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Krisa Ryan

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XD Director-Strategy & Research at Mayo Clinic
📍 United States

Krisa Ryan is the XD Director for Strategy & Research at Mayo Clinics Center for Digital Health. She leverages her expertise in service and industrial design to improve patient journeys and lead user experience strategy. She holds an Industrial Design degree from the Rhode Island School of Design.

Krisa is passionate about community well-being, serving on the board of advisors for organizations like West Side Community Health Services. This commitment to public health is also reflected in her certification as a Wellness Coach from the Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences.

She has a unique dual background in industrial design and wellness coaching, blending structured design with a human-centric approach to health.

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Experience
10 Years
Current Role
XD Director-Strategy & Research
Location
United States
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Topics Krisa cares about

Patient Experience
Her entire career at Mayo Clinic, from re-engineering dialysis projects to her current director role, has focused on understanding and improving the patient journey through design.
Healthcare Service Design
Leads service design and research, focusing on how patients interact with healthcare systems to create more effective and empathetic experiences.
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Career

Work history

5-2024
XD Director-Strategy & Research
Mayo Clinic
2-2023 - 6-2024
Director of User Experience
Mayo Clinic
8-2021 - 2-2023
UX - Product & Platform Strategy, Center for Digital Health
Mayo Clinic
9-2020
Member Of The Board Of Advisors-Product Design
University of Minnesota
6-2018 - 8-2021
Director of Service Design
Worrell
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Education
2006 - 2010
Industrial Design
Rhode Island School of Design
Wellness Coaching
Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences
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Influence (I)

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