Ken Eskenazi is the founder and CEO of Innovation To Industry (i2i). He started the company to fuse his passion for a common cause (saving the planet) with common sense – waste less, have more. i2i’s focus is bringing unique green products and services to market. As one of the Connected Cos., i2i provides creative sustainability strategies and marketing communications to corporations, communities and government agencies. Eskenazi believes that innovation is fueled by education, and to that end recently completed a Lifecycle Analysis (LCA) course with ISSP. Principles, frameworks and methodologies learned inform supply chain choices and marketing communications strategies for both Rapioli and Walmart SI vendors. Ken’s 20 year career as a creative director for ad agencies and design firms on both coasts allowed him to flex his managerial, business and creative muscles on branding, advertising, packaging, web and marketing. His wide range of clients include CAA, Coca-Cola, Crystal Geyser, Disney, Goldman Sachs, McAfee, Mattel, the NBA, NewPage, Oracle, Princess Cruises, Reebok, Sega, Sony, the USGBC, Warner Bros. and many others. Engagements include branding and launching start-ups, creating and producing environmental awareness campaigns, designing sustainable packaging and developing online sustainability training modules for the employees and residents of Green cities. Most recently, Eskenazi was a cofounder and the creative lead at Clean Agency, one of the first full-service integrated marketing firms to view their engagements through a lens of sustainability. Clean received national recognition for its efforts – including being named a U.S. Top 25 LOHAS (Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability) Agency in 2006, being awarded a sizable development grant from the California Department of Conservation and Recycler of the Year from the City of Pasadena in 2007 and being designated a Hot Business by Entrepreneur Magazine in 2008. Eskenazi is an award-winning designer, with work in the Library of Congress permanent collection. He lectures on sustainability topics at colleges, corporations and conferences and has spoken at the United Nations. Ken also enjoyed teaching graphic design courses at Art Center College of Design and sustainable packaging at UCLA. Eskenazi is an Advisory Board Member for the Sustainable Business Council and a member of the SBC Forum, an active member of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Energy, Water and Environment committee and a graduate of the Executive Program for Sustainable Business Management at the Presidio Graduate School in San Francisco.