2x founder
Melody Roberts
Cofounder & CEO | Liv Labs 🌀
Experience
Career
2018Liv Labs
Co-founderCofounder and CEO · Atlanta, Georgia, United States · 2018 – Present
2018Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at The University of Chicago
Incubator Company · Greater Chicago Area · 2018 – 2020
2017Panera Bread
Vice President, Customer Experience Innovation · 2017
2015Panera Bread
Vice President, Digital Experience · 2015 – 2017
2011McDonald's
Senior Director, Experience Innovation and Operations Research · 2011 – 2015
2006McDonald's
Director, Customer Experience Design · 2006 – 2011
2004IDEO
Program Lead, Transformation · 2004 – 2006
1999Smart Design
Director, Design Research · 1999 – 2004
1992Bard Graduate Center
FounderAssistant Dean · 1992 – 1995
1991Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Exhibition Coordinator · 1991 – 1992
Bio
Melody is a career innovator of consumer conveniences. She is an optimist with a lifelong passion for improving daily life through better, more affordable products and services. Formerly: Panera, McDonald's, IDEO, Smart Design, Cooper-Hewitt. Education: Illinois Tech (MDes) and Yale University (BA). Colorado native.