Zhaus&Co → Deloitte Digital

In March 2022, Giant Machines acquired Zhaus&Co. In January 2024, Giant Machines was acquired by Deloitte Digital (where Michelle is now a Senior Manager in Design Strategy).

Giant Machines partnered with clients to achieve top-line growth through building custom digital products and businesses. Their services spanned innovation, product design, engineering, pre career services, and skills training. Giant Machines’ industry expertise included fintech, healthtech, and climate digital. Since 2015, Giant Machines had been a leader in tech in New York City and ranked as Crain’s Best Places to Work four years in a row.

Zhaus&Co became the Innovation team at Giant Machines, where we helped innovators and business leaders build solutions with confidence by identifying, developing and testing digital opportunities with the lean, rapid, high-value approach we’ve been known for. This capability is one of a constellation of startup-ethos-driven approaches which contributed to the value Deloitte saw in Giant Machines to rapidly develop zero-to-one products that drive real impact.

“Michelle is a unique talent. She excels equally in design, leadership and product strategy …I’ve witnessed her strengths first hand and know her to be an asset to every organization she works with.”

— Jeff Gothelf, Author Lean UX and Sense & Respond