Gong Szeto

Current

• Director of Product Design at OptionsHouse
• Director of Product Design at OptionsHouse/PEAK6 Investments, LP
• Owner at Tranquility Base, LLP

• President at Szeto Brothers Ventures, Inc.

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Past

• Chief Creative Officer/Senior Vice President at Rare Medium, Inc.
• National Board Member at AIGA
• Partner at i/o 360 digital design, inc.

• Junior Architect at Leers Weinzapfel Associates
• Junior Architect at Moore Andersson Architects

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Education

• Harvard Business School
• The University of Texas at Austin

Connections

204 connections

Industry

Design

Websites

• My Blog

Gong Szeto’s Summary

Gong Szeto’s Specialties:

Design Strategy, Architecture & Planning, Graphic/Web Design, Finance/Accounting, Intellectual Property, Branding/Marketing

Gong Szeto’s Experience

• Director of Product Design

  OptionsHouse

  (Design industry)

  2005 — Present (4 years)

• Director of Product Design

  OptionsHouse/PEAK6 Investments, LP

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Financial Services industry)

  January 2005 — Present (4 years 7 months)

• Owner

  Tranquility Base, LLP

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Real Estate industry)

  April 2004 — Present (5 years 4 months)

  Tranquility Base, LLP is an Austin, TX partnership formed to develop ecologically sustainable and affordable live/work real estate developments in transitional neighborhoods.

• President

  Szeto Brothers Ventures, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Real Estate industry)

  May 2003 — Present (6 years 3 months)

  Prospecting commercial and residential real estate deals in medium to large cities. Responsible for all financial analysis, zoning analysis, design and specifications for new developments. In partnership with Nam Szeto.

• Chief Creative Officer/Senior Vice President

  Rare Medium, Inc.

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; RRRR; Internet industry)

  August 1998 — August 2001 (3 years 1 month)

• National Board Member

  AIGA

  (Design industry)

  1999 — 2001 (2 years)

• Partner

  i/o 360 digital design, inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  January 1995 — August 1998 (3 years 8 months)

• Junior Architect

  Leers Weinzapfel Associates

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Architecture & Planning industry)

  January 1994 — December 1994 (1 year)

• Junior Architect

  Moore Andersson Architects

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Architecture & Planning industry)

  May 1991 — December 1993 (2 years 8 months)

Gong Szeto’s Education

• Harvard Business School

  Business 2001 — 2001

• The University of Texas at Austin

  B.Arch , Art, Architecture , 1985 — 1991

Additional Information

Gong Szeto’s Websites:

• My Blog

Gong Szeto’s Groups:

•    Design for Social Change

Gong Szeto’s Contact Settings

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