Robert Suarez

Robert Suarez is the founder and director of the Forest Venture Lab where he originates, develops and grows sustainable climate initiatives in the areas of land stewardship, forest health, carbon sequestration and the conversion of woody biomass to higher-value products and services.

After spending two decades working in design and innovation for large corporations, startups and impact partners, Robert knows what truly drives innovative ideas into the market – understanding the needs and behaviour of people, systems and the planet, leveraging emerging technologies and applying the right business models to scale new solutions.

Robert has led award-winning design and innovation teams and is an executive and director at Planet Home, Singularity University, IDEO and a founding member of technology startups in FinTech, Digital Learning and Action Sports. Robert holds a BFA in Industrial Design from Carnegie Mellon University and an MS in Biomimicry from Arizona State University.