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Hi, I'm Chris. Designing creative tools and shaping how they’re built.

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Currently, I lead design for next gen and AI video tools at Adobe and create physical spaces for art, community, and experimentation through Gallery House.

My work sits at the intersection of aesthetics, ethics, and care. I'm happiest shaping tools and environments that help people create with confidence and agency.

What I’m focused on now

Adobe

Lead design across Adobe’s next-generation of video tools, with a focus on democratizing professional creative tools and AI-powered tools.

This past year, I helped ship: Premiere iOS, Firefly web video editor, Firefly native app, and a partnership with YouTube Shorts. Previously at Adobe, I led design of Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Acrobat web.

My role connects vision and execution and I care deeply about building durable and high-performing design teams and cultivating an open and inclusive creative culture.

Gallery House

Gallery House is a salon-style art space hosting intimate exhibitions, performances, and cultural gatherings for emerging artists and experimental work. We believe, in a post-covid culture where third spaces have vanished, the internet deepens isolation, and artists face pressure to monetize everything, in-person creative community, experimentation, and parties are radical, urgent forms of mutual aid. It began as a living-room gallery in San Francisco, California, in 2021, in response to the global pandemic and social distancing.

galleryhouse.nyc · ig: @galleryhouse.nyc

Personal

Art practice

Alongside product design, I maintain an ongoing art practice that includes drawing, painting, and photography.

Running

Running has been part of my life for many years. I’ve completed 22 marathons and ultras and train year-round. Long runs, easy miles to coffee and pastries, or track workouts with friends, I still love every time I get to go out for a few miles.

Meditation

I maintain a long-term meditation practice and occasionally facilitate sitting and walking meditation at Rock Blossom community of mindfulness in Brooklyn, New York.

Contact

I’m open to conversations around creative leadership, art exhibitions, teaching, design. Feel free to reach out.

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