Dave Gray

Basics Current Residence: St. Louis, Missouri Title: Founder and Chairman Company: Xplane eMail: dave dot gray at gmail dot com Phone: Not listed

Background

Dave Gray is Founder and Chairman of XPLANE, a global consulting and design firm devoted to working with the world’s leading corporations to turn complex business issues into visual stories. Dave helps his clients apply visual thinking and visual language to business strategy and communication.

Prior to founding XPLANE, Dave worked as a visual journalist for several major metropolitan newspapers, including the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, LA Daily News, LA Herald-Examiner, and Seattle Post-Intelligencer, where he won numerous awards for excellence in graphic journalism. He has also taught Visual Communication for both the Design and Business schools at Washington University in St. Louis.

Dave has a passion for rich, clear and engaging communication. He believes that pictures have the power to transform the world, because they can convey rich information to anyone, regardless of culture, language or educational background.

In addition to consulting with XPLANE clients and speaking at conferences, Dave has started an acclaimed online Visual Thinking School and gives occasional seminars on visual thinking and visual language. Learn more at XPLANE or on Dave’s blog, Communication Nation.

Work Samples

Sessions

VizThink '08 Pre-Conference Workshop: Visual Thinking Workshop
VizThink '08 Breakout Session: Visual Thinking in Practice

Links

Book: VP of No on Amazon.com
Personal Blog: http://communicationnation.blogspot.com/
Dave's Blog of His Art: http://davegray.blogspot.com/
Business Website: http://www.xplane.com/
Business Blog: http://www.xplane.com/xblog
Flickr Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/davegray/