Speakers

About Our Speakers

Our speakers are passionate about design and want the Ignite Series to be a resource for new ways of business thinking.

The Ignite Series is bringing together local professionals who understand the Fresno market to present on the relationship between design and your bottom line. Our aim is to educate and inform your business on how design and design processes can lead your business in new directions. Travis Sheridan of the Central Valley Business Incubator will be the MC for the event.

Layne Lev

Partner - Hundred10
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Layne has been a part of the graphic arts industry for the past fourteen years. He is currently a partner in Hundred10 Design, an award-winning web and graphic design firm based in Fresno, California. Prior to the formation of Hundred10, he collaborated with several firms in the bay area, completing projects for companies such as Apple, Peoplesoft, and Nikon USA. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Graphic Communication from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.

In 2001, Layne and his wife Melissa returned to their native Fresno to raise their children and be closer to family. They have twin daughters, Kaitlin and Ella.

Layne has been awarded three Addy awards and the Larry H. Early Viewer's Choice Award by the Fresno Ad Federation, of which he is now a board member. He is also a former winner of the Fresno Design Alliance's Iron Designer Challenge.

Nick Gundry

Associate Director, Interactive Media - Fresno Pacific University
Nick Gundry

Nick is an experienced web strategist with over twelve years experience managing and developing web based projects for large enterprises, small/medium businesses and educational institutions. He currently serves as Associate Director of Interactive Media at Fresno Pacific University. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in The History & Theory of Art & Design from Leeds Metropolitan University in the UK.

He has previously worked at design agencies in London, UK producing web sites for clients like Andrew Lloyd Webber, the Royal Air Force and UBS amongst others. In 2002 he moved with his family to Fresno, CA as his wife wanted less rain and more sunshine.

Nick has a keen interest in design and how ideas connect. He is a self described "serial multi-tasker" and develops web sites and consults for clients around the world such as Sailthru and Samknows.com. Nick also co-founded local project TasteFresno and runs a local news twitter account FresnoFeeds

Panel Members