👋🏾 Hi. I’m Muki.

I design systems and strategies that help people and institutions work with technology, think clearly, coordinate effectively, and act with intention.

The throughline across my work is the same: expanding agency and designing for empowerment in service of human flourishing.

I'm currently working on Prosperithm, and founded IZORA for advising and applied research focused on strategy, systems, technology, and capital in service of social impact.

I work with investors, mission-driven organizations, and founders to design leverage: clearer strategy, sharper products, stronger capital allocation, and systems that move work forward. I thrive at the intersection of technology, system design, and on-the-ground results.

Previously, I spent 20+ years in corporate technology and consulting - driving investment and innovation, leading product research and development, and launching and scaling new ventures across industries transformed by technology ranging from emerging markets, global health & aging to autonomous vehicles, robotics and AI.

My work has been featured in conferences, books, and interviews, and I’ve long been drawn to the intersection of emerging technology, systems, and data + human agency, culture, and lived experience - which I continue to explore both personally and professionally.

Early in my career I led 2 nonprofits: Plugged In - focused on community technology and youth entrepreneurship, and Living Cultural Storybases - technologies to help sustain indigenous stories and languages. I was also part of the nascent Stanford d.school as a graduate student in Learning, Design & Technology.

Outside of client work, I spend quality time with family and friends, play music, ride motorcycles, volunteer, garden, meditate, build things, design frameworks, and think about systems, collective action, and long-term stewardship.

You can see more details on what I'm up to on LinkedIn.

Lastly, I stand on the shoulders of a proud lineage of cultural and community engagement and celebration hailing from Nairobi, CA (aka East Palo Alto).

You can see my mother Lakiba’s work here, and my daughter Annika’s here.