Emmanuel Aouad
At a glance.
- Says iteh-MAN-you-el AH-wad
- Also known asCreative Mind Frame · Nerdcore Ninja
- Based inSan Francisco
- Speaks onOperational excellence · AI · music, gaming and nerd culture
- Contacthello@creativemindfra.me
Emmanuel Aouad
Serious about the work.
Curious about life.
I’m a business transformation leader with a love for life’s side quests. Mine have taken me into music, game development, and American Ninja Warrior.
Life’s side quests
Follow the curiosity.
Giving back
Hold the door.
I am here because people held doors open. When you reach the door, you hold it for the next person.
Nine years on Wabash's alumni board, a tutoring program I directed, and more than $3,000 raised through the Positive Vibe Squad streaming community.
Press & speaker kit
For the room, the stage,
or the story.
Bios, speaking topics, and photographs for organizers and journalists.
What I am asked to talk about
Ideas that can hold a room.
- Trust EquityThe human side of operational excellence and the Four Phases of HEARing.
- AI in process improvementWhat it changes, what it exposes, and where the human work stays.
- Transformation is deadA case for continuous employee-driven change over the 18-month program.
- Music as a learning systemHow Six Sigma concepts became songs inside a certification curriculum.
- Leadership is servitudeWhat leading actually costs, from the Wabash College Chapel Talk.
- Music and gamingHow music shapes game worlds, and how games become a space for musical storytelling.
- Hip-hop and nerd cultureHip-hop’s influence on gaming, fandom and the communities that bring them together.
- The crossoverHurdles, nerdcore and process engineering as the same discipline.
Where I have spoken and performed
Boardrooms, classrooms and loud rooms.
- 2026 · Wabash CollegeLeadership is ServitudeWatch the chapel talk
- 2025 · FEIAI Case Studies ConferenceSpeaker on AI, process work and the human problem underneath both.
- 2025 · MoreSteamTrust EquityWatch the webcast
- 2024 · UC Santa BarbaraProcess ParadiseKeynote at the inaugural event.
- 2015–2020 · SXSWCreative Mind FrameShowcases as rapper and horn player.
- MAGFest · MomoCon · conventionsOn stage and on panelsWith Mega Ran, Shing02, Substantial, MC Frontalot, MC Lars and the NPC Collective.
Articles, features & interviews
Public references.
- Wabash College · 2024Athletics Hall of FameRead the entry
- MoreSteam · case studySix Sigma RapRead the case study
- Raspberry Pi · 2017Pi(e) DayRead the feature
- MoreSteam · podcastQuality Time: Gemba WalkListen to the interview
- Wabash College · 2021American Ninja WarriorRead the story
- Steam · Creative Mind Frame LLCLevel Up: The Playable Rap AlbumOpen the release
Bios to use
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Images
Headshots, stage and course.
Free to use with credit for press and event purposes. Email for a different crop or original file.
