Joan Gregor

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Joan Gregor is an American design strategist and co-founder of The Design Academy, Inc. [1]

Founded in 2000 with her partner Charles Pelly, The Design Academy, Inc. A multidisciplinary consulting group, dedicated to applying product design and creative knowledge to corporations and organizations through a “Power of Collective Thought”. She is a design strategist helping companies leverage the value of design and develops guidelines around design metrics. [2] She has postgraduate studies in Marketing at Northeastern University, BS consumer studies at the University of New Hampshire and associate degree in accounting at Bentley College.

She is the co-founder and director of Design Los Angeles conference and Design Challenge for LA Auto Show. [3] [4]

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References

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  2. Unknown, "Define your customer", Unlimited Magazine, . Retrieved 2010-04-05.
  3. Jessica Schmidt, "About Design Los Angeles" Archived 2010-01-04 at the Wayback Machine , LA Auto Show, December 3, 2009. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
  4. Unknown, "Los Angeles Auto Show announces 'Design Los Angeles' as 2005 theme" Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine , Car Design News, July 28, 2004. Retrieved 2010-04-05.