Carlos Teixeira is a designer, consultant and professor with over 20 years of experience. He is currently Professor in Design and Director of the PhD Program at the Institute of Design, Illinois Tech. Before joining ID he was an Associate Professor in Strategic Design and Management at the School of Design Strategies at Parsons School of Design in New York City. Teixeira was awarded by Metropolis Magazine ‘Game Changer 2013’ for co-creating the DREAM:IN Project, which is a design-driven co-creation platform for social innovation in the emerging markets of India, Brazil and China. Carlos is often invited by universities, companies and industry associations in the United States, Brazil, Europe, and Asia as a lecturer and consultant. His research and teaching focus on design strategies and open innovation platforms with several published articles on the subject. He has a PhD in Design from the Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology. Previous to his PhD, he received a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree in Design from Pontificia Universidade Catolica in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.