Dave Blakely
Dave Blakely is a Senior Director based in IDEO\'s Palo Alto office. He leads Technology Strategy at IDEO, which explores links between emerging technologies, business opportunities and customer needs. Dave implements the methods and tools of Technology Strategy through his management of strategic relationships with several of IDEO\'s technology-focused clients such as NASA, Cisco and ConocoPhillips. Much of Dave’s work involves helping technology-focused companies to advance their cultures of innovation, and to develop products and services to maintain market leadership. He also advises executives at a number of different technology companies, serves on advisory boards for business and academia, conducts innovation workshops, and speaks frequently to academic and business groups. Dave is a faculty adviser to Singularity University, a new academic institution that understands and facilitates development of exponentially advancing technology to address broad challenges to humanity.