- Jump Associates
Infobox_Company
company_name = Jump Associates
company_
company_type =Privately held company
foundation =1998
location = San Mateo, California Second office in New York, NY
key_people =Dev Patnaik , Founder and Managing AssociateUdaya Patnaik , Founder and Principal AssociateNeal Moore , FounderAlonzo Canada , Directing AssociateSarah Rottenberg , Directing AssociateLara Lee , Directing Associate
num_employees = About 50
industry =Design andStrategy consulting
products = Design Strategy consulting services
homepage = [http://www.jumpassociates.com/ www.jumpassociates.com]Jump Associates (Jump) is a
Design strategy consulting firm founded in 1998 byDev Patnaik ,Neal Moore ,Robert Becker , andUdaya Patnaik , among others. Jump helps clients, includingHewlett-Packard ,Target , Nike, andProcter & Gamble , create new ways to grow.The company's founders helped define and pioneer what they termed "
Design Strategy ," focused on helping clients to bridge business strategy and product design.Since 2000, Dev Patnaik has taught the class Needfinding in the
Stanford Joint Program in Product Design [http://design.stanford.edu/PD/02-people1.html] . The course teaches many of the design research methods that inform Jump's approach to design strategy. The company works with a variety of different people and types of companies. [http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/nov2005/id20051101_609886.htm?chan=db] [http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/nov2005/id20051102_204917.htm] .Offices
Jump's headquarters in San Mateo, JumpSpace, is designed to foster collaboration in a variety of different environments, from a sidewalk cafe to a blackbox theater. Several media outlets, including BusinessWeek [http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/07/jump/index_01.htm?chan=innovation_innovation+%2B+design_innovation+and+design+lead] [http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_27/b3991073.htm] and Southern California Public Radio [http://www.publicradio.org/tools/media/player/kpcc/news/shows/pattmorrison/2007/10/20071016_pattmorrison2?start=00:45:37&end=00:52:31] , have recognized JumpSpace as a breakthrough achievement in workplace design.
The company currently has offices in both San Mateo and New York.
References
1. http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/nov2005/id20051101_609886.htm?chan=db 2. http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/nov2005/id20051102_204917.htm3. http://design.stanford.edu/PD/02-people1.html4. http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/07/jump/index_01.htm 5. http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_27/b3991073.htm6. http://www.publicradio.org/tools/media/player/kpcc/news/shows/pattmorrison/2007/10/20071016_pattmorrison2
External links
* [http://www.jumpassociates.com/ Jump Associates Web Site]
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