Debra Kaye

I'm Debra Kaye. I help people develop ideas into tangible assets.

Debra Kaye is an international innovation expert specialized in culture and brand strategy for consumer businesses: defining new areas of business opportunity, developing new products, and restructuring markets for long-term growth. Many of her clients say she is the rare combination of brilliant creative mind, strong business sense and bottom-line understanding, with a special excitement and enthusiasm that make top management believe, follow and become change-makers. She has helped set agendas for companies such as Kimberly Clark, Colgate, Mars Snack Foods, American Express, Mars Petcare, Johnson & Johnson, McDonald's, Reckitt Benckiser, L'Oreal, Sony and Groupe Danone because any project is about re-crafting a business' future and showing a long-term, profitable plan to achieve this growth. Her book, Red Thread Thinking: Weaving Together Connections that Lead to Brilliant Ideas and Profitable Innovation, was published in March by McGraw-Hill. A columnist for Entrepreneur.com, frequent commentator on American Public Radio's "Marketplace" and contributor to Fast Company, she is a sought-after speaker and has been featured at such venues as South by Southwest, among other engagements.

CEO at Lucule

2011 - Present

An innovation consultancy dedicated to creating future-forward growth opportunities. Working with brands such as Dove Chocolate, Pedigree Dog Food, American Express, and Colgate,we create new products and services that fuel big growth.

CEO at Lucule LLC

2011 - Present

An innovation consultancy dedicated to creating future-forward growth opportunities. Working with brands such as Dove Chocolate, Pedigree Dog Food, American Express, and Colgate,we create new products and services that fuel big growth.

CEO at Nitro/Left Blue Sky

2007 - 2010

CEO, Left Blue Sky at SapientNitro

2007 - 2010

CEO at Alternasfera

2004 - 2006

CEO at Alternasfera

2004 - 2006

CEO at TBWA\Italia

1999 - 2003

CEO, Italy at TBWA

1999 - 2003

CEO at BDDP/Mancebo·Kaye

1994 - 1998

CEO at BDDP/Mancebo?Kaye

1994 - 1998

Managing Director, Spain at Siegel+Gale

1990 - 1993

Managing Director, Spain at Siegel+Gale

1990 - 1993

New York University

BA

New York University

BA

Innovation, social entrepreneurship, culture fast and slow, animal lover