Dave Franchino
Title
President + Principal
Present
I share my passion for innovation and experience in business to move our company forward. I am the link between between design thinking and business strategy. I challenge myself to see both the forest and the trees as I lead the strategic and day-to-day business of our firm.
Past
University of Wisconsin-Madison: Lecturer, Engineering Design Projects
General Motors/Saturn: Project Manager and Lead Engineer on the team that designed the first line of Saturn automobiles
IDEO: Product Development Engineer
Stanford University: MS, Mechanical Engineering, first in class.
Passion
It is a tremendous rush to work here with these incredible people. They leave me inspired and humbled daily.
Play
I’m designing a sailboat with my father — because the world needs another mediocre sailboat.
