- Serve clients to identify and develop new opportunities for business growth - Translate design research into the client’s vision, mission, and overall strategic design and experience direction- Build user experiences that are authentic, memorable and emotionally compelling- Create connected digital experiences with charming features and smart and predictable workflows - Design physical products, trade show and retails spaces that elevate clients’ brands- Lead business development activities and manage service delivery processes - Represent the agency through speaking & lecturing at schools and industry events - Support affiliate & partner studios with design services, leadership, strategic vision and PR

CSN At a Glance: Now in its fourth decade, with volunteers in all 50 states and fortified by millions in donated resources, the CSN can educate, connect, and protect >25 million children annually and provides 32 million parents with free resources that help them raise safer, healthier kids. The CSN, with supporting staff in nine states, is among the Most universally respected causes in America. As such, the CSN has garnered 18 billion media impressions via PSAs, which are commonly supported by more than 200 well-known, globally recognized celebrities.Strategic initiatives are carried out with support from the CSNs Advisory Board comprising 20 ‘Subject Matter Experts’ that cover the spectrum of child safety topics. CSN has collaborated closely with a network of government officials to pass eight federal resolutions that protect our nation’s children. The CSN has created dozens of national campaigns that are still in use to protect children. The CSN is the ONLY charity in history to receive more than 100 consecutive YES votes from the US Senate in support of its campaigns. In the private sector, CSN has worked with more than 100 national brands who support and benefit from being advocates of child safety.

I'm proud to be a Co-Founder of Graphene Innovations Inc., the only integrated user-centered design & development partner for leading businesses through graphene-based innovations.Graphene Innovations, has the vision, the team and world class technology that empowers our partners to create and brand customized graphene-based products at scale.

Global Design and Innovation

- Global design lead for venture firm JMI Equity; recruited to create first ‘software defined’ mainframe solution comprising hardware and UI/UX - Established design organization located in Zurich, Switzerland from ground up, from corporate identity to first customer hardware and UI/UX demonstrations - Lead UI/UX design for proof of concept demos for customer acquisition; conducted contextual inquiry on user environments in Europe; crafted visual prototypes & wireframes; collaborated with developers to refine end-user experience for customer migration from legacy mainframes to X86 open systems architecture - Shaped company story with key stakeholders, PR advisors, industry analysist and influencers; Gartner, Microsoft, RedHat, Axicom. - Planned customer experience at product launch at CeBIT, 2016, including creation of trade show booth design; managed press / PR teams - Created custom ‘proof of concept’ hardware solutions for software demonstrations to potential customers- Design a ‘Future Center’ comprising legacy hardware artifacts juxtaposed by new, future forward computing concepts – on permanent display in corporate headquarters gallery located in Zurich, Switzerland

- Lead global consumer design and experience for all End User Computing divisions of Dell, Inc. - Build and lead design consumer languages for XPS, Alienware, Inspiron, Vostro, consumer brands - Grow Ultrasharp and other house-branded Dell peripherals design segments to quarterly revenues of more than $3B - Manage global design and experience sector comprised of 40+ designers distributed between Austin, Chicago, San Diego, Taiwan, and Singapore - Responsible for leading internal business teams and ODM partnerships to drive timely delivery of plan of record programs (notebook computers, convertibles, tablets, AIOs, monitors, printers, peripherals and soft goods) - Managed creation of alternative form factors in partnership with internal engineering teams, external development resources, and ODM partners - Co-manager/sponsor of global research programs, including end-user insights; UI/UX workflows; color, materials and trends; advanced material sciences; analysis of regional markets; and design concept validation

- Responsible for growing Skinit’s revenue forecast by 75% via innovations which supported new business development in the on-demand personalization/customization printing space - Secured tier one clients: HP Notebook Division | Sony Style Retail Stores | T-Mobile | Microsoft Retail Store | Medtronic | 3M | Nokia | ResMed | Option Wireless - Fulfilled design, brand and experience objectives with CEO and CFO to secure $60M in private equity funding from ABS Capital Partners and Norwest Venture Partners in June of 2010 - Selected to co-build and communicate Skinit’s unique value position to investors and venture partners - Co-developed and introduced proprietary technologies for increasing supply chain efficiency while reducing costs. Patents were generated and licensed by HP- Scaled operations in China via supply chain efficiency and OEM / ODM integrations- Supported advance IP development of new On-Demand Post-Mold Decoration Technologies - Developed the first in-store retail personalization business strategy for the Microsoft Stores / to develop a system to produce personalized adhesive graphic skins at retail locations - Art directed and managed production of television commercials, retargeted ads, and social outreach - Initiated Consumer Insights research across vertical segments - Introduced data acquisition/analytics program & tools to monitor Skinit’s online traffic - Built Rapid Prototyping / Lean Solutions center to reduce cost and cycle-time - Developed actionable Color, Materials and Trends strategies for major clients / OEMs- Initiate development of advanced visualization tools to improve the users web experience

