i am Anthony

I'm a design leader capable of hiring, developing and inspiring design teams while still ready to roll up the sleeves and contribute to the work. With a grounding in service design and UX, I am currently Executive Design Director at JP Morgan Chase and an Adjunct Professor at Northwestern University in San Francisco.

ABILITIES

BUILDING DESIGN CULTURE

I have experience hiring, mentoring and cultivating high-performing interdisciplinary design teams - From leading a 10,000 sq-ft studio remodel, to relocating to NYC scale a new studio team from scratch.

PROJECT LEADERSHIP ON CLIENT PROGRAMS

I lead high visibility design projects and programs, managing design/technology resources and coaching executives, clients, and stakeholders through the design process, from initial strategy and scoping to final implementation.

EXPERIENCED DESIGN PRACTIONER

I am a seasoned designer with depths in Service Design, UX Strategy, and User Research. I leverage my human-centered design mindset (aka: design thinking) and its methods to re-frame problems, imagine new possibilities, and rally stakeholders.

WORK EXPERIENCE

EXECUTIVE DESIGN DIRECTOR

JP Morgan Chase & Co. | 2020 - Present

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR

Northwestern University | 2017 - Present

SAP

SAP Design | 2013 - 2020

STUDIO DESIGN DIRECTOR

SAP Design | 2017 - 2020

SENIOR DESIGN LEAD

SAP Design | 2015 - 2017

EXPERIENCE DESIGNER

SAP Design | 2013 - 2015

INTERACTION DESIGN STRATEGIST

Oracle Health Sciences | 2013

DESIGN INSTRUCTOR

Intel Corp. | 2012

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN

U.S. Dept. of Interior | 2009

PLANT GENETICS RESEARCHER

University of Minnesota | 2006 - 2011

HONORS & AWARDS

INNOVATION BY DESIGN AWARD

Fast Company - For the best of educational design // 2019

IDEA AWARD

International Design Excellence Awards - For Design Strategy // 2017

CORE 77 AWARD

Core 77 - For Strategy & Research, Service Design // 2017

JAMES DYSON AWARD NATIONAL WINNER

James Dyson Foundation // 2013

FEATURED IN USA NETWORK COMMERCIAL

USA Network Character With A Cause Initiative // 2013

KELLOGG INNOVATION NETWORK GLOBAL PRIZE

Kellogg School of Management // 2012

DYSON SCHOLAR

James Dyson Foundation // 2012

ACARA VENTURE COMPETITION WINNER

Acara Institute // 2010

* My work has been featured in FastCompany, Mashable, PSFK, Chicago Sun Times and Motherboard

EDUCATION

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

M.S. Engineering Design & Innovation

Segal Design Institute // Evanston // 2012

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

B.S. Civil Engineering

College of Science and Engineering // Minneapolis // 2011

how i got here.

1992

Attended Spanish

Immersion School

2006

Pursued engineering at the

University of Minnesota

Co-founded student group

to build wind turbines

2009

Co-founded my first

start-up in India

Pivoted to design school and took first IDEO-taught class

2011

First design concept

considered patentable by P&G

myWater concept highlighted in FastCompany

Featured in a USA

Network commercial

2013

Led first co-innovation workshop with executives

Product launch led to

+18M Twitter impressions 

2017

Taught first studio design course to undergraduates

Launched and scaled SAP's 

first NYC design studio

2019

Honored by FastCo for creating a kit to design better chatbots

i am a designer at the intersection of human needs and technological capabilities.

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** No stock photography. All of the photos you see are originals. Major credit to Matthew Glibbery for some amazing captures of me over the years