Jason has more than 18 years of professional experience working and managing interactive and traditional media at firms such as Sapient and Scient. He is interested specifically in developing world class creative solutions that catapult businesses beyond their expectations. Jason is always driving creative leadership and exploring new ways to integrate the, 'Thread of Objectivity, within Deft and their clients creative process.

Christian Barnard has been designing things for over 20 years including consumer and business software, commercial websites, games, packaging and print design. With a focus on the business value of design, lean UX and design management, Christian has diverse experience in design research, interaction design, user experience strategy and design across the automotive, finance, healthcare, and energy industries.

Christian joins deft from frog design, where he was the VP of Delivery and spent the last several years improving how frog manages and delivers complex design problems for global clients. He has also held leadership positions at at&t where he led the user experience design team, and has also has held previous leadership positions in user experience and program management at consulting firms Sapient and Scient. Christian has a B.A. from Purdue University in Visual Communication Design, and a M.S. for Northwestern University in Systems Strategy and Management.