Wayne is a strategic design leader with over a decade and a half of experience in applying design methods to complex challenges in both the public and private sector around the globe. More recently, Wayne served as the Chief Strategy Officer for Unreasonable Group, an impact accelerator and VC and continues to mentor to impact startups from the network. His belief in the power of design to drive positive impact is unwavering and it's what he dedicates both his professional and personal time to doing.
Wayne has been an adjunct professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business and Tandon School of Engineering and he sits on the board of directors for Dreamyard, a Bronx- based non-profit that collaborates with Bronx youth, families and schools to build pathways to equity and opportunity through the arts. He also spends a lot of his free time mentoring young designers of color to change the face of the design industry.
Wayne has his BS in Biochemistry from the University of California at San Diego and his MBA from NYU’s Stern School of Business. He was born in Costa Rica, raised in San Diego and currently resides in Queens, NY with his wife Myra and their beagle/dachshund mix Santiago Javier (Santi).
