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Vice President Design, Business Development, Strategy

ASTOUND is a global design and fabrication house, building end-to-end solutions for trade show exhibits, events and architectural projects around the world. With offices in Toronto, Oakville, Las Vegas and San Francisco, ASTOUND has developed, designed and deployed projects for Fortune 500 brands in more than 30 countries around the world. Established in 2001, ASTOUND has been awarded as one of Canada's Best Managed Companies, a Fab 50 company, one of the Best Places to Work in Events and a multi-year winner of Profit 500's Fastest Growing Companies.

I am a recognized, impassioned senior concept design leader, adept in focusing and leading creative teams and iconic global brands to create beautiful, business-savvy retail places consumers care about. I am as comfortable building and leading industrial, digital, interior, graphic or architectural designers as building the needed new structures and processes around them for highest potential. 20+ years of retail design and architectural experience has taught me 3D UX innovation change requires constant listening and learning, creativity and inspiring others to the best results. Often based on Conscious Business and the triple bottom line of people/planet/profit, changing the world for better is a key focus. The "perfect" Starbucks chair, tea beauty at Teavana, and digital that feels right, are examples of what my teams and I have done. From Starbucks Container Stores, “expresso-shot-tiny" digital stores, to sustainable american-sourced furniture, I lead the design and creation of deeply-thought consumer concepts to reality that drive business priorities, brand love, operational needs and sustainability at velocity and scale. Balance creates magic: sustainability & retail design, high velocity & deep care, global scale & local relevance. I am an inquisitive idea connector and story teller who know great ideas have little value without stakeholder alignment, clear master strategy, transparent communication, deep understanding and the passion to see it through. Ambitious and pragmatic, I thrive in the constant change of future-leaning, purpose-driven, Fortune 500 type companies and bring the skills to build organizational teams, structure and process for lasting value. Additional competencies: Award-winning environmental designer | enterprise-level design representation | design strategy, philosophy & execution | sustainability | thought leader | construction & fabrication expert | architecture | F, F & F vision | R&D budget oversight | digital integration