https://www.biomimicrist.com/projects daily 1.0 2026-04-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549f1262e4b003c6ce176069/1419886602823-KEZJOI1CFY4N4FGY679L/Visa_CashRituals_Poster_2.jpg Projects - Visa: from transactional to relational As director of the multi-year strategic relationship with Visa, I guided teams and projects that focused on mobile money, personal payments, online shopping, marketing strategy, global financial behaviors in addition to organizational design and corporate internal innovation workshops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549f1262e4b003c6ce176069/1419761803281-2RA418CL388Z7JLV61O2/heroorganism-inCR.jpg Projects - Evolutionary Strategies for Revolutionary Design I believe that a deeper understanding of the strategies and phenomena we find in the natural world can inform and inspire new ways to approach our modern-day social and environmental challenges. I am currently (trying) to write a book about it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549f1262e4b003c6ce176069/1620668570903-GT7OHZ1EWKNM5XUDY6YR/pivot-weblanding.png Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549f1262e4b003c6ce176069/1419927209612-I4W24AY8RQPCR71V6F3Y/Level-screen-explainer.jpg Projects - mobile money meter Level’s mission is to empower America’s young adults to take control of their financial futures, both individually and collectively, by creating fair and trustworthy personal financial services and by educating and advocating for financial sustainability. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549f1262e4b003c6ce176069/1631081834258-ZTFAB3UQRS5KX2U8EKIU/image-asset.png Projects - Forest Futures Objectives: 1: Define the organizational structure for a local forest-focused lab/accelerator. 2: Identify and explore example ventures for our trees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549f1262e4b003c6ce176069/1629998672926-7RMLWIITK608MKGUUF29/image-asset.jpeg Projects - Multi-Beneficial Land Stewardship Strategy for YOLO County Design and Execution of workshop/planning charrette to bring diverse stakeholders together to develop a shared vision for the Tule Canal within the Yolo Bypass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549f1262e4b003c6ce176069/1773030931813-SKV53I7972221BM9XLQX/image-asset.jpg Projects - Planet Home: Chief Solutions Officer Built the organization, culture and product strategy for a multi-faceted environmental impact platform including a thought leadership conference, experiential exhibit village, environmental impact workshop series and comprehensive solutions index, media and marketing for the benefit of people and planet. Creator of Planetary Services Taxonomy for organizing environmental challenges, research and solutions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549f1262e4b003c6ce176069/1774374316917-VE8H75084A9XA9RHS8LZ/image-asset.png Projects - Active Connection Transforming music from a listening experience into an active form of connection and communication, one that creates new moments of discovery, engagement, and commercial opportunity for artists and rights holders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549f1262e4b003c6ce176069/1587429997157-R0GXJ7D9F10X4XORK8NM/SU-caseforengagement_Page_09.jpg Projects - Singularity University Singularity Fellow + FormerI Managing Director Singularity University is a benefit corporation that provides educational programs, innovative partnerships and a startup accelerator to help individuals, businesses, institutions, investors, NGOs and governments understand cutting-edge technologies, and how to utilize these technologies to positively impact billions of people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549f1262e4b003c6ce176069/1776242315964-GD6TA86R0MMKMZEOULDX/futuerofbiotech-possiblefutures-podcast-title.png Projects - Possible Futures Podcast Episode What can nature teach us about building better futures? In this episode of Possible Futures, Gary sits down with Robert Suarez — Fellow for Innovation at Singularity University, longtime IDEO design leader, and expert in biomimicry — to explore how natural systems can inspire breakthrough innovation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549f1262e4b003c6ce176069/1776243087362-6SILIALEDOY34NSW4NMQ/stomp-keen_ramps_stomp_sesh_pic_1_1124x.jpg.webp Projects - Get Better Faster Action sports learning platform dedicated to providing affordable and accessible how-to courses created by top action-sports athletes. Acquired by Outside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549f1262e4b003c6ce176069/1419884394646-TIKJLPXNYANZGI47HHRT/BioBox_2013.jpg Projects - Education + Art This Biobox is a collection of natural objects gathered by the students. A class of local 1st graders were asked to collect a natural artifact that they find interesting or intriguing. As an activity, the students (and parents) were inspired to interact with their ecosystem in a new way, with a new lens. As a collection, the box provides insight into the aesthetic elements that fascinate minds, young and old. For both the students and viewers of this piece, the Biobox hopes to inspire a reconnection with nature. Dimensions: 18” x 12” x 4” Found artifacts, reused crate, BPA-Free food grade polys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549f1262e4b003c6ce176069/1420053257291-2SVZEC1982CIR478Z7UD/titleslide-01.JPG Projects - Emulation I am constantly exploring the natural world to gain a deeper understanding of its forms, processes and ecosystems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549f1262e4b003c6ce176069/1431761227038-SV3LXDBNIJKKRYG5LV2E/Hero+Organism+Pages-Revisit2015_snapshotsforSXSWEco_01_Page_01.jpg Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549f1262e4b003c6ce176069/1419983812683-XNHG68CAFZHD1HYKSV58/ideo-titleshot01.png Projects - IDEO The following designs represent a (sharable) sample of my innovation portfolio at IDEO. 9 Years at IDEO https://www.biomimicrist.com/about daily 0.75 2026-03-09