JC has dedicated most of his working career to the pursuit of bringing together great designers, strategists, and technologists and unleashing them on challenging problems - the recipe for truly innovative solutions. He has done this at several firms in the past and now again at DevMynd where he serves not only as the CEO but lead facilitator for workshops utilizing the firm's Shift methodology, a problem solving and innovation framework. In 2012, JC was honored to be listed in Crain's Chicago magazine as one of their Tech 50 for his contributions to the Chicago technology community. And, in 2015, DevMynd was named #481 on Inc. Magazine's list of the 500 fastest growing privately held companies in America. JC can regularly be seen sitting on panel discussions or at speaking engagements on the topics of design thinking, innovation, and technology strategy.