David Butler is the Vice President of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at The Coca-Cola Company and is responsible for Coca-Cola's Accelerator Program designed to generate early-stage, high-growth startups. Under David's leadership, Coca-Cola has been recognized with numerous design awards, including the prestigious Grand Prix from the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival. In 2009, David was recognized by
Fast Company as a "Master of Design" and by
Fortune for its 2013 Executive Dream Team. David is a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Design and Innovation.
Linda Tischler is an award-winning editor at
Fast Company magazine, where she writes about the intersection of design and business. She helped launch
Fast Company's design website,
FastCoDesign.com, which is now the web's largest design site. Prior to joining
Fast Company, Tischler was an editor at
Boston Magazine, where she initiated the New England Design Awards. She has also written for
Metropolitan Home,
The Boston Globe, and
Huffington Post and held editing and writing jobs at the
Boston Herald and Microsoft's
Sidewalk.com.
