Alex Pappas

Chief Experience Officer @Thinktiv

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20-year Hardware & Software Product Innovator Proven product strategist working at the intersection of hardware, software, and physical spaces. As Chief Experience Officer at Thinktiv, Alex Pappas leverages over 20 years of expertise in Industrial Design, Interaction Design, and Social Entrepreneurship to create human-centered experiences that blend the physical and digital worlds. Throughout his career, Alex has built products, brands, and companies in consumer fashion, electronics, and toys. At Thinktiv, he has been instrumental in transforming companies across healthcare, home services, civic engagement, education, and real estate. Alex works closely with founding teams and C-suite executives to craft compelling stories, drive strategic market initiatives, and accelerate the creation of enterprise value. His approach is rooted in understanding and addressing human needs, ensuring that the experiences he helps to create are both impactful and meaningful. In addition to his work at Thinktiv, Alex serves as a mentor and advisor at the Austin Center for Design, where as an alumni he guides aspiring designers and entrepreneurs. His role at Thinktiv, a value-creation consulting firm headquartered in Austin, Texas, involves collaborating with Private Equity investors and mid-market executives to build winning businesses rapidly and efficiently. Alex’s diverse experience and commitment to innovation make him a key player in shaping the future of industries through thoughtful and strategic design. He is currently working on the cutting edge of diagnostic imaging and how AI can revolutionize patient education and engagement with some of the world’s leading surgeons and clinical practitioners.

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Work Background

Orizon FundManaging Partner

May. 2024Austin, Texas, United StatesOrizon is the leading accelerator fund for musculoskeletal innovation. In collaboration with OREF, the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation, we're reshaping the journey of Grantee-led innovations into market-ready solutions.

ThinktivChief Experience Officer

Jan. 2018Austin, Texas Area

CleardayInvestor/Advisor

Jan. 2019Clearday is an innovative longevity care and wellness company, with a modern, hopeful vision for making high-quality care options more accessible, affordable, and empowering for older Americans and those who love and care for them. Through our subsidiary Memory Care America (MCA), we operate a network of highly-rated residential memory care communities in four U.S. states. With our Clearday at Home™ and Clearday Clubs™ concepts, we are bringing the same standard of excellence found in our MCA residential facilities to in-home digital care and daytime-only care models that are dramatically less expensive than residential care options.

OJOInvestor/Advisor

Mar. 2015OJO Labs creates intelligent technology that helps humans make their most important purchase decisions. Our revolutionary platform activates the knowledge of entire industry ecosystems to support complex consumer purchase journeys. For consumers, OJO is the consultative agent that provides the personalized intelligence they need to make informed buying decisions related to life’s biggest investments. For brands and businesses related to major consumer investments, OJO is the trusted representative that provides proactive, consultative service to prospects, before they are ready to engage with humans. OJO Labs is based in Austin, Texas.

ALTRInvestor/Advisor

Jan. 2016ALTR is a paradigm-shifting SaaS platform for information security and breach prevention. For enterprises and SMBs struggling with information protection and related compliance risk exposure, ALTR provides the first industrial strength application of the blockchain for sensitive data storage, protection, and immutable digital truth related to information access. Thinktiv is a strategic go-to-market partner to the company.

ScootInvestor/Advisor

Jul. 2017More people working remotely. Dispersed teams. Reduced travel and events. The world needs a platform dedicated to building strong relationships and engagement no matter where people work. Scoot delivers the future of relationship building. Scoot is a virtual socializing platform for businesses and teams. Scoot was built from the ground up to provide a fully immersive experience that replicates the atmosphere of real-life business socials and mixers. Used in over 1,700 companies around the world, Scoot's peer-to-peer recognition system is built to optimize your employees' ability to build strong, authentic relationships and increase performance and motivation.

AceableInvestor/Advisor

Jan. 2014Aceable is a mobile learning platform built to make required learning fun, accessible, and effective. Thinktiv worked with Aceable to transform it’s brand, product, and go-to-market strategy before it’s launch. Launched in Texas in early 2014, Aceable is a top performer in the Apple App Store. It averages a top-ten place in the Education category for realized revenue.