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Product Design Development Specialist @ Independent Consultant

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About Me

Brian is an veteran product designer, inventor, and entrepreneur with 7 patents and over 30 years of experience working in software and hardware. He began his career at Apple where he worked on famous and infamous products including the Newton Message Pad, iMac, and G4 Cube. As a co-founder of Postini, he invented the virus and spam filters behind Gmail. As co-founder of Cola he designed and created the first open text messaging platform. In between startups he launched and ran the design consultancy Idea Momentum for 15 years. He has taught graduate-level classes on design at The Institute of Design at IIT and is a frequent speaker on creativity and innovation.

My Skills

  • Product Design

My Career

Product Design Development SpecialistIndependent Consultant February 2017
Current
Founder, Head of Product & UX ColaMarch 2015 - February 2017
Senior Director Product Marketing & UXSenchaSeptember 2013 - January 2015
PresidentIdea Momentum, inc. October 2002 - September 2013
Adjunct Professor - Product Design Methodologies IIT Institute of DesignAugust 2011 - 2013

My Education

University of Illinois Urbana ChampaignBachelorsGraduated May 1992

My Details

Country
  • United States
Languages
  • English
  • Spanish
Years of Experience
  • 15+ years
Timezone
  • Pacific Standard Time
Member Since
  • September 23, 2022
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