Jennifer Bove

Principal, Interaction Design

Jennifer started her multifaceted career in tangible and interaction design at the circus—quite literally—at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey. In the last 13 years, she has created multi-platform products and services for myriad clients including Nokia, Yahoo!, BBC, Gucci and American Express. Her design management background includes the Prada Epicenter store in New York, which inaugurated a new paradigm of tangible retail experiences. Jenn is fluent in French and Italian, and has lived and worked in the UK, France, Italy, and Germany. Before Kicker, Jenn was VP of User Experience at HUGE and at Schematic, and is on the faculty at New York’s School of Visual Arts MFA in Interaction Design. Her work has been exhibited throughout Europe, including the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.

Jennifer has a Masters in Interaction Design from the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea. She also has a new puppy.

Personal Website: www.jennbove.com

Jody Medich

Principal, Visual Design & Brand

In her 15 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/tequila in Los Angeles. Some of her past clients include: Visa International, Sony, Get Statisfaction, Playstation, Masterfoods, Nissan/Infiniti, Adaptive Path, and StubHub.

Jody has an MFA in Painting and Design & Technology from the San Francisco Art Institute. She builds robots and rockets in her spare time.

Personal Website: www.jodymedich.com

Dan Saffer

Principal, Interaction Design

Dan has designed devices, software, websites, and services since 1995, and these products are currently used by millions every day. An acclaimed speaker and author, his best-selling book Designing for Interaction: Designing Innovative Applications and Devices (New Riders) 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 book, Designing Gestural Interfaces (O'Reilly), was called "an essential reference work for anyone looking to advance human-technology interactions beyond dials, knobs, keyboards, and mice." His design innovations have received several patents.

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 of Design in Interaction Design from Carnegie Mellon University. He plays the cello. Badly.

Personal Website: www.odannyboy.com