Founder + Principal
CurrentBlack Ink works with CEO's and entrepreneurs to bring their companies into creative focus, touching on culture, experiences and rituals, brand, change, and design thinking.Current / recent projects:Board advisor for a category-leading Web 3.0 startup, initially focused on NFTs and non-siloed presence and monetization for broad communities of creators.Global Consumer Internet Company - Creative and project leadership of +$200M in CAPEX over 2+ years. Projects in NYC, SF, LA, Champaign, Lockport, London, Dublin, Tel Aviv, Sao Paolo. Branded global design standards. Executive design oversight as sole CEO rep across diverse WW architecture, design, and construction teams. (2 year engagement)Global Consumer Product Company - Collaborating with one of the world's premier design and innovation companies to support the global deployment of a new retail category for an international client with European HQ. Encompassed strategy, product, digital, retail, and online. Work resulted in dozens of high-street retail boutiques and thousands of smaller-footprint retail points-of-purchase. Multi-year global rollout starting in Germany, Switzerland, Russia, and Korea. (2.5 year engagement)