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Bio

Born in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.

Reared in San Francisco Bay Area. As a child, enjoyed learning how things worked by taking them apart (mom’s vacuum cleaner, for example) and attempting to put them back together, sometimes successfully, most times not.

Upon high school graduation, moved to San Francisco to pursue amateur rugby, surfing, scootering and to attend City College for preliminary design studies. Discovered industrial design and Martine, my girlfriend.

Transferred to San Jose State University. After portfolio review, accepted into ID program. Enhanced studies with internships and contract work at Vetta Sports, The Burdick Group and IDEO.

Earned Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Design.

Joined Bridge Design in San Francisco as industrial designer shortly after university graduation. Worked on high-tech, medical and consumer projects. Products recognized by peer as well as professional groups (most notably IDSA Gold and Silver,) and published in trade and design magazines.

Returned to surfing. Began snowboarding and paying off student loans. Put on 30 pounds.

Moved with Martine to Paris. Enrolled in French language course, immersed self in French culture and cheese, in an attempt to better understand Martine. Made pilgrimage to Bilbao to see Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim, and to Ireland to sample Guinness at the source. Believe it or not, lost 30 pounds.

Joined internationally-attended Vitra Design Workshop with Ronan Bouroullec in Poitiers, France. Reaffirmed my belief that culturally diverse teams create the most rewarding and innovative experiences and results.

Moved to Los Angeles from Paris. Combatted culture shock with frequent surfing and freelancing. Went Hollywood by working as set dresser and production assistant on commercial shoots. Refreshed and expanded skills, and experimented with jewelry, multimedia, and interaction.

Recruited by US Surgical to join R&D team. Moved to New England, donned a 3-cornered hat and dove into world of surgical instruments. Learned ProEngineer, but also learned I wanted to contribute more than just ID at the end of the product development process.

Determined to better understand emerging technologies, user-centered research and interaction design, applied and was accepted to NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Master’s program with an ITP/Tisch School of the Arts Scholarship Award. Projects exhibited in Pisa, Italy as well as presented to Mattel Student Summit. Enhanced education with internships at nVidia (Summer 2006) and Microsoft Research (Summer 2007.)

Graduated in May 2007.

Hard at work on a stop-motion animation, 2006.