Senior leader.
Guiding organizations. Driving design.
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