Christie Kaplan is a unique asset in the founder space. She is not only an entrepreneur who operates at the intersection of business, systems strategy, and creativity, but is currently learning M&A to further support founders along their entire journey.

She brings deep experience architecting digital products that function as true business assets. Working directly alongside C-suite executives, she has spearheaded product initiatives for everything from early-stage startups to Fortune 100 companies across complex sectors like aviation, healthtech, and fintech.

She founded Startup Design Partners (SDP) in 2024 - 2026, where she supported founders on their early venture journeys designing the right thing for customers. Under her leadership, SDP’s impact reached founder communities at Stanford StartX and Harvard Innovation Labs, while organically sparking a vibrant, six-country global network of independent product designers. That design community continues onwards today.

She is carrying learnings forward to new adventures like Pepsico's new Innovation Hub, and The Exeo Founder's Table™ – all with the single mission of becoming a founders top asset.