Parrish Hanna
User Experience Design Consultant, Advisor, & Collaborator
Industry leader and pioneer of Innovation Strategy, Experience Design, Interaction Design and Human-Machine Interface philosophy and process with a focus on discovering, designing & developing “What’s Next”.
Executive-level Consultant, Advisor, and Collaborator
A Few Accomplishments Related to User Experience, Portfolio Strategy & Innovation, Design & Management:
Establishing, growing and managing Portfolio Innovation Strategy, Experience Planning (UX & CX) Research, Design & Engineering for physical & digital solutions within global corporations in various industries including automotive, mobility, telecommunications, consumer electronics, communications, and computing companies
Defining the future user experience of the automobile and mobility systems - bridging physical and digital interactive design, software-defined vehicle and platform strategy, connected systems, BEV vehicles and infrastructure, mobile-device integration, driver assistance, and full autonomy
Primary contributor, influencer, and coordinator of front-end strategic planning on various topics like multi-horizon technology planning, experience design and delivery, brand and industry differentiation. Exercising activities like foresight planning, trend analysis, deep consumer understanding, agile team management, rapid iterative prototyping, market validation, and more
Designing and implementing digital business, product, and service strategies and solutions for many of the Fortune 100. Bridging across corporate disciplines of Sales, Marketing, Financial Services, Product Planning, Research & Development, Product Development, and others. Heavy contemporary focus on smart, connected ecosystems for the future of software-defined vehicles.
Serving as a Global Design Advisor to the world’s fastest growing consumer electronics firm, Samsung, across multiple divisions including telecommunications, digital media & entertainment, digital appliances, robotics and more
Management of global teams (in North America, Germany, UK, China, SA, Mexico, and more), large ($50M+) budgets, complex system challenges, and enterprise-wide organizational change
Co-founding and managing an industry defining User Experience firm in the ‘90s; Nurturing & expanding the field and profession for over 30 years
Numerous university affiliations including Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD) UX mentor; Managerial Fellow of Univ. of Illinois Chicago; Univ. of Michigan Integrated Product Development (IPD) collaborator, lecturer at Kellogg School of Management, Booth School of Business, Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), MIT Media Center corporate collaborator, Art Center College of Design guest lecturer
Co-Founder of MI Automobile & Mobility UX Meetup group
Frequent industry speaker and advisor; co-Chair of major industry conferences