Ari Adler

Ari Adler is a Partner and Managing Director at IDEO, overseeing the Cambridge location and leading initiatives in the Health Domain as a Partner and Executive Director. With extensive experience in product design and project leadership, Adler has also served as Co-Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Director for the Health & Wellness Portfolio at IDEO. In addition to professional roles, Adler has contributed to academia as a Visiting Lecturer at Harvard University Graduate School of Design, teaching a course on design. Previous experience includes research at MIT Media Lab and mechanical engineering at Design Continuum. Educational credentials include an MS in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an AIGA Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders Course from Yale School of Management, and a BS in Physics and Math from Brandeis University.