Two-time founder & award-winning designer. I talk about founders' mental health and the mindset to live a joyful life. I love fixing old motorcycles 🛵

I’m a two-time founder and award-winning design director with a proven track record of leading teams to successfully bring over 50 innovative physical and digital products to market.

With 20+ years of experience across startups, consultancies, and corporate settings, I’ve developed a holistic approach that combines creative design thinking, operational and manufacturing expertise, and emotional intelligence to drive innovation and team success.

Today, I serve as Director of Products at Grizzly Industrial, where I lead three brands: Grizzly, Shop Fox, and South Bend, overseeing product strategy, design, merchandising, pricing, logistics, and development.

In parallel, I continue to coach a select group of founders and leaders, placing emotional intelligence at the core of my work to empower better decision-making, stronger collaboration, and sustainable growth. 

I also write regularly:

Advise Myself → essays on emotional intelligence and personal growth

The Design Practice → essays on product management, design, and leadership


Originally from Argentina 🇦🇷 and now based in Bellingham, WA, I enjoy life as a dad, exploring the outdoors, and restoring old motorcycles 🛵 🏍️.

Career Highlights include:

 ➜ Founded and led two startups, including one exit in 2022.
 ➜ Directed the design and launch of 50+ products across industries.
 ➜ Earned 35 patents for innovative product designs.
 ➜ Exhibited twice at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), with one design in its permanent collection.
 ➜ Created products that won more than 75 major design awards.
 ➜ Founded and built a design consultancy serving global brands such as Crate & Barrel, CB2, Club Quarters Hotels, and Herman Miller.
 ➜ Established overseas manufacturing operations for multiple clients.

Manuel Saez

Proimi - CONICET

Research Associate

Research Assistant

Nat4Bio

Co-founder 

Tecnópolis / Parque Científico Tecnológico

Conferencia en Espacio Conicet Dialoga en Tecnópolis 2015. 
Bioprospección Extrema.

Conferece / Interview - Divulgación Científica

Tecnopolis / Parque Cientifico Tecnológico

En este video podemos ver al Dr. Leandro Sánchez, investigador Asistente del CONICET, en su visita a la cuarta edición de Tecnópolis. El biólogo y biotecnólogo cuenta cómo fue su experiencia y qué le genera la Megamuestra de Arte, Ciencia y Tecnología más grande de Sudamérica.

Interview / Entrevista - Divulgación

PROIMI-CONICET (Planta Piloto de Procesos Industriales Microbiológicos)

Identificación molecular de bacterias con aplicaciones biotecnológicas. Humboldt Partnership Argentina-Germany

Postdoctoral Researcher

TU Berlin

Molecular identification of iron-oxidizing bacteria. Influence in global worming.

Potsdoctoral Researcher 2013

Universidad San Pablo T

Topic: Quality control in Food industries and Sensorial Analysis.

Profesor Adjunto

TEDxYerbabuena

Speaker / Orador

Potsdoctoral Researcher 2012

Canal 7. Televisión Pública

Participación en el Programa “Científicos Industria Argentina” emitido por Canal 7 La televisión Pública.

Interview / Entrevista

Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology (2005) and PhD in Biological Sciences (2010).
Research Associate at PROIMI-CONICET since 2014.
Main topics: Antimicrobials, Biopesticides and Biological Formulations. Screening and Characterization of New biomolecules produced by bacteria. New antimicrobials, enzymes and antibiotics development. Bioprocess. Fermentations. Downstream process for new molecule purification. LC-MS and NMR for the structure elucidation of new bioactive compounds.
Main Skills: Microbial Fermentations, Downstream process, Purification process, Microbiology, Antibiotics, Antimicrobial compounds, Molecular Biology, Genetics, LC-MS, NMR.
Fulltime dad of Pía and Mateo
I love science innovation, rock music, playing soccer and networking.

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