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Dev Patnaik

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CEO at Jump Associates LLC
📍 San Mateo, California, United States

Dev Patnaik is the CEO of Jump Associates, a strategy and innovation firm that advises top global companies like Nike and Starbucks. He is the author of "Wired to Care" and an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University, where he teaches design research methods. He holds a Bachelor of Science from Stanford University.

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Experience
32 Years
Current Role
CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
San Mateo, California, United States
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Corporate Empathy
Author of "Wired to Care," which argues that companies prosper by creating a widespread, intuitive understanding of the people they serve.
Future-Focused Leadership
Frequently speaks and writes about how leaders can navigate constant change by focusing on the 'Next' rather than just optimizing the 'Now'.
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Career

Work history

6-1998
CEO
Jump Associates LLC
1-2003
Adjunct Professor
Stanford University
1-2000 - 1-2003
Lecturer
Stanford University
2-2023
Contributing Writer
Forbes
4-2018
Board Trustee
Conscious Capitalism, Inc.
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Media appearances

Innovation Leaders: Dev Patnaik, Co‑Founder And CEO, Jump Associates. Featured in Forbes
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Education
1988 - 1992
Bachelor of Science (BSc)
Stanford University
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