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Antonio García is Strategy Director for the Chicago office of Gensler, founder of Dadwell & Co., vice chairman of Marwen, and board advisor to Mishkan.
Previous to leading strategy at Gensler, Antonio served as Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer at TXI. Prior to TXI, he was Group Experience Director at Rightpoint where he led UX across five studios. Before Rightpoint, he helped launch Northern Lab—Northern Trust’s internal innovation accelerator. Ahead of the Lab, he led gravitytank’s interaction design discipline and social innovation practice. Before entering innovation consulting, Antonio was Director of Strategy for Firebelly Design.
In addition to design and strategy leadership, Antonio is a mentor with 1871’s WMNtech Leaders and the AIGA Chicago Mentor Program as well as an adjunct lecturer—having taught Communication Design and Visual Storytelling at Northwestern University’s Segal Design Institute; Customer Discovery as part of University of Chicago’s Polsky Center Entrepreneurship Essentials; and New Product Definition at IIT Institute of Design.
A frequent contributor to community conversations on the topics of diversity and inclusion, design ethics, culture and creativity, Antonio was named one of 50 People to Watch by Graphic Design USA and a Global Leader in Consulting Excellence by ALM.
When he’s not hard at work designing the future, Antonio is most likely DJing, drawing, or out on a long run.
Previous to leading strategy at Gensler, Antonio served as Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer at TXI. Prior to TXI, he was Group Experience Director at Rightpoint where he led UX across five studios. Before Rightpoint, he helped launch Northern Lab—Northern Trust’s internal innovation accelerator. Ahead of the Lab, he led gravitytank’s interaction design discipline and social innovation practice. Before entering innovation consulting, Antonio was Director of Strategy for Firebelly Design.
In addition to design and strategy leadership, Antonio is a mentor with 1871’s WMNtech Leaders and the AIGA Chicago Mentor Program as well as an adjunct lecturer—having taught Communication Design and Visual Storytelling at Northwestern University’s Segal Design Institute; Customer Discovery as part of University of Chicago’s Polsky Center Entrepreneurship Essentials; and New Product Definition at IIT Institute of Design.
A frequent contributor to community conversations on the topics of diversity and inclusion, design ethics, culture and creativity, Antonio was named one of 50 People to Watch by Graphic Design USA and a Global Leader in Consulting Excellence by ALM.
When he’s not hard at work designing the future, Antonio is most likely DJing, drawing, or out on a long run.
Brief bio
Antonio García is Strategy Director at Gensler, founder of Dadwell & Co., vice chairman of Marwen, and board advisor to Mishkan.
In addition to strategy and design leadership, Antonio is a mentor, educator, and lecturer.
When he’s not hard at work, Antonio is most likely DJing, drawing, or out on a long run.
2-line bio
Antonio García is an executive design and strategy leader, artist, podcaster, and educator. He is currently Strategy Director at Gensler.
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