Dev Patnaik

Dev Patnaik is the CEO of Jump Associates, a hybrid strategy firm focused on growth. Together with his teammates, Dev works with companies to create new businesses and reinvent existing ones. Jump has helped organizations define profitable growth platforms in highly ambiguous spaces, and built the systems, processes and metrics to make these platforms a reality. In recent years, Jump has become particularly well-known for its pioneering culture, and was named by the Wall Street Journal as one of the best places to work in America.

Dev is a trusted advisor to senior executives at many of Americas most admired companies, including GE, Target and Hewlett-Packard. A frequent speaker at business forums, Dev was featured as a guest on the CNBC series, The Business of Innovation. His articles have appeared in numerous publications, including BusinessWeek, CNN, Fast Company and Forbes.

Dev is the author of the book Wired to Care: how companies prosper when they create widespread empathy. It was named one of the best books of the year by both Fast Company and Business Week. Noted author Malcolm Gladwell called Wired to Care just what we need for the lean years ahead.

When hes not working at Jump, Dev is an adjunct professor at Stanford University, where he teaches a course called Needfinding. In the class, students draw upon methods from anthropology, design and business strategy to discover insights about ordinary people and create new products and services.

Dev lives with his wife and family in San Mateo, California. And while he finds himself to be most often in other time zones, his watch is always set to Pacific Standard Time.