CEO Today Business Women of the Year Awards

www.ceotodaymagazine.com 44 CEO Today Business Women of the Year Awards 2019 GERMANY LISA LANG CEO of ThePowerHouse Group FIRM PROFILE ThePowerHouse is a leading innovation agency for FashionTech and wearable technology. We’re an interdisciplinary team consisting of creative technologists, makers, and fashion designers. Our work encompasses rapid prototyping, consulting, matchmaking and education. We love taking on challenges and ideas that have never been created before. We love pushing the boundaries of the status quo and designing for the future. Beyond this, we understand the reality of manufacturing in the fashion industry and how technology fits and doesn’t fit within the current manufacturing ecosystem. Whether you want to disrupt the status- quo of the fashion industry, launch a new product with a creative marketing idea, or you want your team to be more innovative internally, we can help. ABOUT LISA LANG Lisa Lang is a European entrepreneur, technologist and international speaker. Her brands ElektroCouture and ThePowerHouse are leading agencies for FashionTech, wearable technologies, smart textiles manufacturing and making things glow. Recognized as one of the top 50 women in tech (EU), top 100 most influential people in wearable tech worldwide, one of 25 leaders in fashion and technology worldwide, and has been listed as one of the 50 most important women for innovation & startups in the EU. Lisa Lang is a European entrepreneur, technologist and international speaker. Her brands ElektroCouture and ThePowerHouse are leading agencies for FashionTech, wearable technologies, smart textiles manufacturing and making things glow. Lisa founded ElektroCouture in 2013 and registered in 2014. She believed in the opportunity to fuse technology with fashion even though she did not come from a background in fashion. With the success of ElektroCouture, Lisa then started ThePowerHouse in response to the growing demand from companies searching for educational workshops, prototypes and needs for consultation on FashionTech. From her experience as an entrepreneur, she has gained recognition as one of Forbes Europe’s Top 50 Women in Tech, top 100 most influential people in wearable tech worldwide, one of 25 leaders in fashion and technology worldwide, and has been listed as one of the 50 most important women for innovation & startups in the EU. Beyond her work on her companies ElektroCouture and ThePowerHouse she has been a mentor for fashion and tech-focused programs — serving as a jury and mentor for Fashion Council Germany & H&M Fellowship Programme and as an Evangelista for the Berlin Geekettes. Lisa has also advised the Ministerium für Wirtschaft Arbeit Energie und Verkehr and the European Union on the future of fashion technology within Germany and Europe. In 2018, she was included as an expert in ‘The State of Fashion 2019’ which is an annual report written and researched by the Business of Fashion and McKinsey & Company. This prestigious report includes major insights and information on findings within fashion. www.thepowerhouse.group