Raymond Pirouz's consulting practice draws on insights at the intersection of design, technology, commerce and culture. Raymond was originally inspired by the juxtaposition of science, technology, design and business while working at the Mission Assurance Management office at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), tasked with developing milestone reports on high profile space missions by interfacing with senior JPL engineers. It was at JPL in 1993 where Raymond was first introduced to the internet and Mosaic -- the graphic web browser. Soon thereafter, Raymond attended the Art Center College of Design, graduated with honors, worked as an interactive advertising art director and twice earned the Pioneer Direct Marketing Award. Raymond has worked with brands like Adobe, American Century Mutual Funds, Caltech, Cathay Pacific, Honda, NASA/JPL, Panasonic, Toyota, USC, Virgin Records and others. An e-Learning pioneer, in 1998 Raymond developed a two-year curriculum in design and taught it to an online student body. Before transitioning to teach and consult full-time, Raymond served as Director of Marketing at lynda.com, a subscription-based online publisher of video training material for teachers, students and creative professionals working with digital media.