Kevin M. Hoffman is an information architect and design strategist that has been building digital tools since 1995. He holds a deep belief that properly designed and executed time spent together, or a good meeting, is a core element of good design. It puts necessary shared understanding and trust in place, enabling teams to make better experiences real. Kevin is regularly hired to facilitate design meetings for web and application design projects. He also speaks and provides workshops on the design of meetings and collaboration all over the world.
In 2012, Kevin founded the distributed design network Seven Heads Design, a network of highly experienced digital design thinkers who operate independently but love working together. Prior to that he served as Experience Director for the award-winning web design agency Happy Cog, where he lead he led user experience strategy and practice for Fortune 500 companies, non-profits, and start-ups. He spent the formative years of his career in-house at colleges and universities, bringing countless digital design and communications initiatives to life. During this time he also taught digital communications strategy and web design in graduate and undergraduate interaction and communications design programs. He always says yes to the first meeting.
