As Head of Product Design & Research at Oracle, Jod leads a design practice that strives to meaningfully impact climate change and provide SaaS solutions that bring critical energy services to populations globally. Jod has more than 20 years of extensive end-to-end expertise in the enterprise and at both agencies and start-ups driving cross-channel experiences across platforms for blue chip clients such as Sony, Microsoft, Riot Games, Google, and Wells Fargo. Jod has always pushed for businesses to become human-centered and provide solutions that are resilient and seek enduring value. Before leading design teams at Oracle and Accenture Song, Jod was an experience designer and strategist at shops such as Razorfish and Possible, where he’s been exposed to a large spectrum of business models and design problems, from CPG, Financial Services and Entertainement to Non-Profits, start-ups, and innovation labs. Jod has an MFA from Naropa University and and BFA from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. When not at home in Los Angeles, Jod is probably hiking with his wife, 12-year-old son, and dog in the Santa Monica Mountains.