Gwendolyn Floyd
About
Gwendolyn Floyd is from Eastsound, Washington, United States. Gwendolyn is currently Chief Executive Officer at Wile, located in Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area. Gwendolyn also works as Founder at Soko, a job Gwendolyn has held since Aug 2011. In Gwendolyn's previous role as a Founder at Groupshot Design, Gwendolyn worked in until Dec 2011. Prior to joining Groupshot Design, Gwendolyn was a Founder at Regional and held the position of Founder. Prior to that, Gwendolyn was a Senior Designer at Philips Design from Jun 2005 to Aug 2007. Gwendolyn started working as Founder and Partner at Ransmeier & Floyd in Eindhoven Area, Netherlands in Feb 2002.
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Gwendolyn Floyd's current jobs
Wile is a holistic, plant-based wellness line for grown women 40-plus, rooted in hormonal and emotional balance. Created in partnership with endocrinologists and naturopaths, Wile is led by a team of seasoned entrepreneurs. We serve the 30+ million mid-life women ignored by brands and the medical establishment yet overburdened with expectations. Wile believes access to effective solutions, real information and community around perimenopause and emotional wellness is a critical health and gender justice issue of our time..
Soko is an supply chain innovation that connects mobile-enabled artisans from developing countries directly to brands, retailers, and online customers around the world. Soko, a women-owned and operated social enterprise, has developed the first mobile driven value chain that enables artisans to engage the international marketplace, even if they lack access to the Internet, a computer, or a bank account. Soko's demand responsive fashion production is driven by a technology platform that crowd sources marginalized production talent in the developing world into an ethical and transparent virtual factory. This virtual factory is powered by our growing suite of innovative mobile supply chain tools and distributed manufacturing methods. With our tools any talented artisan can participate in the global marketplace, becoming a driver of social and economic development in their community. Our innovative model has begun to prove that small scale artisans, when given access and the appropriate tools and opportunity, can absolutely compete in the international market.
Gwendolyn Floyd's past jobs
Groupshot designs and advises on projects at the intersections of innovation, social entrepreneurship and international development. We work as partners and consultants to design projects that address international development challenges and opportunities. We work to bridge existing and informal systems with global patterns of innovation through technology and community development. Clients and partners include Sesame Workshops India, Columbia's Earth Institute, NUVU, Tufts University Institute for Global Leadership, and more.
REGIONAL performs and applies original and critical analysis of global spaces, culture and commerce, uncovering and developing opportunities and projects for profitable innovation and meaningful cultural intervention. Clients and partners range include Ebay, Nike, Freedom House, University of California San Diego, Universtiy of California Santa Barbara, Shenzhen Hong Kong Biennale, Institute for the Future, and more.
Worked across Philips Design on project ranging from lighting, emerging technology & emerging economies, and most notably with Philips Design Probes, a dedicated far-future research initiative to track trends and developments that may ultimately evolve into mainstream issues that have a significant impact on business.