Beatriz Duarte

Beatriz Duarte holds a BA degree in Industrial Design at the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil. Her expertise is focused on user-centered research, strategic planning, and costumer relationship management.

For many years, Beatriz was the CEO for an international jewelry company, where she was responsible for coordinating research, production, marketing and sales.

She worked on a variety of projects concerning the diverse aspects of innovation. One of them, the ON/OFF project, an initiative of the Tangible Knowledge Consortium, the membership of which currently includes, Motorola, Steelcase, SBI/Lante, and Zebra Technologies.

Currently she is the Director of business development of Design Strategy and Research in Brazil.

Apart from her work, Beatriz enjoys traveling abroad and listening to classical and modern music.