Michael
Mogensen
Michael Mogensen is a creative strategist who helps organizations navigate complex challenges and make better decisions.
He has led innovation and strategy work across mobility, technology, finance, healthcare, and the public sector in the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. He has led projects that include a critical multimedia examination of the role of technology and innovation in Saudi Arabian megaprojects to designing mobility pilots for Michigan Central, a +$1B mobility hub in Detroit.
As an entrepreneurship coach with MIT’s Middle Eastern Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow program in Jerusalem, he taught design research to young Palestinian and Israeli startup founders. His fieldwork includes embedding with children and youth involved in organized armed organizations in Jamaica and he contributed to the seminal study Neither War Nor Peace. His past speaking engagements include on Capitol Hill and at universities, museums, and conferences worldwide.
Michael has also worked around the globe in reputational risk and corporate investigations as a consultant and in-house for large multinational firms. He has successfully investigated large-scale fraud and corruption related cases and international criminal organizations.
Michael holds a Master’s in Interaction Design from Goldsmiths, University of London; a Master’s in Development Management from the American University; and a Bachelor’s in Latin American Studies from New York University. Born in Texas and raised in Southeast Alaska, he is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese with conversational French and has lived in Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, Colombia and Brazil.
michaelmogensen (at) protonmail.com
He has led innovation and strategy work across mobility, technology, finance, healthcare, and the public sector in the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. He has led projects that include a critical multimedia examination of the role of technology and innovation in Saudi Arabian megaprojects to designing mobility pilots for Michigan Central, a +$1B mobility hub in Detroit.
As an entrepreneurship coach with MIT’s Middle Eastern Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow program in Jerusalem, he taught design research to young Palestinian and Israeli startup founders. His fieldwork includes embedding with children and youth involved in organized armed organizations in Jamaica and he contributed to the seminal study Neither War Nor Peace. His past speaking engagements include on Capitol Hill and at universities, museums, and conferences worldwide.
Michael has also worked around the globe in reputational risk and corporate investigations as a consultant and in-house for large multinational firms. He has successfully investigated large-scale fraud and corruption related cases and international criminal organizations.
Michael holds a Master’s in Interaction Design from Goldsmiths, University of London; a Master’s in Development Management from the American University; and a Bachelor’s in Latin American Studies from New York University. Born in Texas and raised in Southeast Alaska, he is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese with conversational French and has lived in Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, Colombia and Brazil.
michaelmogensen (at) protonmail.com
Innovation Team Director
Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation
Cleveland
2024 - present
As Innovation Team (i-team) Director at the City of Cleveland lead a team helping city to achieve safer and more prosperous neighborhoods, particularly in areas where health, infrastructure, and economic outcomes can be improved. Work closely with the mayor and city leadership, departmental staff, external experts, community organizations, and residents to ensure the i-team is delivering impactful solutions to some of the city’s biggest challenges.
White House Presidential Innovation Fellow
Millennium Challenge Corporation
Washington DC
White House Presidential Innovation Fellows (PIF) unite experienced technologists and designers with federal leaders to improve the way our government builds, designs, and delivers services for all Americans. Senior strategic advisor detailed to the digital and innovation team at the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), an innovative and independent U.S. foreign assistance agency that is helping lead the fight against global poverty.
Mobility Design & Venture Lead
Ford Next, Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Lead the exploration and design of new business ventures as part of Ford's new business incubator.
Global Design Lead
D-Ford, Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Leader and strategic guide of high-profile projects including D-Ford’s engagement with Detroit’s mobility innovation district and an enterprise-wide design thinking initiative.
Expert Consultant
Insitum (now Accenture Song)
Lima, Peru
Expert consultant for a digital banking project for Insitum (acquired by Fjord, a part of Accenture Interactive), an innovation agency that solves key challenges for organizations by employing a variety of agile, design thinking methods grounded in behavioral science, ethnographic research and business strategy.
Futures Consultant
Quantumrun Forecasting
Remote
Futures and horizon scanning to help businesses understand and thrive from future trends regarding work.
