Krisztina Holly

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Krisztina 'Z' Holly
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Holly in 2013
Occupation(s)Innovator and entrepreneur

Krisztina "Z" Holly [1] is a Hungarian American entrepreneur. [2]

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Holly is best known as the creator of the first TEDx, [3] [4] the founding executive director of the Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the vice provost for innovation and founding executive director of the Stevens Center for Innovation at the University of Southern California. [5]

Life

Holly was born to Hungarian parents who were refugees to America in 1956. [5] [6] [7] She attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received bachelor's and master's degrees in mechanical engineering. [8] She, Michael Cassidy, and John Barrus won the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition in 1991 for Stylus Innovation, which was acquired by Artisoft in 1996 for $12.8M. [9] She is married and resides in Los Angeles. [10]

Career

Holly started her career as an undergraduate researcher at the MIT Media Lab, working on the team that created the world's first full-color computer generated reflection hologram. Holly created TEDxUSC, the first-ever TEDx event, in 2009. [3] [4] In her role as curator and host for TEDxUSC over four years, she discovered and coached more than 60 presenters. [11] From 2002 to 2006 she was the founding executive director of the MIT Deshpande Center. From 2006-2012 she was the vice provost for innovation at USC and founding executive director the USC Stevens Center for Innovation. While she was at MIT and USC, the centers helped 39 startups based on university research. [12]

Holly was co-founder of computer telephony integration company Stylus Innovation (acquired by Artisoft) [13] and subsequently joined other tech and media startups including Direct Hit Technologies (acquired by Ask Jeeves) and Jeeves Solutions. [14] Holly spent nearly three years in documentary production. [7] She is the host of The Art of Manufacturing podcast [15] and served as the founder and president of MAKE IT IN LA, [8] which was launched during her term as Entrepreneur-in-Residence for mayor of Los Angeles Eric Garcetti. [16] [17] [13]

She is a founding board member of the River LA, [18] serves on the board of TTI/Vanguard, [19] and has been an advisor to many other companies and organizations, [20] including during the presidency of Barack Obama as an inaugural member of the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship [21] and a global agenda council member of the World Economic Forum, advising in the areas of entrepreneurship and manufacturing. [22] [23] [24]

Holly was named Champion of Free Enterprise by Forbes in 2009 [25] and has been recognized by Rolling Stone , Wired , The New York Times , and Entrepreneur . [26] [27] [4] [5] She has been a contributor to Forbes, [28] The Economist , [29] Bloomberg Businessweek , [30] HuffPost , [31] CNN, [32] NASA ASK, [33] Strategy+Business , [34] World Economic Forum, [35] Science Progress , [36] Innovation Management, [37] and Mountain Bike Magazine. [38]

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  2. ↑ "Meet the Team". GGC. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  3. 1 2 Ha, Thu-Huong (17 April 2012). "The Story of the First TEDx: Q&A with Krisztina 'Z' Holly". TED Blog. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 Rosenbloom, Stephanie (26 September 2010). "A Conference Makes Learning Free (and Sexy)". New York Times. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 Wang, Jennifer (25 March 2013). "Radicals & Visionaries: Invention vs. Innovation". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  6. ↑ Vontz, Andrew (8 October 2019). "Krisztina 'Z' Holly - Entrepreneur & Talent Amplifier". The Hard Way. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  7. 1 2 Buki, Alison (March 2012). "The 'Z' Factor". Prism Magazine. American Society for Engineering Education. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  8. 1 2 "About". MAKE IT IN LA. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  9. ↑ "USC Stevens Institute Names MIT's Krisztina Holly Executive Director". USC Today. 8 March 2006. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  10. ↑ "Krisztina Holly". LinkedIn.
  11. ↑ Holly, Krisztina "Z" (14 November 2013). "Who Makes It Onto The TED Stage? The Inside Scoop". Forbes. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  12. ↑ Garrett, Elizabeth (10 July 2012). "Leadership Changes at USC Stevens Center for Innovation" (PDF). USC Office of the Provost. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  13. 1 2 "Krisztina Holly". Lemelson. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  14. ↑ "Krisztina 'Z' Holly". USC Stevens Center for Innovation. Archived from the original on 4 August 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  15. ↑ "The Art of Manufacturing". MAKE IT IN LA. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  16. ↑ Kuo, Benjamin F. (2 June 2014). "Entrepreneurship In The LA Mayor's Office, With EIR Krisztina Holly". socaltech.com. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  17. ↑ "Mayor Garcetti Launches Entrepreneur in Residence Program". Office of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. 2 May 2014. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  18. ↑ "Founding Circle". River LA.
  19. ↑ "TTI/Vanguard Advisory Board". ttivanguard.com. Archived from the original on 18 July 2014.
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  21. ↑ "Locke Announces National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship Members". United States Department of Commerce. July 13, 2010.
  22. ↑ "WEF Global Agenda Council on Fostering Entrepreneurship midterm report" (PDF). The World Economic Forum. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
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  27. ↑ Koerner, Brendan I. (27 January 2015). "Silicon Valley Has Lost Its Way. Can Skateboarding Legend Rodney Mullen Help It?". WIRED. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  28. ↑ Holly, Krisztina "Z" (29 June 2010). "Why Funding University Innovation Matters". Forbes. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  29. ↑ "How would you describe your dream job? Discover the Millennials outlook". The Economist. 16 November 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  30. ↑ Holly, Krisztina (20 May 2009). "CERN's Collaborative Management Model". Bloomberg. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  31. ↑ "Krisztina Holly". The Huffington Post. Archived from the original on 7 September 2013.
  32. ↑ Holly, Krisztina "Z" (30 January 2010). "For jobs, look to university spin-offs". CNN.com. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  33. ↑ Holly, Krisztina (1 June 2009). "A Model for Collaboration". APPEL Knowledge Services. NASA. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  34. ↑ Holly, Krisztina "Z" (27 November 2012). "Best Business Books 2012: Innovation". Strategy+Business. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  35. ↑ Holly, Krisztina "Z" (15 November 2012). "The democratization of innovation". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  36. ↑ Holly, Krisztina "Z" (8 June 2010). "The Full Potential of University Research". Science Progress. Archived from the original on 14 May 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  37. ↑ Wall, Karin (18 February 2011). "Developing Innovation Ecosystems Around Universities". InnovationManagement. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  38. ↑ "Waterbars". The Singletrack Classroom. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
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