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Krisztina Holly

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

Krisztina "Z" Holly[1]is aHungarian Americanentrepreneur.[2]

Holly is best known as the creator of the firstTEDx,[3][4]the foundingexecutive directorof theDeshpande Center for Technological Innovationat the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the viceprovostfor innovation and founding executive director of the Stevens Center for Innovation at theUniversity of Southern California.[5]

Life

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Holly was born to Hungarian parents who were refugees to America in 1956.[5][6][7]She attended theMassachusetts Institute of Technologyand received bachelor's and master's degrees inmechanical engineering.[8]She,Michael Cassidy,and John Barrus won theMIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competitionin 1991 for Stylus Innovation, which was acquired byArtisoftin 1996 for $12.8M.[9]She is married and resides inLos Angeles.[10]

Career

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Holly started her career as an undergraduate researcher at theMIT 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 ofcomputer telephony integrationcompany 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 ofThe Art of Manufacturingpodcast[15]and served as the founder and president of MAKE IT IN LA,[8]which was launched during her term as Entrepreneur-in-Residence formayor of Los AngelesEric Garcetti.[16][17][13]

She is a foundingboard memberof theRiver LA,[18]serves on the board ofTTI/Vanguard,[19]and has been an advisor to many other companies and organizations,[20]including during thepresidency of Barack Obamaas an inaugural member of the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship[21]and a global agenda council member of theWorld Economic Forum,advising in the areas of entrepreneurship and manufacturing.[22][23][24]

Holly was named Champion of Free Enterprise byForbesin 2009[25]and has been recognized byRolling Stone,Wired,The New York Times,andEntrepreneur.[26][27][4][5]She has been a contributor toForbes,[28]The Economist,[29]Bloomberg Businessweek,[30]HuffPost,[31]CNN,[32]NASAASK,[33]Strategy+Business,[34]World Economic Forum,[35]Science Progress,[36]Innovation Management,[37]andMountain Bike Magazine.[38]

References

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  1. ^"Krisztina 'Z' Holly".Reinventors.Reinventors Network. 2012. Archived fromthe originalon 30 May 2013.Retrieved9 August2013.
  2. ^"Meet the Team".GGC.Retrieved2023-12-22.
  3. ^abHa, Thu-Huong (17 April 2012)."The Story of the First TEDx: Q&A with Krisztina 'Z' Holly".TED Blog.Retrieved3 August2013.
  4. ^abcRosenbloom, Stephanie (26 September 2010)."A Conference Makes Learning Free (and Sexy)".New York Times.Retrieved8 October2021.
  5. ^abcWang, Jennifer (25 March 2013)."Radicals & Visionaries: Invention vs. Innovation".Entrepreneur.Retrieved3 August2013.
  6. ^Vontz, Andrew (8 October 2019)."Krisztina 'Z' Holly - Entrepreneur & Talent Amplifier".The Hard Way.Retrieved8 October2021.
  7. ^abBuki, Alison (March 2012)."The 'Z' Factor".Prism Magazine.American Society for Engineering Education. Archived fromthe originalon 20 March 2014.Retrieved9 August2013.
  8. ^ab"About".MAKE IT IN LA.Retrieved2023-12-22.
  9. ^"USC Stevens Institute Names MIT's Krisztina Holly Executive Director".USC Today.8 March 2006.Retrieved3 August2013.
  10. ^"Krisztina Holly".LinkedIn.
  11. ^Holly, Krisztina "Z" (14 November 2013)."Who Makes It Onto The TED Stage? The Inside Scoop".Forbes.Retrieved8 October2021.
  12. ^Garrett, Elizabeth (10 July 2012)."Leadership Changes at USC Stevens Center for Innovation"(PDF).USC Office of the Provost.Retrieved21 December2023.
  13. ^ab"Krisztina Holly".Lemelson.Retrieved22 December2023.
  14. ^"Krisztina 'Z' Holly".USC Stevens Center for Innovation.Archived fromthe originalon 4 August 2013.Retrieved3 August2013.
  15. ^"The Art of Manufacturing".MAKE IT IN LA.Retrieved2023-12-21.
  16. ^Kuo, Benjamin F. (2 June 2014)."Entrepreneurship In The LA Mayor's Office, With EIR Krisztina Holly".socaltech.com.Retrieved27 July2014.
  17. ^"Mayor Garcetti Launches Entrepreneur in Residence Program".Office of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.2 May 2014. Archived fromthe originalon 28 July 2014.Retrieved27 July2014.
  18. ^"Founding Circle".River LA.
  19. ^"TTI/Vanguard Advisory Board".ttivanguard.com.Archived fromthe originalon 18 July 2014.
  20. ^"Krisztina 'Z' Holly".TED.com.Retrieved9 August2013.
  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.Retrieved9 August2013.
  23. ^Holly, Krisztina "Z" (20 November 2013)."The five Myths that are hurting entrepreneurship".World Economic Forum.
  24. ^"Global Agenda Council on the Future of Manufacturing".World Economic Forum.Archived fromthe originalon 16 May 2016.Retrieved9 August2013.
  25. ^Fisher, Daniel (4 November 2010)."Paint The Ivory Tower Green".Forbes.Retrieved3 August2013.
  26. ^Hendrikx, Erice (12 July 2016)."Rodney Mullen: Skateboarding's Einstein Rides Into the Fourth Dimension".Rolling Stone.Retrieved8 October2021.
  27. ^Koerner, Brendan I. (27 January 2015)."Silicon Valley Has Lost Its Way. Can Skateboarding Legend Rodney Mullen Help It?".WIRED.Retrieved8 October2021.
  28. ^Holly, Krisztina "Z" (29 June 2010)."Why Funding University Innovation Matters".Forbes.Retrieved9 August2013.
  29. ^"How would you describe your dream job? Discover the Millennials outlook".The Economist. 16 November 2013.Retrieved28 July2014.
  30. ^Holly, Krisztina (20 May 2009)."CERN's Collaborative Management Model".Bloomberg.Retrieved22 December2023.
  31. ^"Krisztina Holly".The Huffington Post.Archived fromthe originalon 7 September 2013.
  32. ^Holly, Krisztina "Z" (30 January 2010)."For jobs, look to university spin-offs".CNN.com.Retrieved9 August2013.
  33. ^Holly, Krisztina (1 June 2009)."A Model for Collaboration".APPEL Knowledge Services.NASA.Retrieved28 July2014.
  34. ^Holly, Krisztina "Z" (27 November 2012)."Best Business Books 2012: Innovation".Strategy+Business.Retrieved9 August2013.
  35. ^Holly, Krisztina "Z" (15 November 2012)."The democratization of innovation".World Economic Forum.Retrieved11 August2016.
  36. ^Holly, Krisztina "Z" (8 June 2010)."The Full Potential of University Research".Science Progress.Archived fromthe originalon 14 May 2013.Retrieved9 August2013.
  37. ^Wall, Karin (18 February 2011)."Developing Innovation Ecosystems Around Universities".InnovationManagement.Retrieved9 August2013.
  38. ^"Waterbars".The Singletrack Classroom.Retrieved9 August2013.
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