For the past 20 years, I’ve worked with businesses and foundations to identify opportunities, invent new offerings, and then help make them real.

At IDEO from 2000 through 2007, I led a group of 40 designers, researchers, and engineers. I then co-founded boutique design consultancy Daylight and helped grow it internationally. After exiting Daylight in 2016, I have served as the chief innovation officer of a medical services company and have consulted for a top-secret startup. I’m also named on a number of patents.

I studied design at the University of Manitoba. Later I did some continuing education at California College of the Arts, where I’ve also coached student teams, and at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. I’ve also done some guest lectures for Stanford’s product design program.

My personal interests include photography, guitar, sound engineering, and wrangling my two kids, ages 13 and 15.

Industries
Active lifestyle
Consumer electronics
Consumer goods
Education
Energy conservation
Enterprise software
Financial services
Food and beverage
Gaming
Health and wellness
Home improvement
Hospital experience
IOT
Medical
Mobile and telecom
Pharmaceutical
Retail
Social impact
IP commercialization
Transportation
Video communication

Clients
Advanced Bionics
Belkin
Bosch
Boston Scientific
City of Santa Monica
Mercedes
GE Honeywell
HopeLab
Immersion
Incase
Instagram
Intel
Eli Lilly
Logitech
Lucile Packard
Microsoft
Nexon
Nike
Procter & Gamble
Pearson
Samsung
UNICEF
Volkswagen
Western Digital

Select awards
Red Dot
iF
Good Design
IDSA/Business Week
Webby Awards
Graphis
Time 50 Best Websites
ID Magazine