My name is Patrick van den Broek and I am a product UX architect and interface designer, specializing in results-driven workflow design and implementation of B2B and B2C applications delivered to the Fortune 500 and emerging businesses. Additionally, I am a visual creative and digital marketer delivering on comprehensive strategies that acheive the intended goals.
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Actions speak louder than words, and so here is a list of tangible results from my innovative thinking and professional follow through.
As part of Denver Startup Week, I hosted the Small Batch Manufacturer Series at our factory showroom, giving presentations about how Grace Skis builds award winning skis in the USA.
The Michigan State University College of Law Animal Legal and Historical center was a finalist for a Webby Award in the Law Category. I was the team lead designer for this comprehensive, legal resource. AnimalLaw.info
Joining industry leaders for the “Quantified Skiers: The Future of Ski Tech & Personalization” panel at Startup Ski Summit at Elevate CoSpace in Frisco, Colorado, we discussed the role integrated technology can play with the skier experience.
Featured as an Emerging Artist in the Cherry Creek Arts Festival, I took this opportunity to release new collections, with a feature on ABC7 News and a corner booth on Detroit Street for the over one million visitors to Denver.
Awarded the Gold Key for Illustration from the Boston Globe, this pencil drawing of a friend’s face exhibited throughout New England galleries.
From the flat plains of Indiana, a group of classmates from the University of Notre Dame created the first ever mountain bike team and raced our way into the College National Championship Race in our inaugural season.
As an animation student, I wrote and produced The Couch Potato & Mr. Bun short film as my final project. It received the Portfolio Excellence Award, as voted by the students and faculty, and premiered at a Denver theater.
Kylie, our flagship big mountain ski from Grace Skis, was awarded the Skiing Magazine Indy Ski Test Official Selection. It was an honor to have our innovative product design be recognized by the best testers in the industry.
Currently, I am the Principle Product Designer on the Agent and Technicians Platforms, leading the customer experience for the native android and web based applications running the Charter network and support.
Named for a shining star in the Andromeda galaxy, Isilus is my freelance digital agency located in beautiful Golden, Colorado providing strategy, design and implementation for growing businesses since 2009.
Starting from a homemade ski press in a garage, we build award winning skis, sold around the world, and created an industry brand leader, recognized in SKIING, Denver Business Journal, Time Magazine, and Denver Startup Week.
Designed and integrated the brand and marketing programs, across print, web, video, interactive, for 16 culinary events over 5 years, featuring celebrity chef demonstrations in exclusive resort towns throughout Colorado.
I was a founding partner of GorillaSoft, Inc. who, powered by our proprietary GorillaCore backend platform, provided digital strategy and software solutions to the INC500 and the Fortune 50.
Designed and executed the visual and production direction for interactive educational programs, with distribution in over 5 languages to 20 countries world wide. Collaborated with curriculum writers to script, storyboard and design the interactive educational programs and coordinated the production development team through the product release.
I was a lead service tech at the largest single owned bike shop in Colorado, welcoming customers and diagnosing bikes for service.
While studying biology at Notre Dame, I was a freelance illustrator and cartoonist for The Observer, a student-run newspaper serving Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s & Holy Cross.
Here is a small look into some of the work I have done and the diversity of the companies and industries. Reach out to learn more.
Art Institute Colorado
AAS Animation
Portfolio Excellence Award
Denver, CO
University of Notre Dame
BS Biology
South Bend, IN
Oregon Instutite of Marine Biology
University of Oregon
Coos Bay, OR
Shoals Marine Laboratory
Cornell University / University of New Hampshire
Portsmouth, NH
Deerfield Academy
Deerfield, MA
Literacy Coalition of Colorado
Board Member
Denver Art Museum Culture Haus
Board Member