- Board Elected Term / Represented the organization and its 5K members at design appearances and presentations at conferences and design events across the globe - Met with key design leaders to unpack current and future design needs with executives from the following businesses: Dell, HP, P&G, Microsoft, Nissan, Bose, Toyota, Kodak, Microsoft, Motorola, T-Mobile, HTC, GE, RKS design, IDEO, Frog, Astro, Altitude, Autodesk, PTC, Icon Aircraft, Embraer Aircraft, Luna, Waterworks, Morningstar - Co-developed design and innovation initiatives with the US government / George Bush administration - Support US design and innovation policy for economic stimulus in partnership with Illinois - Senator Durbin’s economic policy advisor, along with leading design associations, education bodies and design-related Federal agencies - Lead efforts at the Savannah’s Department of Economic Development (SEDA) to create auxil;ary office, design gallery and internship programs in Georgia with strategic assets sourced from local universities and private industries at no cost to the IDSA - Launched international design awards partnership program with Brazil and established regional design excellence program in Sao Paulo with 18 product design categories - Helped Brazilian design advocacy group gain international exposure and media attention / More than 10k designers attended ceremony in Sao Palo - Negotiated collaborative partnerships between IDSA and industry partners / sponsors, including Businessweek, Target, Autodesk, Dell, T-Mobile, Burson-Marsteller, IDEO, Plastics News, Materials Connection and Eastman Chemical

- Established internal design centers in San Diego, Bangalore, Shenzhen with communication conduits to HQ in Yokohama - Created dedicated concept labs within ODMs, including rapid prototyping centers in North America, Korea, China and India to support new user-interface and design groups in San Diego - Managed outsourced design resources (ODMs) at Flextronics, BYD & TechFaith. - Resurrected carrier interest in Kyocera products and services by way of demonstrating ‘new design powers’ at the CTIA and CES industry events. - Deployed a platform management strategy to achieve product differentiation utilizing the same internal components to reduce SKU complexity by 35% in 2007 portfolio - Developed flexible (postponable) product platforms that can be differentiated at distribution centers to accommodate carrier customization / providing color and graphic options to mobile virtual operators (MVNO) who could not afford unique products SKU’s- Managed outsourced design consultants in North America (IDEO, Astro, Altitude, Essential) to support advanced design concept development and consumer research

- New product introduction directly attributed to annual revenue increase of 92% from previous fiscal year - Created the SureType® user interface – a revolutionary text input hardware and software system to break the PDA or phone dilemma. The SureType® system was the first to deliver an enterprise grade email experience on a mobile phone - Expanded the company’s product pipeline with a suite of consumer/prosumer products Designed new phone-centric platforms with a postponement strategy to accommodate different formfactor expressions on the same electrical/mechanical platform - Initiated usability refinement studies to create a improved, holistic product experience for entire BlackBerry family of products - Lead the design and experience sell-through with major carriers; AT&T, Nextel, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, Rogers, Vodafone - Established product market research program, including regional form-factor testing and usability trials in North America and Europe - Developed future product roadmaps, including line extensions, product refreshes, new platforms and completely new product opportunities - Developed new vendor relationships / outsourcing to sustain product cycle momentum (i.e., tooling, paint formulation and application, design & mechanical engineering) - Explored co-branding opportunities with non-competitive power brands - Built relationships with entertainment and broadcast media industries for product placement opportunities

- Among the youngest in Motorola’s history to achieve a “Distinguished Inventor” status when thirty patents issued – followed by Motorola’s patent of the year in 1998- Created and introduced the first consumer Two-Way radio on the newly-created Family Radio Service (FRS) Network - the first consumer two-way radio in Motorola’s 80 + year history - Led pioneering efforts to development and launch the TalkAbout Two-Way radio division, which grossed $100m in two years – BusinessWeek’s IDSA Award - Lead new design team on all subsequent consumer radio product launches during my tenor - BusinessWeek’s Design of the Decade Award / CES Innovations Award - Supported product co-branding opportunities with Nike and Harley Davidson - Managed Talk-About line translation to offshore manufacturing - Supported next generation user insights with contextual design research in trucking, warehousing and logistics for commercial and government two-way radio, wireless handheld data and Nextel markets - Designed first generation concepts to explore the convergence concept of two technologies; mobile cellular and two-way radio. The underpinnings of this concept evolved to become the iDen / Nextel network of products and subscriber services - Design lead for Motorola’s advanced manufacturing & technology labs - concept work was underwritten by US government (DOD) and remains classified - Designed Motorola’s first ‘ruggedized’ mobile data tablet called. The “Forte’” model won a BusinessWeek’s / IDSA Award - Led regional design research with virtual prototyping tools and conjoint analysis with generative concept models in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico - Led regional design research with virtual prototyping tools and conjoint analysis with generative concept models in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico