Highlights from a varied career

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• Designated “Pioneer of Interactive Media” from professional peers at IICS (International Interactive Communications Society)

• Publication of the "Locus of Design"​ app on iTunes and GooglePlay, an interactive framework describing how overlapping intersections of Social, Functional and Experiential domains can define all product outcomes

• Publication of e-book Gravity 2.0 that explores new theories of physics leading to the potential discipline of "gravity design."

• Principal Investigator on a sub-grant funded by the MacArthur, Mozilla, and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundations to develop a prototype for interactive digital badges engaging young learners to explore the Native American Earthworks of North America

• Co-chaired conferences on Wireless Cities at the U of M, exploring how municipal wireless can foster industry and connectivity through a "digital watershed."

• Led industrial design of the first commercial "fused deposition modeler" (3D printer) Client: Stratasys

• Developed systems design logic of Ethospace furniture system. Client: Herman Miller

• Co-founder of firm that designed the first interactive digital magazine. Client: Mac World Magazine

• "What's the Secret?"​, a CD-ROM science series designed and produced from 1991-94. Press quotes:

  • "This is by far the best science education program I've seen in years."​ Universal Press Syndicate"This CD-ROM instantly rises to the front ranks of science edutainment. This is all awfully well done." Washington Post

  • "It's the best science discovery program we've seen." Boston Computer Museum Guide to Best Software for Kids