Born 1980 Pittsburgh. Cornell undergrad, Harvard MBA. Founded Behance 2006 (creative portfolio platform, sold to Adobe 2012 for $150M). Authored 'Making Ideas Happen' (2010), 'The Messy Middle' (2018). Adobe CSO + EVP Creative Cloud since 2017. Early investor: Pinterest, Uber, Sweetgreen, Periscope, Warby Parker. Personal blog widely read by design entrepreneurs. Left Adobe in early 2025 to become a Partner at A24 (from Mar 2025, New York), leading the studio's technology and innovation projects while remaining an adviser to Adobe.