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Certification
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Adam Wilson

St. Louis,MO

Summary

Accomplished Associate Director at Washington University, adept in both Strategic Design and Agile Methods. Expert in fostering team leadership and strategic enablement, demonstrated through impactful workshops and a Catalyst award nomination at Edward Jones. Showcased exceptional ability in driving innovation and strategic foresight across multiple roles.

Overview

20
years of professional experience
1
Certificate

Work History

Washington University, St. Louis

Associate Director
2024.03 - Current (6 months)

Job overview

  • Led team of 10 personnel, supervising daily performance as well as training and improvement plans
  • Fostered an Agile culture of continuous improvement by committing our team to Agile habits of work
  • Prioritized the incorporation of the Sam Fox School of Design and the McKelvey School of Engineering into our Entrepreneurship Narrative, resulting in early wins
  • Created workshops for student founders on the following topics: Leadership, Prototyping, and Persona creation

Edward Jones

Director - Design Studio and Operations
2023.04 - 2024.03 (11 months)

Job overview

  • Implementing business strategies that both uncover and address experience moments that matter across the organization, including how the firm attracts experienced women advisors, our overall experience for technology strategy for Canada, and our approach to multicultural client experience
  • Coaching our Managing Partner's Office both on Agile and Human-Centered ways of work
  • Activating the firm's purpose through redesigning the digital experience for firm non-profit diversity partner, Catalyst; resulted in our nomination for a Catalyst award
  • Leading our DesignOps space in the standardization of our components and tooling, including leveraging Figma and Knapsack at scale

Edward Jones

Department Leader - Design Studio and Labs
2022.11 - 2023.04 (5 months)

Job overview

-Lead firm innovation capability, including Design, Analysis, Research, and Facilitation

-Shepherd firm external purpose consulting, delivering on our promise to partner with communities

-Integrate Foresight discipline into our test and learn workflow

Edward Jones

Department Leader - Design Thinking Enablement
2021.10 - 2022.11 (1 year & 1 month)

Job overview

  • Drive strategy across firm product/service design
  • Lead the Design function that oversees our firm portfolio, including a diverse team of 10 designers/strategists
  • Empower functional leaders to embed Design Thinking rituals
  • Develop T-shaped acumen in Firm Strategic Enablement associates

Edward Jones

Design Thinking Studio Lead
2019.10 - 2021.10 (2 years)

Job overview

  • Lead Design Strategy for Managing Partner's Office
  • Mentor Managing Partner's Office in Design Thinking and Agile Methods
  • Facilitate enterprise-wide Design Thinking workshops
  • Introduce new technologies and methods through rapid experiments
  • Enable firm associates in Design Thinking, Test and Learn

Edward Jones

Business Strategy Leader, Design Lead
2018.05 - 2019.10 (1 year & 5 months)

Job overview

  • Complete testing projects for several firm innovation projects
  • Create product development proposals, based on qualitative sessions
  • Lead Design Thinking projects from conception to execution
  • Collaborate with leadership team to identify relevant opportunities
  • Develop market-specific firm strategy

Edward Jones

Learning Strategist
2017.11 - 2018.04 (5 months)

Job overview

  • Perform initial assessment and analysis to begin research process
  • Design learning forums that serve our most successful Financial Advisors
  • Design, develop and test embedded learning tools
  • Validate designs alongside instructional designers and learners

LaunchCode

Company Relations Manager
2016.02 - 2017.11 (1 year & 9 months)

Job overview

  • Deploy development initiatives along several revenue streams, including donor development, placement services, and education operations
  • Doubled revenue from 2016 to 2017 in St. Louis region
  • Train peers and management team on implementation of Salesforce CRM
  • Secure multi-million dollar, multi-year contract with Federal Government

Independent Schools

English Teacher
2005.01 - 2016.01 (11 years)

Job overview

  • Educate over 1,200 students in the basics of English grammar and rhetoric
  • Collaborate across departments to meet quarterly and yearly educational goals
  • Received positive teacher evaluations from students, superiors
  • Create and implement AP Language and Composition programs
  • Create and teach AP American Studies program

Education

Webster University , St. Louis, MO

Master of Arts from Teaching
2005

Miami University , Oxford, OH

Bachelor of Arts from Psychology, English
2000

Skills

  • Design Thinking
  • Agile Methods
  • Scrum Master
  • Design Research
  • Lean Product Development
  • Lean Innovation
  • Strategic Enablement
  • Facilitation
  • Competitive Strategy
  • Strategic Foresight
  • Team Leadership
  • Storytelling/Narrative Building

Certification

Scrum Master - The Scrum Alliance

Business Innovation Certificate - IDEO

Design Thinking Certificate - MIT Sloan School of Business

Design Thinking Practitioner - IBM

Design Thinking Co-Creator - IBM

Certificate of Readiness - Harvard Business School (HBS)

Developing Organizational Agility - HBS

Finance for Senior Executives - HBS

Foresight Practitioner - The Future School

Accomplishments

    Startup Weekend STL: 1st place

    Startup Weekend EDU: 1st place

    Education Entrepreneur in Residence at University of Missouri, St. Louis

    XQ Super School Semi-Finalist, 2016

    Founding Trustee of 4.0 Schools' "The Life School", Atlanta, GA

    Aim High teacher in San Francisco and St. Louis

    Associate Board, COCA St. Louis

Timeline

Associate Director

Washington University, St. Louis
2024.03 - Current (6 months)

Director - Design Studio and Operations

Edward Jones
2023.04 - 2024.03 (11 months)

Department Leader - Design Studio and Labs

Edward Jones
2022.11 - 2023.04 (5 months)

Department Leader - Design Thinking Enablement

Edward Jones
2021.10 - 2022.11 (1 year & 1 month)

Design Thinking Studio Lead

Edward Jones
2019.10 - 2021.10 (2 years)

Business Strategy Leader, Design Lead

Edward Jones
2018.05 - 2019.10 (1 year & 5 months)

Learning Strategist

Edward Jones
2017.11 - 2018.04 (5 months)

Company Relations Manager

LaunchCode
2016.02 - 2017.11 (1 year & 9 months)

English Teacher

Independent Schools
2005.01 - 2016.01 (11 years)

Webster University

Master of Arts from Teaching

Miami University

Bachelor of Arts from Psychology, English

Scrum Master - The Scrum Alliance

Business Innovation Certificate - IDEO

Design Thinking Certificate - MIT Sloan School of Business

Design Thinking Practitioner - IBM

Design Thinking Co-Creator - IBM

Certificate of Readiness - Harvard Business School (HBS)

Developing Organizational Agility - HBS

Finance for Senior Executives - HBS

Foresight Practitioner - The Future School

Adam Wilson