Part 2 - Gabriel Wartofsky -Back with the legend himself! We continue our chat with Gabriel's experience bartending during college, how storytelling is such an underrated skill that can either make or break your career and his short sting as a comedian in NYC! 

www.gabrielwartofskydesign.com

About Gabriel Wartofsky: Gabriel leverages design to [re]connect people to the joy of everyday movement.

While his career spans across industries and applications, Gabriel's dedication to developing desirable, human-centered mobility solutions remains consistent.

As a designer/strategist, Gabriel co-found a clean-tech e-bike-share start-up aimed at adding joy to the first/final mile commute, developed ACES (Autonomous, Connected, Shared, Electric) branded strategies and experiences with think-tanks and automotive OEM's, and designed off-grid housing and modular greenhouses that re-connect dwellers to an appreciation to the natural systems that sustain their livelihood.

As a thought leader, he specializes in speaking about the future of mobility. He's served on panels at several esteemed thought leadership events, ranging from SXSW Eco, Shanghai Biennale, Art Center Sustainability Summit, and Innovate Pasadena.

As a Creative Strategist, he works with clients across industries to adopt new technologies and workflows by helping them identify, define and produce innovative narratives, product roadmaps and solutions.

Born in Washington DC, Gabriel holds degrees from both Georgetown University and Art Center College of Design. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles.

Gabriel and I chat about his beginnings in design, his current role in developing micro spaces, his founding an electric bike-share start-up and getting harassed at SXSW for not pedaling his bike!

https://www.gabrielwartofskydesign.com/

About Gabriel Wartofsky: Gabriel leverages design to [re]connect people to the joy of everyday movement.

While his career spans across industries and applications, Gabriel's dedication to developing desirable, human-centered mobility solutions remains consistent.

As a designer/strategist, Gabriel co-found a clean-tech e-bike-share start-up aimed at adding joy to the first/final mile commute, developed ACES (Autonomous, Connected, Shared, Electric) branded strategies and experiences with think-tanks and automotive OEM's, and designed off-grid housing and modular greenhouses that re-connect dwellers to an appreciation to the natural systems that sustain their livelihood.

As a thought leader, he specializes in speaking about the future of mobility. He's served on panels at several esteemed thought leadership events, ranging from SXSW Eco, Shanghai Biennale, Art Center Sustainability Summit, and Innovate Pasadena.

As a Creative Strategist, he works with clients across industries to adopt new technologies and workflows by helping them identify, define and produce innovative narratives, product roadmaps and solutions.

Born in Washington DC, Gabriel holds degrees from both Georgetown University and Art Center College of Design. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles.

CONRAD IS BACK! Part 2! We continue our conversation with everything from thinking about what's the next big breakthrough to why first-mover advantage isn't what it use to be in the marketplace. Products have the capability of communicating their ability to solve many of our problems in ways we never had before and we discover why!

Conrad joins the podcast today to help explain how his work as a product designer at Google directly impacts our daily lives.

Conrad got his start early in tech and made it his lifelong passion. He's been part of some amazing projects and companies, most notably as a designer at VMWare, BMW and Google. Having worked on everything from paleontology, simulating hurricanes to working on Android Auto.