Noel Cunningham
Noel Cunningham
Noel Cunningham
Managing Director — Global Scale, Startup Hustle
20+ years experience
39+ countries; led design across a global organization
10+ years teaching
100+ products and initiatives
60m+ revenue annually across business units
Managing Director — Global Scale, Startup Hustle
20+ years experience
39+ countries; led design across a global organization
10+ years teaching
100+ products and initiatives
60m+ revenue annually across business units
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About
I build studios, teach the next generation, and use creativity as a force for change.
I build studios, teach the next generation, and use creativity as a force for change.
I build studios, teach the next generation, and use creativity as a force for change.
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Expertise
Clarify the Opportunity
1
Define product, positioning, and strategy.
Strategy
Product Vision
Positioning
Research
Innovation
Roadmapping
Design What Matters
2
Create experiences people actually adopt.
Experience Design
AI Native Experiences
Prototyping
AI-Ready Design Systems
Creative Direction
Business Storytelling
Build Internal Capability
3
Grow teams, systems, and leadership.
Studio Building
Design Leadership
Cross-Functional Teams
Facilitation
Coaching
AI Transformation
Turn Ideas Into Growth
4
Move from concept → implementation.
Venture Building
Rapid Prototyping
Experimentation
Partnerships
Growth Strategy
P+L Ownership
Clarify the Opportunity
Define product, positioning, and strategy.
Strategy
Product Vision
Positioning
Research
Innovation
Roadmapping
Design What Matters
Create experiences people actually adopt.
Experience Design
AI Native Experiences
Prototyping
AI-Ready Design Systems
Creative Direction
Business Storytelling
Build Internal Capability
Grow teams, systems, and leadership.
Studio Building
Design Leadership
Cross-Functional Teams
Facilitation
Coaching
AI Transformation
Turn Ideas Into Growth
Move from concept → implementation.
Venture Building
Rapid Prototyping
Experimentation
Partnerships
Growth Strategy
P+L Ownership
Clarify the Opportunity
Define product, positioning, and strategy.
Strategy
Product Vision
Positioning
Research
Innovation
Roadmapping
Design What Matters
Create experiences people actually adopt.
Experience Design
AI Native Experiences
Prototyping
AI-Ready Design Systems
Creative Direction
Business Storytelling
Build Internal Capability
Grow teams, systems, and leadership.
Studio Building
Design Leadership
Cross-Functional Teams
Facilitation
Coaching
AI Transformation
Turn Ideas into Growth
Move from concept → implementation.
Venture Building
Rapid Prototyping
Experimentation
Partnerships
Growth Strategy
P+L Ownership
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Select Experience
From public impact
to public markets,
I help organizations turn ambiguity into meaningful outcomes.
From
public impact
to public markets,
I help organizations turn ambiguity into meaningful outcomes.
Led a Global Design Agency
Built and scaled a global design agency at Nagarro through growth and transformation, owning P+L and contributing more than $60M in annual revenue.
Led a Global Design Agency
Built and scaled a global design agency through growth and transformation, owning P+L and contributing more than $60M in annual revenue.
Led a Global Design Agency
Built and scaled a global design agency through growth and transformation, owning P+L and contributing more than $60M in annual revenue.
Scaled Startup → Public Company
Helped scale an early stage startup (Mokriya) into a $1B publicly listed global company (Nagarro) listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
Scaled Startup → Public Company
Helped scale an early stage startup (Mokriya) into a $1B publicly listed global company (Nagarro) listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
Scaled Startup → Public Company
Helped scale an early stage startup into a $1B publicly listed global company listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
Worked for Obama
Led design and rebrand for barackobama.com and Organizing for Action's digital products — crafting rapid response work with civic and public outcomes at its core.
Worked for Obama
Led design and rebrand for barackobama.com and Organizing for Action's digital products — crafting rapid response work with civic and public outcomes at its core.
Worked for Obama
Led design and rebrand for barackobama.com and Organizing for Action's digital products — crafting work with civic and public outcomes at its core.
Taught at School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Taught undergraduate and graduate classes in design thinking, typography, and design studio for over a decade.
Taught at School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Taught undergraduate and graduate classes in design thinking, typography, and design studio for over a decade.
Taught at School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Taught undergraduate and graduate classes in design thinking, typography, and design studio for over a decade.
Board Member at the Evanston Art Center
Supporting artists, arts education, and the creative infrastructure of my community.
Board Member at the Evanston Art Center
Supporting artists, arts education, and the creative infrastructure of my community.
Board Member at the Evanston Art Center
Supporting artists, arts education, and the creative infrastructure of my community.