Executive Design + UX Leader | Advisor | Speaker
Executive Design + UX
leader, advisor, speaker and mentor.
THE 2025 'SPEAK EASY TOUR'
Next stop, Atlanta, for AI Week. I'll be joining a dynamic panel for, "The AI-First Leader, Skills & Mindsets for What's Next," where we will explore how AI is redefining leadership in today’s fast-evolving landscape.
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Paul is a seasoned executive leader with a proven track record of driving transformative business outcomes through design strategy and Design Thinking. With over two decades of “tra-digital” experience in design, e-commerce and a strong entrepreneurial mindset, Paul has a deep understanding of the current landscape, the power of human-centered principles and the business value of design. His work has been recognized by industry leaders, media outlets, and prestigious organizations like Forrester and L2 Gartner. Paul’s work has appeared on national television, industry leading podcasts, Apple's WWDC keynotes, and Super Bowl 58. His deep expertise and innovative approach have made him a sought-after thought leader in the field of design strategy.
Paul also coaches and mentors the next generation of design leaders in his work with Amazing Design People (adplist.org). ADPList inspires powerful conversations and collaborations among designers worldwide so together we can change the world with creativity.
Paul is a founding cohort member of Punks & Pinstripes -- a private network of transformation executives. Find us at punksandpinstripes.com.
"Tra-digital" Experience
Attendee Spotlight
In this video, I take you inside the CXO 2.0 Conference in Las Vegas (March 4-6, 2025), where top minds in leadership and innovation gathered to spark new ideas. I also share highlights from the panel I moderated on building and sustaining creative cultures—exploring how organizations can cultivate creativity that thrives.
Bold Journey
Dealing with haters and naysayers? It's part of the gig when you're out here doing things that actually matter. Anyone who's ever shaken things up, or rattled some cages, has had their fair share of critics, henchmen or assassins – but that's how you know you're on the right path.
Read my latest interview with Bold Journey Magazine.
Recent Press
KICK Consultancy Featured in Bold Journey
KICK Consultancy Featured in Canvas Rebel
KICK Consultancy Featured in VoyageATL
SCADpro Scores At Super Bowl LVIII
SCAD Lands Its Latest Superpower
David Yurman Partners With SCAD for a Tech-Forward Holiday Campaign
SCAD Students Design David Yurman's Holiday Campaign
Inside SCAD, Finding Creative Jobs
SCAD AnimationFest 2023 Review
Next Gen Skills
SCAD Opens New Innovation Hub
SCAD Teams Up With Deloitte
SCADpro Partners with FilmHedge
Harnessing Customer Emotion
Podcast, UserTesting.com
Tech Crunch
Apple Adds New AR Shopping Tools to Home Depot's Toolbox
CNET
Apple expands ‘Quick Look’ To Let Retailers Sell Directly in AR
Forbes
Home Depot’s Transformation To A Fully Interconnected Retailer
Honors + Awards
SCADpro Students Design Atlanta’s New Patrol Cars
Unveiled and Celebrated by Mayor, Andre Dickens
L2 Big Box Retailers
The Home Depot, Genius and #2 Ranking
L2 Big Box Retailers
The Home Depot, Genius and #3 Ranking
Winner
The Home Depot, Forrester #1 Mobile App in Retail
Winner
The Home Depot, Project Color App, W3 Gold Award
Silver Winner
Dressbarn, Customer Engagement Awards, Retail Touchpoints
Silver Award
Promax BDA, Viacom, Viacommunity Website
Official Honoree
Webby Awards, Viacom, Viacommunity Website
Internet Retailer Hot 100 Award
AVON/mark. Facebook Widget
The HOW Design Creative Leadership Summit is an intimate virtual gathering that focuses on the emerging challenges faced by leaders in design, product and engineering roles. Curated by Stephen Gates, myself, along with several other world class leaders and speakers, shared insights, ideas and tactics that we’ve implemented successfully to lead our teams and drive results.
Smashes, Thrashes + Hits
It Takes A Rebel To Create Change In A Company
If Pete "Maverick" Mitchell had a profile on LinkedIn, I’d not only message and follow him, but I’d recruit and enlist him into Punks & Pinstripes, a private network of 100 transformation executives. Maverick is one of us - an authentic nonconformist, classic punk that rejects by-the-book conventionalism, executive obstructionists and those out to annihilate him.
His secret weapons? You'll have to read my article, "Take My Breath Away, Top Gun's Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell Is A Punk."