From 2007-2008, Jessica Cohen acted as director of architecture and product design for Aroma Espresso Bar (Shefa Franchises Ltd.), in Tel Aviv, Israel. From 2003-2006, she ran a studio focusing on product design and innovation consulting,  helping companies to innovate, design, develop, manufacture, and protect products. The  studio, based in Tel Aviv, employed a staff of diverse professional and international backgrounds. She helped entrepreneurs strategize and innovate new products through programs sponsored by the Israeli Ministry of Trade and Industry (MOIT) and the Honduran Export Institute (FIDE).

Jessica is a lecturer on the subjects of innovation theory and industrial design, providing seminars to academia and commercial companies. A selection of Jessica’s publications and awards may be seen here at the site’s Press page.  

Jessica holds two degrees in design from Stanford University, where she studied as a Javitz Fellow. She also holds a Master’s in architecture from the University of California at Berkeley.