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Tom Maiorana, Principal, Visual Design
Tom is an award-winning graphic designer who has been working in the interactive realm for over ten years. He has received recognition for his work in print, interactive, and experimental typography, so it may come as little surprise that he thrives in multi-disciplinary environments. Prior to joining Kicker, Tom ran his own design firm, Red Cover Studios, where he developed interface design, and product and brand strategy for Fortune 500 Companies as well as cutting edge start-ups. Some of his past clients include Visa International, Adobe Systems, and Match.com.
Tom has an MFA in Product Design from Stanford University.
Personal Website: www.redcoverstudios.com
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Jody Medich, Principal, Visual Design
In her 13 year career as a visual designer, Jody has created strategy driven projects from advertising to websites for over 300 companies. Most notably, she was the Global Design Director for Cadillac.com, Creative Director at Yahoo!, and a member of the highly successful pitch team at TBWA/chiat/day in Los Angeles. Some of her past clients include: Visa International, McDonald's, Sony, Playstation, Masterfoods, Nissan/Infiniti, Adaptive Path, and StubHub.
Jody has an MFA in Painting and Design & Technology from the San Francisco Art Institute.
Personal Website: www.jodymedich.com
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Dan Saffer, Principal, Interaction Design
Dan has designed interactive products since 1995, and his products are currently used by millions every day. An international speaker and author, his acclaimed book Designing for Interaction has been called "a bookshelf must-have for anyone thinking of creating new designs" and has been translated into several languages. Dan has led projects for large organizations like Nokia and Time Warner to start-ups such as Ning and Foxmarks. His new book, Interactive Gestures: Designing Gestural Interfaces (O'Reilly), will be published in November.
Dan is an internationally-recognized thought leader on design who has spoken at conferences and taught workshops on interaction design all over the world. Dan's writings on design have appeared in BusinessWeek, Vitamin, and Boxes and Arrows.
He has a masters in design in interaction design from Carnegie Mellon University.
Personal Website: www.odannyboy.com
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Mike Scully, VP, Industrial Design
Mike has helped a wide range of clients bring their products from concept to reality, most recently at his own firm, Scully Design, and now at Kicker. Prior to founding Scully Design, Mike worked at Argyle Design for four years. Working at a small firm allowed him to assume the roles of designer, engineer and project manager in all phases of the product development cycle. Mike first gained engineering experience at IBM in the Polymers and Mechanical Parts division where he worked with tooling and part vendors to produce plastic, sheet metal and diecast parts, and worked with internal manufacturing engineers to solve quality problems on the production lines. His first taste of corporate design came as an industrial design intern in Compaq's commercial portables division.
Mike earned a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina State in 1997. During that time, he discovered the field of industrial design and stayed at NCSU to earn a Masters of Industrial Design degree in 2000. Blending the creativity of design with the analytical problem solving of engineering is what really interests and inspires him.
Personal Website: www.scully-design.com
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