Alexandra West
Alexandra West is an award-winning designer, international speaker, and corporate trainer. She is passionate about culture, creativity, and collaboration. Her focus is on bringing both a visual thinking mindset, and a strong sense of psychological safety to the world of collaborative work.
Alex has a long history as a creative. After earning her degree in Art History from Emory University, Alex spent her early career in commercial and nonprofit art galleries. She then spent a decade managing large scale software implementations for Fortune 500 HR teams. Since 2015 she has served as Creative Director of Nerd/Noir, a firm she co-founded. She has been trained as a facilitator by the Visual Thinking Strategies organization and has received her 'Foundations in Design Thinking' certification from IDEO U.
Alex works with organizations on product discovery and development projects, as well as corporate culture and diversity & inclusion initiatives. When not busy curating and coaching, Alex can be found eating cheese. All kinds of cheese.