Work

Over the last two years I’ve been working on Windows Phone, leading design for the Communication, Productivity, and International experiences on the phone. When we launched Windows Phone, I spent a lot of time helping designers and developers learn how to build Apps for the platform. This past year I helped establish and build the relationship with Nokia. From 2008-2010 I led design for the KIN user experience. From 2004-2008 I was part of Nokia Design’s Insight & Innovation team in Los Angeles. In 2003 I worked on Microsoft’s SPOT project, and in 2000 I was an Industrial Designer at Designafairs in Erlangen, Germany.
 

School

I studied Interaction Design at the Umeå Institute of Design in northern Sweden. I have a Bachelor of Industrial Design from Emily Carr University in Vancouver, and studied Product Design at the Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weissensee, in Berlin, Germany. During the past few years, I’ve taken courses at the Yale School of Management, and the UCLA Anderson School of Management.
 

Design

I enjoy talking about design, and have spoken at events such as SXSW, IxDA, Barcelona Design Week, IDSA, and Foo Camp. You can find out more — and any talks I might have coming up — here.
 
I’m on the jury for the 2012 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA).
 

Personal

I’m originally from Regina, a city in the middle of Canada in the province of Saskatchewan. Today I live in Seattle, Washington, with my wife Dawn, our daughter Ella, and our Foxhound Dolly.
 
I love to meet new people, say hi on Twitter.