Flavia Stoian

Head of Research & Insights

Candescent

Flavia Stoian, PhD, is a Research and Insights leader based in San Francisco who specializes in building modern research functions from the ground up - the operating model, AI strategy, and team behind them. Known for bringing quantitative rigor into qualitative, human-centered work, a blend rooted in a doctorate in finance and a master's in Human Factors, Flavia will use her IIEX West talk to make the case that an AI-native insights function isn't built from better tools but from the infrastructure underneath them: the operating model, the orchestration layer, and the team rituals that let a small team move fast without sacrificing methodological rigor, and compound the team's impact with every engagement.