Industry Experts: ​Imparting ​Real-World Skills

The UCR Extension Design Thinking Executive Program instructors are not only noted authors and C-Level executives in the Design Thinking space, but expert thought leaders who work in the industry. You’ll receive their first-hand skills and practical knowledge, along with new strategies and innovative methodologies to transform your business to a more human-centered approach.

​JC Quintana
Design Thinking Program Chair / Instructor​

A globally respected business relationship advocate and author. JC has led design thinking and innovation workshops for the past 20 years in support of strategic and software product development efforts. He has facilitated hundreds of design thinking workshops in support of business relationship improvement, strategic alignment, ideation, prototyping and product implementation endeavors for companies in the US, Latin America, Asia, and Europe.

He currently lectures on business relationship psychology and customer experience at various universities and is a managing partner for DXC ENVISION, a globally-recognized Design Thinking practice and collaboration thinktank. He holds undergraduate degrees in Human Resource Management and Theology, a graduate degree in Industrial & Organizational Psychology, and is an Organizational Psychology PhD candidate.