Krisztina Holly

Holly was born to Hungarian parents who were refugees to America in 1956.{{cite web |author=Vontz |first=Andrew |date=8 October 2019 |title=Krisztina 'Z' Holly - Entrepreneur & Talent Amplifier |url=https://www.choosethehardway.com/episodes/2019/10/8/krisztina-z-holly-entrepreneur-amp-talent-amplifier |access-date=8 October 2021 |work=The Hard Way}}{{cite web |author=Buki |first=Alison |date=March 2012 |title=The 'Z' Factor |url=http://www.prism-magazine.org/mar12/upclose.cfm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320113421/http://www.prism-magazine.org/mar12/upclose.cfm |archive-date=20 March 2014 |access-date=9 August 2013 |website=Prism Magazine |publisher=American Society for Engineering Education}} She attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received bachelor's and master's degrees in mechanical engineering.{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://makeitinla.org/about/ |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=MAKE IT IN LA |language=en-US}}

She, Michael Cassidy, and John Barrus won the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition in 1991 for Stylus Innovation, which was acquired by Artisoft in 1996 for $12.8 million.{{cite web |date=8 March 2006 |title=USC Stevens Institute Names MIT's Krisztina Holly Executive Director |url=https://today.usc.edu/usc-stevens-institute-names-mits-krisztina-holly-executive-director/ |access-date=3 August 2013 |work=USC Today}} She is married and resides in Los Angeles.{{cite web |title=Krisztina Holly |url=http://www.linkedin.com/in/krisztinaholly |website=LinkedIn}}

Holly started her career as an undergraduate researcher at the MIT Media Lab, working on the world's first full-color computer-generated reflection hologram. She was co-founder of the computer telephony integration company Stylus Innovation, which was acquired by Artisoft.{{cite web |title=Krisztina Holly |url=https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/krisztina-holly |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=22 December 2023 |work=Lemelson}} and subsequently joined other tech and media startups including Direct Hit Technologies (acquired by Ask Jeeves) and Jeeves Solutions.{{cite web|title= Krisztina 'Z' Holly|work= USC Stevens Center for Innovation|url= http://stevens.usc.edu/about_usc_stevens_team_krisztina_holly.php|access-date= 3 August 2013|archive-url= https://archive.today/20130804060700/http://stevens.usc.edu/about_usc_stevens_team_krisztina_holly.php|archive-date= 4 August 2013|url-status= dead}}

From 2002 to 2006, she was the founding executive director of the MIT Deshpande Center. From 2006 to 2012, she was the vice provost for innovation at USC and founding executive director the USC Stevens Center for Innovation. While she was at MIT and USC, the centers assisted 39 startups with university research.{{cite web |last=Garrett |first=Elizabeth |date=10 July 2012 |title=Leadership Changes at USC Stevens Center for Innovation |url=https://www.provost.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Stevens-Inst-Leadership-Change-Memo-July-2012.pdf |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=21 December 2023 |work=USC Office of the Provost}}

Holly launched TEDxUSC, the first-ever TEDx event, in 2009. In her role as curator and host for TEDxUSC over four years, she discovered and coached more than 60 presenters.{{cite web |author=Holly |first=Krisztina "Z" |date=14 November 2013 |title=Who Makes It Onto The TED Stage? The Inside Scoop |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/krisztinaholly/2013/11/14/so-you-want-to-give-a-ted-talk/?sh=4b28c88a64a4 |access-date=8 October 2021 |work=Forbes}}

Holly spent nearly three years in documentary production. She is the host of The Art of Manufacturing podcast{{cite web |title=The Art of Manufacturing |url=https://makeitinla.org/artofmfg/ |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=MAKE IT IN LA}} and served as the founder and president of MAKE IT IN LA, which was launched during her term as Entrepreneur-in-Residence for LA Mayor Eric Garcetti.{{cite web |author=Kuo |first=Benjamin F. |date=2 June 2014 |title=Entrepreneurship In The LA Mayor's Office, With EIR Krisztina Holly |url=http://www.socaltech.com/entrepreneurship_in_the_la_mayor_s_office_with_eir_krisztina_holly/s-0055304.html |access-date=27 July 2014 |website=socaltech.com}}{{cite web |author= |date=2 May 2014 |title=Mayor Garcetti Launches Entrepreneur in Residence Program |url=http://www.lamayor.org/mayor_garcetti_launches_entrepreneur_in_residence_program |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728085455/http://www.lamayor.org/mayor_garcetti_launches_entrepreneur_in_residence_program |archive-date=28 July 2014 |access-date=27 July 2014 |website=Office of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti}}

