I am an Urbanophile.

I specialize in articulating what makes space have a sense of ‘place.’ The hidden value of data is increased social and associational ties. As I see it, collaboration with data should be used to develop new indices for quality of life.

To that end, I believe in the ‘City as Platform.’ And I am local. So I am a designer, too. What have I designed? - thrdPlace...

At thrdPlace we see that there is a gap between the needs of our communities and the resources that can affect change. Organizations cannot link their sales, donation management, or civic engagement with the outcomes their community outreach is purposed to achieve. thrdPlace bridges this gap by enabling organizations to manage the causes and civic projects their consumers care about with the funds, supplies, volunteers and leadership of local communities.

As the daughter of two rocket scientists, Kaz founded Curious Catalyst to marry investigation with action, bringing a new take to the business of social impact through her experience in agile approaches. After years working with emerging technology platforms and solving larger cross-disciplinary problems in the digital agency space, she earned her stripes in the start-up world, leading strategy and operations for early social media innovators and then an open-source cloud computing powerhouse focused on the developing world. With a background across media platforms, Kaz brings a unique creative perspective to her strategy work, combining film, print, broadcast, branding and transmedia storytelling. Kaz is known for being able to switch between the detail of producing and the big-picture design thinking necessary for successful user-centered design. She is a Stanford graduate, Challenge Faculty at and a fellow of THNK, the School of Creative Leadership, and a Certified Scrum Master.