Accenture Appoints Former Mayo Clinic Design Director Lorna Ross to Lead New Fjord Studio in Dublin
14 February 2017 - 12:59AM
Business Wire
Fjord makes its Dublin debut in vibrant Silicon
Docks; a design studio within a global multidisciplinary research
and incubation hub
Accenture Interactive and Fjord, its design and innovation unit,
announced that Lorna Ross will head up a new Fjord design studio
based in Dublin. As the newly appointed group design director and
studio lead, Ross will be responsible for driving growth and
innovation internally and with clients.
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Lorna Ross will lead Fjord's first design
studio in Dublin
The new Fjord studio in Dublin is located at The Dock,
Accenture’s multi-disciplinary research and incubation hub where
the Accenture Innovation Architecture comes to life. Accenture will
unite Fjord’s designers and creative technologists with engineers
and experts in emerging fields like artificial intelligence and
analytics. It will leverage the cutting-edge facilities and
capabilities of these multi-disciplinary teams to offer innovation
services to clients to help solve their most pressing business
problems.
Ross’ career has thrived at the intersection of design, science
and technology. She joins Fjord with 25 years of experience,
focused on strategic design research in innovation lab
environments. Her appointment marks a return to her homeland after
spending most of her career in the United States, most recently
having completed an eight-year tenure at the world-renowned Mayo
Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. As design director of the Mayo
Clinic Center for Innovation, she focused on innovating the
experience and delivery of health services for Mayo patients and
clinic staff.
Prior to that, Ross consulted to DARPA, the US government
defense research agency; was associate professor of industrial
design at Rhode Island School of Design; principal research
scientist at MIT Media Lab; and design lead at Motorola Futures
Group.
“We’re thrilled to appoint such an accomplished Dublin native to
lead our newest Fjord studio,” said Alastair Blair, country
managing director, Accenture Ireland. “Lorna is a first-class
leader and pioneer who has worked with some of the world’s leading
minds in experience design and innovation. We are excited about the
possibilities that will evolve with Fjord by bringing human-centric
design to help our clients rotate to the new.”
“Dublin is a hub for global players as well as a burgeoning
start-up scene here in Silicon Docks – it is at the forefront of
design and many of the latest digital trends, making it a natural
choice for our first Fjord studio in Ireland,” said Joydeep
Bhattacharya, head of Accenture Interactive, UKI and managing
director at Fjord. “We look forward to seeing Lorna and her team
thrive in this innovative and inspiring environment as they create
the next wave of digital experience.”
The Dock, which officially opened last week in the heart of
Dublin’s tech quarter, is home to 200 designers, developers and
digital experts representing multiple countries who co-create new
digital services and solutions. In this dynamic environment,
Accenture people collaborate with clients, universities and
startups to investigate, develop and scale disruptive innovations
for a mix of national and global brands.
To learn more about open roles at the Fjord
studio, visit our new Dublin careers page.
Note to Press: Lorna Ross will be
speaking at the Offset conference in Dublin at noon on February 17.
To arrange a one-on-one interview, contact Caroline Douglas.
About Accenture
Accenture (NYSE:ACN) is a leading global professional services
company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in
strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining
unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40
industries and all business functions – underpinned by the world’s
largest delivery network – Accenture works at the intersection of
business and technology to help clients improve their performance
and create sustainable value for their stakeholders. With more than
394,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries,
Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and
lives. Visit us at www.accenture.com.
Accenture Interactive, part of Accenture Digital, helps the
world’s leading brands drive superior marketing performance across
the full multichannel customer experience. Accenture Interactive
offers integrated, industrialized and industry-driven digital
transformation and marketing solutions. It was named the world’s
largest and fastest-growing digital agency in the latest Ad Age
Agency Report. Fjord, Accenture Interactive’s design and
innovation unit, reimagines people’s relationships with the digital
and physical world around them, using the power of design to create
services people love. To learn more follow us @accenturesocial
and visit www.accenture.com/interactive
or www.fjordnet.com.
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