Krisztina “Z” Holly is an innovation expert who lives, works, and plays at the intersection of entrepreneurship, technology, design, and academia. As vice provost for innovation at the University of Southern California and executive director for the USC Stevens Institute for Innovation, she leads a team of over 30 to translate USC’s most groundbreaking ideas to market and develop educational programs to help faculty and students make maximum impact with their ideas. Holly brings to USC her experience as an engineer and serial entrepreneur, and is a frequent contributor to Businessweek and the Huffington Post. Before USC, she was founding executive director of MIT's Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation, which has spawned twenty startup companies that have raised over $140 million in capital. An avid traveler, mountain biker, and backcountry skier, Holly earned master's and bachelor's degrees in mechanical engineering from MIT.

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