Chrisoula Kapelonis is a Design Strategist at Google Nest, working on crafting the future of the home. Her work lies in the intersection of cross-disciplinary design, innovation strategy and the built environment, and is in constant pursuit of reimagining the human-building experience.

Previously she was on the Google Assistant team where she led work on 3P speakers, wearables and IoT. Before Google, Chrisoula was a researcher at the MIT Media Lab, City Science Group where her work was focused on design research and responsive environments for home and work spaces. She is formally trained as an architect, with a Masters in Architecture II from the Harvard Graduate School of Design and a Bachelor's in Architecture from the City College of New York.

She has also held design positions in other companies like IDEO, Harvard's REAL Lab, Wise Systems and BKSK Architects and has collaborated extensively with the design and architecture community on a variety of efforts.