Erik Kiær is an Account Lead with Doblin. With his deep experience at Doblin, Erik is key to Doblin's efforts to leverage methods and content for new clients. He is also a frequent speaker at business conferences.

With a background in mechanical engineering from McGill University in Montreal and a master of design degree in human-centered design from the Institute of Design, Erik bridges the worlds of research, planning, design, and strategy. At Doblin, he has worked with a broad range of companies in the travel, consumer goods, technology, and financial services industries. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

Prior to Doblin, he worked as a systems designer of offshore oil and gas installations for the North Sea. Erik is fluent in Norwegian.

• In his spare time, Erik tries to find new ways to freeze. His most recent and successful discovery in advanced refrigeration is mountaineering, which he has found can be equally cold year-round.
  
  
• Although Erik grew up in Norway, he has only recently admitted that he was born in Sweden.