Resume / CV
Multidisciplinary design leader with a broad range of experience delivering both digital and physical products and services since 1995.
Experience
Head of Brand & Design, ICEYE · 2025 →
Leading brand, product and experience design for the world’s largest operator of synthetic-aperture-radar satellites.
Head of Design — AI, Miro · 2024–25
Shaping the AI design direction for the visual collaboration platform.
Head of Design, Lunar Energy · 2022–24
Directing (and doing) design across brand identity, hardware, software and services for this clean-energy startup. Earned iF Design Awards for product and UX in 2023, and shortlisted for the Fast Company Innovation by Design Awards 2024.
Curatorial Committee, The Design Museum, London · 2020–25
Invited to work with a committee of designers, educators and experts on the curatorial programme of the world’s leading museum of contemporary design.
Principal Designer, Google Research · 2018–22
Bringing human-centred personal AI to Google products, especially hardware devices.
Design Director, Google Research · 2016–18
Working primarily on the expression of on-device intelligence in product.
Interaction Design Director, Google Creative Lab · 2013–16
Multidisciplinary work across new and existing Google products including Google Wifi, Project Sunroof and Google Expeditions.
Principal / Partner, BERG · 2009–13
Leading client work and product invention for projects with Google, Intel, Bonnier, BBC, Nespresso, Channel 4 and others.
Co-Founder / Design Director, Dopplr · 2007–09
A short-lived but innovative social network for frequent travellers, acquired by Nokia.
UX Design Director, Nokia · 2003–07
Working on advanced concepts, future trends and the Nseries product line of smartphones.
Information Architect, BBC · 2001–03
Working on overall service design for bbc.co.uk, navigation principles and the BBC’s first search engine.
UX Consulting, Independent · 2000–01
Contract work for KPMG, Hutchison 3G, Aviva and Accenture.
Creative Director, Sapient · 1999–2000
Leading client work mainly in e-commerce for Homebase, Norwich Union and T-Mobile, and helping build the London UX team.
Creative Director, BBC News Online · 1997–99
Built and led the design team that launched the first BBC News website in November 1997.
Production Manager / Designer, LineOne · 1995–97
Worked on the initial digital version of The Times / Sunday Times.
Awards
Patents
Named inventor on seven patents and applications, mostly from a decade of work on ambient and on-device AI at Google, plus an earlier BERG/Intel collaboration. See the full patents list.
Recognition
Work I’ve been part of has been exhibited at the V&A and MoMA, and featured in the FT, Fast Company, Wired and — somewhat improbably — Marvel Comics.