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Miruka is the Founder, CEO and Lead Strategist of ATOM-tdf, a Business Innovation and Brand Strategy firm based in Nairobi, Kenya. He has over fifteen years experience in entrepreneurship and is a pioneer and thought leader on Brand Strategy in Kenya. Martin is traveling to Vancouver to speak at Design Currency 2010 and took some time to share his thoughts in this interview.

Ben Hulse is the Design Manager for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee (VANOC). Born in North Yorkshire, England, Ben moved with his family to Western Canada as a child in 1986. Ben describes his view of Design Currency in this interview.

Bruce Haden graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1991, with a Bachelor of Architecture (Honours) and the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Gold Medal. Bruce takes a few moments to discussion Design Currency in this interview.

Heather Fraser is Director of DesignWorks™ and Rotman’s Design Initiative. She is also an adjunct professor of Business Design at the Rotman School, which she joined in 2005 after over 25 years in industry. Heather describes her point of view on Design Currency in this interview.

Tony is the founder and CEO of Second Road Pty Ltd. Consulting for more than 20 years, he combines the arts of language, design and creative thinking to help transform corporate cultures through strategic innovation. Tony elaborates on the value of design with this series of questions.

Award-winning designer, strategist, film producer, speaker and conference founder, Dave’s clients include Sesame Workshop, Swiss Army Brands, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and NCR. Dave shares his thoughts on Design Currency 2010 in this interview.

Ronald Kapaz was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1956. Like all children, he began to draw at the age of 4 and, unlike most of them, never stopped. Ronald is traveling from Brazil to Vancouver to speak at Design Currency 2010 and took some time to share his thoughts in this interview.

Valerie Elliott, MGDC, has a life-long passion for protecting the environment which began in her late teens with the launch of her first book on energy conservation (1978). Valerie is the GDC's national chair for sustainability and brings that perspective to this interview with Design Week.

John was Proctor & Gamble's first executive dedicated to leading and shaping the company's external design and innovation relationships. In 2007, John founded A Better View Strategic Consulting, LLC to "enhance the intersection of creative relationships". John answers a few questions about Design Currency 2010 in this interview.