxSW, New York Design Week NYCxDesign Festival every year, DMI Design Leadership Conference 2018, 2024, IDC, and the Innovation Summit, and many others evangelizing on the strategic value of circular design principles, industrial design and innovation. He has published multiple papers on Creative Business Leadership, Augmented Reality, Mobility, Design Thinking, Innovation, Product Lifecycle Mgmt., ID, Eco-Design, Environmental Management Systems and Sustainability and more recently Design for Humanity.

When not consulting with PARK clients, mentoring or educating tomorrow’s design leaders through the Design Leadership Academy, or serving on NYCxDesign’s Advisory Committee, Stephan ensures a sustainable future, giving keynotes, presentations and mentoring students and startups always evangelizing on the power of Design.

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