LaKisha Greenwade is a global innovation leader best known as the Founder and CEO of Wearable Tech Ventures, an ecosystem dedicated to the development and promotion of wearable technology with a focus on nontraditional founders. In addition, she is the Senior Coach at Lucki Fit coaching for startup founders and leaders, host of the Wearable Takeover podcast and startup board advisor. Organizations such as U.S. government agencies and large corporations rely on her expertise in artificial intelligence for product development and ethics considerations.
She leads the charge to support 100 wearable startups by 2030 led by non-traditional founders and has grown the Baltimore based organization to representation in 4 continents. In 2022 and 2024, Wearable Tech Ventures hosted the world’s largest wearables hackathon and LaKisha curated Maryland's inaugural Wearable Tech expo and FashTech show in 2016.
Her accolades include Innovator of the Year, National Black Ecosystem Builder Awardee, Start Up Mentor of the Year, Maryland Leading Women honoree, NIH Director’s Award, 2x National Women in STEM honoree at KID Museum, 3x SXSW Speaker, 2x 40 under 40 Leader, and 3x author.
She is from Akron, Ohio and a graduate of The Ohio State University (B.S.), University of Maryland College Park (MBA), Johns Hopkins University (MS), and MIT (Design Thinking)
