I'm an Industrial Designer by training, and a builder at heart.
I am passionate about creating memorable & differentiated connected experiences by keeping humans at the center.
I'm fueled by leading teams to physically dig in to understand people and the way they interact with the world and the things around them. I bring 15+ years of experience partnering with leading organizations to envision their future through the incubation and scale of the next generation of impactful businesses, products, and services.
Design & Innovation, for me, isn't just about aesthetics or function, but about creating services and experiences that elicit uniquely human emotions. True Innovation is doing this in new and differentiated ways, with the right tools and emerging technology.
I believe in taking an experimentation based approach – to start with and focus on the problems that matter to maximize impact in my work and in my teams. I'm fueled by a persistent curiosity, and a build-to-learn mindset.
Today, I am an Innovation Leader with ?What If! Innovation, a part of Accenture. I am focused on growing, strengthening, and selling our ?What If! Growth Structures offer for the design, build and run of new Innovation capabilities for our clients across industries.
For me, everything is about envisioning, defining, planning for, and achieving significant outcomes. If work is never realized and cannot make an impact, then none of it matters. I'm looking forward to paving a path to impact with you to make our mark on the world together.
And of course – thank you for spending the time to get to know me and my work.
Want to chat? Feel free to message me about:
• The next big idea
• Building a living innovation org from within
• Speaking opportunities
• Applying emerging tech to your industry
• Travel hacking
• College football hot takes
• Cycling
• The next big idea
• Building a living innovation org from within
• Speaking opportunities
• Applying emerging tech to your industry
• Travel hacking
• College football hot takes
• Cycling
My philosophies:
A static idea can never be great until it is thought of as a living, evolving entity that exists in deliberate conditions that allow it to grow to become even greater over the course of time.
I don't believe in luck. I believe in a managed approach to taking the best risks.
No regrets. If you want it, at least give it your best shot to see where it takes you.
If you're learning, you're winning.
99.9% of the time, you are not the person you are designing for.
Creating, growing, and maintaining relationships is just like gardening.
Time is the most valuable asset we have to work with.
I believe in an outcomes-oriented approach to my work.
If you haven't first defined the outcomes you've set out to achieve, how will you know if you are successful?
Just because something is difficult, doesn't mean it isn't worthwhile.
Acceptance criteria may be the best way to define and communicate almost anything.
This is supposed to be fun.
If I wasn't in design & innovation, I may have ended up...
As a photojournalist
Flying planes
Brewing beer
Flipping real estate
Woodworking
As a travel guide
Flying planes
Brewing beer
Flipping real estate
Woodworking
As a travel guide