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Innovator | AI Advisor | Tech Founder | Author | Keynote Speaker | Strategist | Retreat Host
LaKisha Greenwade is an award-winning Innovator, AI advisor, Tech Ecosystem Founder, Forbes Leadership Coach, and Harvard University Guest Lecturer.
Affectionately known as “Coach L,” she teaches ambitious entrepreneurs, experienced professionals, and senior
managers how to push past their self-imposed limits, unleash their innovative spirit and design the life of their dreams.
As the founder of Wearable Tech Ventures (501c3), she leads the charge to support 100 wearable startups by 2030 led by underrepresented founders. She highlights founders and innovations as host of the Wearable Takeover podcast. In 2022 and 2024, Wearable Tech Ventures hosted the world largest and most inclusive wearables focused hackathon.
Her trailblazing career is marked with historical firsts in Corporate America as a National and Regional Account Manager for Fortune 500 companies; in Tech while raising a fund for underrepresented tech founders; in Innovation curating design thinking and executive leadership growth experiences; and in academia as a Business Professor.
Her personal vow to ensure she is never the last to contribute to history has influenced her work as visionary and President of the global wearable tech ecosystem, Wearable Tech Ventures; contributor and investor for the Upsurge Baltimore Equitech Ecosystem; and Innovation influencer.
In addition to frequently speaking at corporate and tech events, LaKisha has been honored as Innovator of the Year, National Black Ecosystem Builder Awardee, Start Up Mentor of the Year, Maryland Leading Women honoree, NIH Director’s Award, 2x National Women in STEM honoree at KID Museum, 3x SXSW Speaker, 2x 40 under 40 Leader, 3x author and NSF I-Corps National Mentor and certified Regional Instructor.
After years of leading Innovation efforts for corporations and the Federal Government, she earned a Design Thinking certification from MIT in 2021. This accolade compliments her B.S. in Economics from The Ohio State University, MBA from University of Maryland College Park, and MS Marketing education at Johns Hopkins University.
Innovation is the act of turning ideas into practical reality despite your fears and challenges. Visit her to find out how she can empower you to activate your ingenious nature and transform your workplace with Design Thinking workshops.
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2024 Speaking & Advisory Board Engagements
Jan 10-13 CES
Feb 5 NSF I-Corps Black Founders Program (Morgan State University)
Feb 15-17 BEYA (Baltimore, MD)
Feb 26 Pitch Dingman Round 1 Judge
March 10 KID Museum Women's Month Feature (Bethesda, MD)
March 14-16 ERN Conference (Washington, DC)
March 15 CNN Laura Coates Show
March 23 AKA Psi Phi Omega Chapter 10 Year Anniversary Emcee
March 24 KID Museum Wearable Tech Feature
April 15-19 National Science Foundation National I-Corps Kickoff
May 8-11 Black Innovation Alliance Sustainability Summit
June 25 Microsoft BIA CBC Policy Meeting
July 15-19 Wearable Tech Ventures Youth Intensive
July 22-26 Wearable Tech Ventures Global Hackathon
Aug 27 Digital Health Symposium
Sept 3-4 Wearable Technologies Conference USA (Mountain View, CA)
Sept 12-14 AAAS HBCU Making & Innovation Summit (Washington, DC)
Sept 16 National HBCU Week Conference (Philadelphia, PA)
Sept 18 Gen G. and McDonald's HBCU+ College netWORK
Oct 23-26 Biomedical Engineering Society
Nov 15 ConnectUp! Mini Summit (St, Paul, MN)