Penn State University Park - Creating Your Future with Design Thinking

Will and Paul will lead a design thinking workshop that allows attendees to envision and create an actionable path to their future.

 

William Ferguson

RXBAR

Facilitator in Organizational Fitness
I'm a designer that believes the most impactful design is rooted in a deep understanding of people, places, and problems. I just finished a year of experiential learning with Experience Institute where I worked with PayPal, Threadless, and Leo Burnett. Besides design, I love building communities, bouldering, photography, podcasts, and COFFEE. My past work includes PayPal, Threadless, Leo Burnett, Innoblue, Projector, Elevate, and Summer Founders Program. I'm also a TEC Fellow and a Starting Bloc Fellow. My interest is building interactive experiences, impactful products, and meaningful communities to leave the world better than I found it.

Paul Girgis

RXBAR

Facilitator in Organizational Fitness
Hey there! I like think of myself as a design strategist. That means I care more about the nuances the “why” and “how” of a problem, more so than the “what” of the solution. I’m most energized by helping small teams use human-centered design to take ambiguous projects across the finish line. Halfway through my junior year at Penn State, I dropped my lifelong path to med school in favor of pursuing topics like entrepreneurship, design thinking, and business strategy. That decision has lead me to work for the Invent Penn State initiative, pursue a year-long experiential graduate fellowship with Experience Institute, and now work in organizational design at RXBAR. It’s been a wild ride, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.

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