Stuart Coulson is an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University’s d.school and a Lecturer at the Graduate
School of Business, where he leads Design for Extreme Affordability. In this intensive, project-based
program, multi-disciplinary student teams design products and services to tackle poverty in the
developing world. Projects and startups emerging from the program have affected the lives of more than
100 million people so far.
Stuart is an investor in and advisor to early stage technology and social impact organizations in Silicon
Valley and his native Ireland. He is a member of Trinity College Dublin’s Provost’s Council, sits on the board of Tangent – Trinity’s Ideas Workspace, and is a founding member of Trinity Angels and the
LaunchBox student startup incubator program. He also grows old-vine Zinfandel grapes in the Russian
River Valley and enjoys regularly quality testing the resulting award-winning wines.
Stuart’s background is in software development, data communications and travel reservations systems.
His previous roles include senior leadership in some of the world’s largest travel technology companies
and several startups. He co-founded Gradient Solutions, a pioneer in web-based travel e-commerce,
acquired by Sabre.
Stuart holds a BA (Mod.) in Computer Science from Trinity College Dublin, an MBA from the University of
Geneva and an EMBA from the Tepper Business School, Carnegie Mellon University.
