Brian Cronin joined Adaptive Path in 2006 as a program manager and practitioner. His decade of consulting experience in strategy, design, understanding organizations, and change management enable him to be an effective leader in developing innovative products.
Professional Background
Brian has enabled organizations to deliver on customer expectations by identifying user needs, developing a design strategy that aligns with business goals and developing designs that create differentiation from the competition. At Adaptive Path, Brian has delivered 17 projects, including its largest and most conceptual work. Some examples are: the interface and desktop manager application for a touchscreen e-ink reader, a concept prototype for a mobile operating system for a large mobile handset manufacturer, mobile and web learning platforms, and financial management web applications, among others. Having worked within the constraints of technology, time and budget for over a decade, Brian is a proven team leader in bringing new ideas into the world.
In addition to piloting projects to successful completion, Brian has coordinated Adaptive Path's sustainable design practice and programs to fulfill the Designer’s Accord (joined in January of 2008). He recently developed and chaired the program for Adaptive Path's "Managing Design Projects 2009" conference which was hailed by attendee Kia Zokaie, PMP, as "more practical project management knowledge than a PMP".
Past clients include: American Psychological Association, BearingPoint, Brocade, Cisco Systems, E.piphany, Harvard Business Review, HGTV, HP, Kana, Linden Labs, Motorola, New York Life, Nissan North America, Nokia, Ogilvy & Mather, Patient Infosystems, PayCycle, Plastic Logic, Plumtree Software, Smart.fm, Ubisoft, The Vanguard Group, VERITAS Software and Verizon Communications.
Outside of Adaptive Path, Brian is a board member for CITY|SPACE, an organization which asks challenging questions about the cities we inhabit. CITY|SPACE hopes to deepen our communities' experience, understanding, and stewardship of urban places. He is also an avid backcountry hiker, ice hockey player, and a Neighborhood Emergency Response Team Coordinator.

The Adaptive Path Team
- Alexa Andrzejewski
Interaction Designer - Analisa Lono
Events Coordinator - Andrew Crow
Senior Experience Designer - Brandon Schauer
Experience Design Director - Brian Cronin
Project Manager - Chiara Fox
Senior Information Architect - Christian Palino
Design Strategist - Chula Carlson
Controller - Dan Harrelson
Design Technologist - Gina Crescenti
Client Relations Associate - Henning Fischer
Design Strategist - Jared Cole
Design Strategist & Interaction Designer - Jennifer Bolduc
Human Resources Director - Jesse James Garrett
President - Julia Houck-Whitaker
R&D Manager - Ix
Experience Designer - Kate Rutter
Senior Practitioner - Kim Cullen
Visual Designer - Laura Kirkwood-Datta
Vice President of Professional Services - Leah Buley
Experience Designer - Michael Meyer
CEO - Nancy Markiet
Facilities Coordinator - Pam Daghlian
Event Manager - Patricia Merino Price
Client Relations Manager - Paula Wellings
Experience Designer - Peter Merholz
President - Rachel Brune
Project Manager - Rachel Glaves
Experience Designer - Tamara Wayland
Client Relations Manager - Teresa Brazen
Project Manager - Todd Elliott
Project Manager - Todd Wilkens
Design Researcher & Manager, Austin Office - Trina Hancock
Visual Designer
Board Members
Emeritus
- Dan Saffer
- David Verba
- Janice Fraser
- Jeffrey Veen
- Indi Young
- Lane Becker
- Mike Kuniavsky
- Rachel Hinman
- Ryan Freitas
- Sarah B. Nelson
Where do great ideas come from?
At Adaptive Path, our ideas are driven by the work we do. We do consulting for user interface and user experience design, and offer conferences, training and education for UX designers.
From field ethnography, UI wireframes and task flows, to visual design and implementation, we do it and we teach it.
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