Design Leader | Strategist | Director | Product Designer | Experience Creator | Innovator | Mentor
Barry Munsterteiger
For many brands, UX is not just a primary touchpoint with customers—it is the ONLY touchpoint. It’s the core of a dynamic relationship that goes far beyond mere screens, buttons, and font choices. Yet a lot of companies using the term “user experience” (or UX) don’t put much thought into the actual experience of the user.
Those are companies that haven’t worked with me.
I’m deeply conscious of what a customer sees, thinks, and feels at every step of their product journey. Are they happy? Informed? Distracted? Delighted? Angry? Empowered? I like to live inside the user’s head—I call it the “method actor approach.” Having the perspective of "the outside looking in" as well as the "inside looking out" is critical to successfully being the embodiment of the intended character (the user). Rather than re-purposing historic approaches, being fully immersed into any situation and every project provides the best solution possible.
My intense user focus is what makes me highly effective in UX design and creative leadership, directing strategies for digital experiences that use innovative design to raise the impact and influence of leading brands and products. I’ve served as a creative advisor to organizations engaged in research, design, concept development, prototyping, product innovation, and services.
SUMMARY
I’m a director of UX Design possessing a proven blend of business and creative expertise, skill in Fortune 500 organizations, and practical experience as a successful one-man startup.
I bring to the table a unique mix of strategic and analytical expertise, striving to exceed performance goals by aligning the talent and effort of strong teams with organizational objectives.
LEADERSHIP HIGHLIGHTS
At Netgear, I directed all facets of UX design, direction, and execution for Netgear, supervising a top performing team of professionals.
At Mozilla, I drove creative design for Firefox OS, IoT innovations, iOS and Android mobile browsers, HTML5 games, and Open Web applications.
At Apple Inc., I was the Creative Director for HTML and CSS research for the Rich Media team supporting the WebKit browser engine developed by Apple.
Provoke, Motivate, Craft, Collaborate.
I provide exploration & application of visual and design technology, creative solutions and unique insight, through design, technology, multimedia and video.
Merging multidisciplinary creative and critical thinking with technology. Focused on influencing and executing The Experience and concentrating on what it means to the success of products, events, and organizations.
My entire career has been shaped by the method actor approach to being involved with every role I have held with every institution I have worked with. The method actor approach is driven by reflecting truth, both internal truth (or belief) and physical truth. This is achieved by both a cognitive and emotional connection to the role. Having the perspective of "the outside looking in" as well as the "inside looking out" is critical to successfully being the embodiment of the intended character. Being fully immersed into any situation and every project provides the best solution possible rather than re-purposing historic approaches.
My work has been experienced by billions with the focus always being The Experience.
Speaking and Advisory
Smashing Conference - Freiburg Germany - September 2017
MaGIC - Creative and Critical Thinking - 2015
Google Creative Sandbox - 2011
Ex’pression College - Motion Graphics Advisory Board - Since 2010
Animation Weekend - Art Institute of Phoenix - 2004
Patents
USPO # US20230368484A1 - May 2023
Dynamic 360-degree virtual sensor mapping
In an example, a method of dynamic virtual sensor mapping includes receiving a request to obtain a first view associated with a system. The first view is associated with a first distortion key. The method includes obtaining video sensor data from multiple video sensors associated with the system. The method includes applying the first distortion key to the video sensor data to obtain distorted video sensor data. The method includes obtaining additional sensor data from multiple additional sensors associated with the system. The method includes applying the first distortion key to the additional sensor data to obtain distorted additional sensor data. The method includes combining the distorted video sensor data together with the distorted additional sensor data to generate combined distorted video data. The method includes transmitting the combined distorted video data.
Inventors: Barry Munsterteiger, David Lombardi, Ain McKendrick, Peter Schmidt, Andrea Mariotti
USPO #20150234568 - August 2015
Interactive menu elements in a virtual three-dimensional space
The present technology includes a digital content authoring tool for authoring digital content without the need to understand or access computer code. The present technology further includes creating digital content that is compatible with a diverse population of end user devices without the need for separate versions of the completed...
Inventors: Dean Jackson, Antoine Quint, Barry Munsterteiger (Apple Inc.)
USPO #20120254791 - October 2012
Interactive menu elements in a virtual three-dimensional space
The present technology includes a digital content authoring tool for authoring digital content without the need to understand or access computer code. The present technology further includes creating digital content that is compatible with a diverse population of end user devices without the need for separate versions of the completed...
Inventors: Dean Jackson, Antoine Quint, Barry Munsterteiger (Apple Inc.)
USPO #20090259711 - October 2009
Media state synchronization across multiple devices.
Media state synchronization across multiple devices can include detecting an event relating to a user's access of content on a first device, determining state information relating to an access state of the content corresponding to the detected event, and transmitting the determined state information to a remote location for use in accessing the content on a second device.
Inventors: Barry Munsterteiger (Apple Inc.)
