Episode 57
New Research: Gender-Centered Design and Your Workplace
This week on Advancing All Women, we’re discussing a brand new paper co-published between NextUp and Deloitte! We’ll chat with Tiffany Mawhinney, Principal, Customer Strategy & Applied Design, Deloitte and Melissa Hurd, VP and GM, Everyday Spend Client Management Team, Global Merchant & Network Services, American Express about the five pillars of gender-centered design, how we worked with Deloitte to build them, and how American Express puts the pillars into practice.
Guests
Tiffany Mawhinney
Principal, Customer Strategy & Applied Design, Deloitte
Tiffany brings over 25 years of experience in the consumer industry focused on designing and implementation growth strategies in the areas of digital commerce, marketing, merchandising as well as store operations and customer experience. She helps brands identify, design and implement customer driven solutions to grow share and evolve their operations.
Tiffany has architected & led several large global initiatives at a variety of brands which have had significant impacts on their top-line growth and profitability. Her results focused approach to building teams and leading projects has made Tiffany one of Deloitte’s most effective leaders of business transformation.
Tiffany works extensively with consumer brands both domestically and abroad. She holds an MBA in Global Supply Chain and International Business from UNC-Chapel Hill, a Luxury Brand Management Diploma from ESSEC, as well as serves as Deloitte’s Ambassador for the Network of Executive Women-CPG/Retail, a Peer Reviewer for the Advisory Member Council of the National Retail Federation and a member of the Retail Ascendant Council. Prior to Deloitte, she worked in field operations and visual merchandising in the specialty apparel segment.
She lives in Atlanta, GA with her husband, Elliott and their two children, Aurora and Cabot. In her free time, Tiffany serves as a Girl Scout Troop leader and loves to spend time engaging her creative side whether on a hike outside or checking out an art exhibit.
Melissa Hurd
VP and GM, Everyday Spend Client Management Team, Global Merchant & Network Services, American Express
Melissa Hurd is the VP GM of the Everyday Spend Client Management Team in the Global Merchant & Network Services team within American Express. She leads a team of strategic consultants supporting grocery, telecom and oil partners finding opportunities to mutually grow business opportunities. Ms. Hurd has been with American Express for 10 years, previously working on brand management and corporate strategy with the Boeing Company in Seattle, Washington. She has a Bachelor of Arts in English and Sociology as well as a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame.
