As Domo’s chief design officer and futurist, Chris Willis is hyper focused on combining data, technology and emerging trends in innovative ways helps to make the platform indispensable for its customers. He has nearly three decades of design leadership experience in web, mobile and data visualization. And as one of Domo’s earliest employees, he’s involved in every aspect from initial design and strategy through execution of building and developing solutions that solve even the most complex problems faced by customers.

Prior to Domo, Chris co-founded HOUR Detroit magazine and Footnote.com (now Fold3.com), which was acquired by Ancestry.com for $27 million. Before moving into technology, he was an award-winning illustrator, journalist and author with multiple published works to his name.