Garrick Van Buren

Garrick Van Buren

Founder at Kernest.com

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Current
  • Founder at Kernest.com
  • Founder at Cullect.com
  • Founder at Working Pathways, Inc
Past
  • Information Architect at 212 Degrees, Inc
  • information architect at twohundredtwelve°
  • Cognitive Designer at CyberPixie
  • Interface Designer at HannaHodge
  • Designer at Paragon Data Systems
Education
  • University of Wisconsin-Stout
Connections
374 connections
Industry
Information Technology and Services
Websites

Garrick Van Buren’s Summary

Garrick Van Buren’s Specialties:

user experience strategy, usability, RSS, emerging web technologies, startup consulting


Garrick Van Buren’s Experience

  • Founder

    Kernest.com

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    March 2009Present (9 months)

    Designed and built the first web font service to sell commercial font licenses for web use.

  • Founder

    Cullect.com

    (Computer Software industry)

    January 2007Present (2 years 11 months)

  • Founder

    Working Pathways, Inc

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    April 2003Present (6 years 8 months)

    Customer research, business process improvement, collaborative software implementation. Clients including: Sun Microsystems, Best Buy.com, WestLaw, Target.com, and Lawson Software

  • Information Architect

    212 Degrees, Inc

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    September 2001April 2003 (1 year 8 months)

    Information architecture and prototyping for clients including; Orbitz.com and Sam's Club.

  • information architect

    twohundredtwelve°

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    20012003 (2 years )

  • Cognitive Designer

    CyberPixie

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    September 2000September 2001 (1 year 1 month)

    Customer research, interaction design, and prototype development to provide location-specific services via wi-fi networks.

  • Interface Designer

    HannaHodge

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    August 1999September 2000 (1 year 2 months)

    Customer research, prototype development, interface design for clients including; Unisys and Rolling Stone.

  • Designer

    Paragon Data Systems

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    19971998 (1 year )


Garrick Van Buren’s Education

  • University of Wisconsin-Stout

    BFA , Graphic Design , 19931997


Additional Information

Garrick Van Buren’s Websites:

Garrick Van Buren’s Interests:

Web fonts, RSS, emerging technologies

Garrick Van Buren’s Groups:

MNteractive.com,

  •    University of Wisconsin - Stout Alumni
  •    Ruby Users of Minnesota
  •    Ralph n'Mike n'Natn n'Kirk's Beer gang
  •    Minnesota Venture Capital
  •    Usability Professionals' Association of Minnesota

Garrick Van Buren’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

  • consulting offers
  • new ventures
  • expertise requests
  • reference requests
  • getting back in touch

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