I help companies build the right things.

My services

  • For businesses seeking strategic clarity and alignment on where to play, resulting in a sharper focus on the right things, increased stakeholder buy-in and smarter investments.

  • For business looking to craft unique products and service experiences that achieve market-fit, resulting in better user adoption and retention.

  • For businesses looking to organise strategy and product teams more effectively, resulting in better performance, throughput and engagement.

An award-winning innovation and strategic design leader

  • Originally trained as an Industrial Designer, Chris has spent 25+ years migrating from the tactical to the strategic: from making things, to figuring out what's worth making in the first place.

  • Having lived in San Francisco, London, and Munich, and now based in Copenhagen, he has built his expertise across both sides of the table, leading innovation from within enterprise teams and as a consultant working with some of the world's most recognised brands across automotive and mobility, healthcare, consumer electronics, and industrial automation.

  • What sets Chris apart is his ability to thrive in ambiguity. He is at his best in the messy, high-stakes early stages of product development — distilling complex challenges into clear opportunities through rigorous research, discovery, validation, and execution. He brings deep expertise in applying strategic Design Thinking to lead, mentor, and facilitate full-stack product teams across the entire product lifecycle, from initial insight through to build planning.

  • Chris has a natural talent for bringing out the best in the people around him, building multi-disciplinary teams with the kind of motivation, engagement, and shared energy that makes great work possible. Alongside his independent consulting practice, he currently leads a course on Strategic Innovation and Design Thinking at Copenhagen Business School, and serves as a mentor and advisor to early-stage startups at DTU Skylab and the Copenhagen School of Entrepreneurship.

  • “An exceptional and insightful collaborator from start to finish. Chris is highly methodical and data driven. He consistently grounded design and strategic decisions in validated hypotheses”

  • “Chris has a talent for cutting through the noise to find the best path forward. His workshops were a highlight, effectively aligning our team and turning abstract ideas into a concrete strategy. Any organisation would benefit greatly from his leadership and input.“

  • “Chris is an inspirational leader who created an environment where I could grow both professionally and personally.”

70+

innovation projects completed

20+

years innovation experience

40+

clients Advised

150+

concepts Validated

prototypes tested

50+

300+

user Interviews

let’s work together

  • Providing continuous access to senior expertise and external perspective.

  • Leading focused workshops and discovery sprints

  • Providing an immediate capacity boost and hands-on expertise.

  • Providing team stability and direction during change.

  • Providing dedicated training programs for teams looking to upskill

Whether you’re a startup, scale-up, or in-house team, I offer a range collaboration models.