Creative Director
NIUN
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Co-creator for an Aramco funded project incorporating design research, immersive experience, film, and social media. NIUN challenges the way that innovation, technology, and creativity are used as part of the official narrative in Saudi Arabia, and has been presented in the US, Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
Global Investigator
Novartis
Basel, Switzerland
Senior analyst and investigator for Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and Asia, conducting highly complex risk investigations for one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies.
VP, Business Intelligence Unit, HSBC
Miami
Provision of strategic analysis, briefings and research based reports to senior executives and the Board, primarily in Latin America. Posted to HSBC Middle East headquarters for review of terrorist financing and money laundering risk in the Middle East and Latin America.
Senior Manager, Investigations
Microsoft
São Paulo, Brazil/Miami
Lead analyst and senior investigator for Microsoft’s Latin America software anti-piracy program, managed research and analyst team, coordinated all operations with both internal and external legal teams, public affairs and public sector officials.
Strategic Consultant
Control Risks
São Paulo, Brazil
Research-based intelligence and risk consultant to international clients operating in the Americas. Led complex investigations and advised companies operating in challenging environments. Built up network of external consultants. Client facing role with industries including extractives, manufacturing, construction, tech, consumer goods and public sector.
Researcher/Author/Editor
Viva Rio/COAV
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Researcher and writer on youth involved in armed conflict including field research on organized armed groups in Kingston, Jamaica. Research published in Neither War Nor Peace.
Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation
Cleveland
2024 - present
As Innovation Team (i-team) Director at the City of Cleveland lead a team helping city to achieve safer and more prosperous neighborhoods, particularly in areas where health, infrastructure, and economic outcomes can be improved. Work closely with the mayor and city leadership, departmental staff, external experts, community organizations, and residents to ensure the i-team is delivering impactful solutions to some of the city’s biggest challenges.
White House Presidential Innovation Fellow
Millennium Challenge Corporation
Washington DC
White House Presidential Innovation Fellows (PIF) unite experienced technologists and designers with federal leaders to improve the way our government builds, designs, and delivers services for all Americans. Senior strategic advisor detailed to the digital and innovation team at the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), an innovative and independent U.S. foreign assistance agency that is helping lead the fight against global poverty.
Mobility Design & Venture Lead
Ford Next, Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Lead the exploration and design of new business ventures as part of Ford's new business incubator.
Global Design Lead
D-Ford, Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Leader and strategic guide of high-profile projects including D-Ford’s engagement with Detroit’s mobility innovation district and an enterprise-wide design thinking initiative.
Expert Consultant
Insitum (now Accenture Song)
Lima, Peru
Expert consultant for a digital banking project for Insitum (acquired by Fjord, a part of Accenture Interactive), an innovation agency that solves key challenges for organizations by employing a variety of agile, design thinking methods grounded in behavioral science, ethnographic research and business strategy.
Futures Consultant
Quantumrun Forecasting
Remote
Futures and horizon scanning to help businesses understand and thrive from future trends regarding work.
Creative Director
NIUN
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Co-creator for an Aramco funded project incorporating design research, immersive experience, film, and social media. NIUN challenges the way that innovation, technology, and creativity are used as part of the official narrative in Saudi Arabia, and has been presented in the US, Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
Global Investigator
Novartis
Basel, Switzerland
Senior analyst and investigator for Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and Asia, conducting highly complex risk investigations for one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies.
VP, Business Intelligence Unit, HSBC
Miami
Provision of strategic analysis, briefings and research based reports to senior executives and the Board, primarily in Latin America. Posted to HSBC Middle East headquarters for review of terrorist financing and money laundering risk in the Middle East and Latin America.
Senior Manager, Investigations
Microsoft
São Paulo, Brazil/Miami
Lead analyst and senior investigator for Microsoft’s Latin America software anti-piracy program, managed research and analyst team, coordinated all operations with both internal and external legal teams, public affairs and public sector officials.
Strategic Consultant
Control Risks
São Paulo, Brazil
Research-based intelligence and risk consultant to international clients operating in the Americas. Led complex investigations and advised companies operating in challenging environments. Built up network of external consultants. Client facing role with industries including extractives, manufacturing, construction, tech, consumer goods and public sector.
Researcher/Author/Editor
Viva Rio/COAV
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Researcher and writer on youth involved in armed conflict including field research on organized armed groups in Kingston, Jamaica. Research published in Neither War Nor Peace.