David Lubensky
Board Member at Shift - Product design for social change
- Role
- Mentor at Code for America
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About David Lubensky
In 1994, David was one of the first design researchers at Paul Allen\'s Interval Research think tank, performing research and using findings to help design and lay groundwork for numerous patents in media, musical instruments, games, communications, environments, technology assisted spirituality, and broadband tech.In David left Interval to co-found Kundi Inc, a search engine prioritizing content ranked by a person\'s social network. David was Director of Content, overseeing user-interface, usability, and content management.In 2001, David saw a demand by Fortune 500 companies for a tech savvy design strategy consultancy, so he started Bagatto, Inc. In his role as president, he leads strategic research and design efforts, facilitates executive workshops and brainstorms, publishes sustainability and international health research insights, mentors external research and design teams, and patents novel technologies with his collaborators. His contributions have led to the acquisition of three startups with valuations at over $300M. David\'s client list includes Auris Health, Avery, Blurb, BMW, Boston Scientific, Brookfield Homes, Cardiosolv, Cisco, Crystal Light, Clorox, Code for America, Del Monte, eBay, Farmers Insurance, Fitbit, General Mills, Gensler, Google, Halo Neuroscience, Herman Miller, HP, IDEO, Intelect Medical, Intuit, Iomai, JC Penney, Johnson & Johnson, Knowledge Adventure, Kraft, Leapfrog, LG, Marriott, Matrixx, McDonald’s, MGM/Mirage, Microsoft, Money Solutions, MyBasis, Nickelodeon, Nordic Natural, Novo Nordisk, Ode Magazine, Odopod, Palm, Panasonic, PCH, Pearson, PneumoSonics, Population Council, Proteus Biomedical, Pure Digital, Schick, Samsung, San Francisco AIDS Foundation, San Francisco DPH, San Francisco Department of the Treasurer, San Francisco Marathon, Sesame Workshop, ShoreBank, ShoreCap Exchange, Smart Design, Smith Electric Vehicles, Sprint, Target, Ubisoft, UCSF, UT Austin Medical School, Westfield, and Wind River.
Experience
Mentor
Feb 2013 — Present
Education
The University of Texas at Austin
MS, Speech Communications
1992 — 1994
Skills
- User Interface Design
- Brand Architecture
- Usability Engineering
- Ideation
- Human Computer Interaction
- Rapid Prototyping
- Human Factors
- Focus Groups
- Service Design
- User-Centered Design
- Ethnography
- Heuristic Evaluation
- Qualitative Research
- Workshop Facilitation
- Concept Generation
- User Interface
- Usability
- Marketing Research
- Innovation Management
- Market Research
- User Experience Design
- Idea Generation
- Experience Design
- Management Consulting
- Interaction Design
- Product Design
- Design Principles
- Design Strategy
- Strategy
- Copywriting
- Information Design
- User Experience
- Research Design
- Usability Testing
- User Research
- Customer Insight
- Information Architecture
- Design Thinking
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