She is a founding board member of the River LA{{cite web |title=Founding Circle |url=https://www.riverla.org/founding_circle |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |website=River LA}} and serves on the board of TTI/Vanguard.{{cite web |title=TTI/Vanguard Advisory Board |url=http://www.ttivanguard.com/board/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718170033/http://www.ttivanguard.com/board/ |archive-date=18 July 2014 |website=ttivanguard.com}} Holly has also been an advisor to many other companies and organizations,{{cite web |author= |date= |title=Krisztina 'Z' Holly |url=http://www.ted.com/profiles/60693 |access-date=9 August 2013 |website=TED.com |publisher=}} including the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship{{cite web |author= |date=July 13, 2010 |title=Locke Announces National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship Members |url=https://2010-2014.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2010/07/13/locke-announces-national-advisory-council-innovation-and-entrepreneur.html |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= |website= |publisher=United States Department of Commerce}} and the World Economic Forum.{{cite web |author= |date= |title=WEF Global Agenda Council on Fostering Entrepreneurship midterm report |url=http://www3.weforum.org/docs/GAC/2013/WEF_GAC_FosteringEntrepreneurship_MidtermReport.pdf |access-date=9 August 2013 |website=The World Economic Forum}}{{cite web |last=Holly |first=Krisztina "Z" |date=20 November 2013 |title=The five Myths that are hurting entrepreneurship |url=https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2013/11/the-five-myths-that-are-hurting-entrepreneurship/ |website=World Economic Forum}}{{cite web |author= |date= |title=Global Agenda Council on the Future of Manufacturing |url=https://www.weforum.org/communities/global-agenda-council-on-the-future-of-manufacturing/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160516105010/https://www.weforum.org/communities/global-agenda-council-on-the-future-of-manufacturing |archive-date=16 May 2016 |access-date=9 August 2013 |website=World Economic Forum}}

Holly was named Champion of Free Enterprise by Forbes in 2009{{cite web |last=Fisher |first=Daniel |date=4 November 2010 |title=Paint The Ivory Tower Green |url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2010/1122/champions-free-enterprise-krisztina-holly-ivory-tower.html |access-date=3 August 2013 |work=Forbes}} and has been recognized by Rolling Stone, Wired, The New York Times, and Entrepreneur.{{cite magazine |author=Hendrikx |first=Erice |date=12 July 2016 |title=Rodney Mullen: Skateboarding's Einstein Rides Into the Fourth Dimension |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-sports/rodney-mullen-skateboardings-einstein-rides-into-the-fourth-dimension-184330/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=8 October 2021}}{{cite magazine |author=Koerner |first=Brendan I. |date=27 January 2015 |title=Silicon Valley Has Lost Its Way. Can Skateboarding Legend Rodney Mullen Help It? |url=https://www.wired.com/2015/01/rodney-mullen/ |magazine=WIRED |access-date=8 October 2021}} She has been a contributor to Forbes,{{cite web |author=Holly |first=Krisztina "Z" |date=29 June 2010 |title=Why Funding University Innovation Matters |url=https://www.forbes.com/2010/06/29/venture-capital-incubators-technology-breakthroughs-universities.html |access-date=9 August 2013 |work=Forbes}} The Economist,{{cite web |date=16 November 2013 |title=How would you describe your dream job? Discover the Millennials outlook |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htJi2aFAZvE&list=PLtiWyl13n05NLHEG5vy_L_nj1LKYZJ3RL |access-date=28 July 2014 |publisher=The Economist}} Bloomberg Businessweek,{{cite web |author=Holly |first=Krisztina |date=20 May 2009 |title=CERN's Collaborative Management Model |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2009-05-20/cerns-collaborative-management-model |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=22 December 2023 |website=Bloomberg |publisher=}} HuffPost,{{cite web |author= |date= |title=Krisztina Holly |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/krisztina-holly/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907045442/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/krisztina-holly/ |archive-date=7 September 2013 |access-date= |work=The Huffington Post}} CNN,{{cite web |author=Holly |first=Krisztina "Z" |date=30 January 2010 |title=For jobs, look to university spin-offs |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/01/29/holly.innovation.universities/index.html |access-date=9 August 2013 |website=CNN.com |publisher=}} NASA ASK,{{cite web |author=Holly |first=Krisztina |date=1 June 2009 |title=A Model for Collaboration |url=http://appel.nasa.gov/2009/06/01/a-model-for-collaboration/ |access-date=28 July 2014 |website=APPEL Knowledge Services |publisher=NASA}} Strategy+Business,{{cite web |author=Holly |first=Krisztina "Z" |date=27 November 2012 |title=Best Business Books 2012: Innovation |url=https://www.strategy-business.com/article/00148d |access-date=9 August 2013 |website=Strategy+Business |publisher=}} World Economic Forum,{{cite web |author=Holly |first=Krisztina "Z" |date=15 November 2012 |title=The democratization of innovation |url=https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2012/11/the-democratization-of-innovation/ |access-date=11 August 2016 |website=World Economic Forum |publisher=}} Science Progress,{{cite web |author=Holly |first=Krisztina "Z" |date=8 June 2010 |title=The Full Potential of University Research |url=http://scienceprogress.org/2010/06/the-full-potential-of-university-research/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514092710/http://scienceprogress.org/2010/06/the-full-potential-of-university-research/ |archive-date=14 May 2013 |access-date=9 August 2013 |website=Science Progress |publisher=}} Innovation Management,{{cite web |author=Wall |first=Karin |date=18 February 2011 |title=Developing Innovation Ecosystems Around Universities |url=http://www.innovationmanagement.se/2011/02/18/developing-innovation-ecosystems-around-universities/ |access-date=9 August 2013 |website=InnovationManagement |publisher=}} and Mountain Bike Magazine.{{cite web |url=http://www3.telus.net/djlassmann/trails/onetrack/bars.html |title=Waterbars |author= |date= |website=The Singletrack Classroom |publisher= |access-date=9 August 2013}}

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• {{LinkedIn URL|https://www.linkedin.com/in/krisztinaholly}}
• [https://makeitinla.org/artofmfg/ The Art of Manufacturing podcast page]

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