Gary Chai

Principal

Gary is deeply committed to understanding the challenges facing DesignMap's clients. He keeps the team grounded in the realities of working in business environments while creating successful products. He also has a brilliant eye—in both graphic design and foresight.

Gary began his career at Netscape where he worked on the web portal, the Netscape 6 browser, and provided design direction to other designers. After 3 years, he left Netscape to be the first interaction designer at Loudcloud (later Opsware, now part of HP), a software infrastructure and Internet services company.

At Loudcloud he was responsible for transforming Loudcloud's visual image and for designing myLoudcloud, the customer-facing portal. He has worked as a design consultant for AOL Time Warner, Yahoo! and the Dubberly Design Office. Gary has BFA in Graphic Design from Rhode Island School of Design. Most recently, Gary designed the visual look for Cisco.com.