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Mona Patel

CEO
Motivate Design

Mona Patel is a dynamic, engaging entrepreneur with 17 years experience convincing leaders at some of the world’s biggest brands to understand, value, and optimize their customers’ experiences. She is the author of the bestseller, Reframe: Shift the Way You Work, Innovate, and Think, which inspires others and offers an actionable roadmap for ideation, and is the Founder/ CEO of Motivate, a User Experience (UX) research, design, and staffing agency.

Mona's personal brand, robust experience and memorable charisma are integral to:

• Establishing company vision
• Ensuring that resources are effectively utilized to
execute the vision
• Executing that vision
• Nurturing & developing new business opportunities
• Cultivating the best environment for employees
• Aligning hiring practices with corporate values and
business needs
• Identifying the next ‘Big Thing’ by encouraging the
exploration of new research methodologies, new markets to disrupt, and new ideas to validate or discover

Clients include Chick-Fil-A, Carter’s, Tumblr, E*Trade, MTV, Victoria’s Secret & Jet.com

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