Hired as a Senior Designer, I went on to be one of the first 10 designers of NOKIA’s Advanced Design team and subsequently asked to lead Advanced Strategic Design globally.

With the studio’s in Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, Helsinki, and Tokyo, we built internal capabilities in Research, Trends, UI, UX, Materials, and Prototyping; Working at the heart of Corporate Strategy and Business Development. Reporting to the Head of Nokia Design, we built a culture of openness and innovation, with studios that crackled and fizzled with energy and excellence.

My years at NOKIA taught me that great teams build great products; moreover, in my experience, the greatest teams prioritize and nurture a healthy and positive internal culture because they understand it is critical to the design process itself.