Gavin Ivester

Gavin Ivester is a design executive with an impressive career spanning multiple renowned brands. He currently serves as the Director of Industrial and UX Design for Webex Devices at Cisco.12 His professional background includes significant design and product leadership roles at several iconic companies:

Professional Experience:

• Apple: Designed the first-ever PowerBook
• Nike and Puma: Product design leadership
• Gibson Guitar: Chief Creative Officer
• Bang & Olufsen: Design leadership
• Cisco: Currently leads design strategy for collaboration devices136

Academic and Professional Highlights:

• Guest Lecturer at Stanford and Vanderbilt universities
• Currently based in Denmark
• Harvard Business School Executive education
• Design executive known for driving exceptional growth in strong brands34

Recent Design Achievements: At Cisco, Ivester has been instrumental in design innovations, including:

• Winning iF Design Awards for products like the Cisco Room Bar Pro and Cisco Room Kit EQX
• Focusing on sustainable design practices
• Creating intuitive and consistent user experiences across collaboration devices2

Ivester describes himself as a "hybrid product and brand leader with roots in Silicon Valley industrial design and extensive European design experience"5, emphasizing his global design perspective.