David Schonthal

David Schonthal is a Clinical Professor of Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, where he teaches courses in new venture creation, design thinking, business acquisition, healthcare entrepreneurship, corporate innovation and creativity.He is also a Senior Director of Business Design at IDEO where helps organizations build and launch new ventures, design transformational new business models, and establish novel go-to-market strategies for products and services.

David also serves as an Operating Partner at 7Wire Ventures, a healthcare technology-focused venture capital firm, and a Global Advisor at Design for Ventures (D4V), a Tokyo-based early-stage venture capital fund that invests in design-led Japanese startups.

He is a co-founder of MATTER, a 25,000-square-foot innovation center in downtown Chicago focused on catalyzing and supporting healthcare entrepreneurship. He is a contributing writer to Forbes, Inc., Fortune and HBR magazines, authoring articles on corporate entrepreneurship, innovation and business design.

If all else fails, David's Plan B is to use his booming baritone to break into the lucrative voiceover world.