The before times
I founded design studio Manoverboard in Brooklyn in 2002, around the time our daughter was born. I ran the studio successfully – with 8 employees at one point – for 20 years before it was acquired in 2023 by Mangrove Web, an exceptional digital agency based in California. Manoverboard was a purpose-driven studio with a mission of creating a better world by design. And it was the first Certified B Corporation in Manitoba, with clientele from across North America.
Clients
- Acumen
- Barneys New York
- Ducks Unlimited Canada
- EQ3
- Generation
- Grantham Foundation
- Greyston Bakery
- IISD
- National Screen Institute
- McConnell Foundation
- The Rockefeller Foundation
- Sierra Club Canada
My resume, lite
I graduated from Brown University with a B.A. in English and visual arts. I hold an M.F.A. from SUNY Albany. I am completing an ICF Level 2 Certification in Professional Coaching from Concordia University.
I live in Montréal, Québec, where I am learning French as quickly as I can. I do not own a car. I have somehow become a gym rat. I have a beautiful wife and a wonderful daughter.
Ten accomplishments
- Currently serving as board member for RGD
- Fulbright Fellow for study of visual culture in Poland
- Helped found civil society fellowship at The Rockefeller Foundation
- Built my first fully accessible site way back in 2003
- Ran award-winning design studio Manoverboard for 20 years
- Manoverboard became first Certified B Corp in Manitoba
- Early advocate for creating a sustainable web
- Taught design, design theory and design management at university
- Founded design diversity scholarship with other partners
- Served on board of GDC (DesCan) MB for 10 years
