Brady Olason Email Address

Western Washington University Design School Advisory Board

Founded in 1926 by design pioneer Walter Dorwin Teague, TEAGUE is the original design consultancy. As proof, our portfolio spans many firsts: the Polaroid camera, the UPS truck, Texaco-branded service stations, the Pringles canister, and the Xbox. Along the way, we've designed the interior of every Boeing commercial airplane ever produced--including the revolutionary 787 Dreamliner.At TEAGUE we make things--whether they're products, services, or experiences. We do this through interdisciplinary teams of industrial designers, interaction designers, researchers, strategists, engineers, and other talents spanning everything from branding to robotics. This imperative to make things is driven by our belief in connecting strategy with execution. We call this approach thinking through making and it's at the heart of everything we do.

Design and business leader with over 25 years of experience in product design, development, experience design, and operations in corporate and consulting firms. Originally trained as an industrial designer, I have filled many different roles over the years as creative lead, project manager, account manager, creative director, operations leader, managing director, and most recently as Vice President of Operations for Teague and a key member of Teague's Executive team. Over the course of my career, I've built and led many teams on a variety of design programs covering research, strategy, design, product development, engineering and manufacturing spanning a broad range of consumer and industrial products and specialized in leading and managing complex projects for many Fortune 500 clients. I have a deep passion for brand, business, design, operations and technology that has resulted in many long term client relationship for companies like Boeing, Starbucks, HP, Microsoft, Intel, GE, Dell and Precor and over 18 national and international design awards and 32 design patents.