Michele Perras is a designer, researcher and speaker focusing on digital strategy, collaborative innovation, and human-centred foresight. She currently manages the Mobile Experience Innovation Centre, a public-private consortium dedicated to design leadership, strategic foresight, and innovation in Canada’s mobile industry.

Michele has provided expertise and advise over the past eight years for a wide range of local and international organizations in the educational, non-profit, and private sectors. A Research Associate with the Beal Institute for Strategic Creativity (now the Strategic Innovation Lab), she was Research Lead on The Imagination Challenge: Strategic Foresight in the Global Economy, and has worked with organizations such as Metrolinx, Mt Sinai Hospital, Motorola, Firefly Foundation, Creative Commons Canada, and BumpTop Technologies.

Her background is in Material Culture and Goldsmithing, and has taught classes and workshops out of her studio and at OCAD. Michele is a co-founder of the Toronto chapter of O’Reilly Media’s acclaimed Ignite! speaker series, and has produced conferences across North America. She lives in Toronto with her partner and Blue Heeler.