We Are Coral Mountain Consulting.

We help build teams that innovate and deliver.

Design Workshop: Creative teams often get the short stick in Agile. Product Owners and development teams hurtle toward the finish line in rapid sprints and expect everyone, including designers, information architects, illustrators, and writers to step up to the plate and deliver in two week chunks–with no Creative Brief.

I have worked with some of the best creative folks in the world, including Creative Directors, Designers, Copy Writers, Information Architects, Illustrators, and Content Strategists for Disney, Inuit, Mirage Resorts, Sony, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, and Prada.

Over the years, I have developed an approach of integrating the creative “Blue Sky” process into the fast-paced sprint process. Creatives feel appreciated, and the dev team is assured assets will arrive on time.

 

I will work with your creative team to design a flexible process to:

  •  Integrate user testing into the sprint cadence
  • Workshop scope and rapidly prototype solutions for testing
  • Lead an ‘inception’ phase that gives creative folks the tools and time to be creative
  • Lead a simple user-focused story workshop that helps the whole team understand the user’s journey

I love great design and working with great designers. Developing a beautiful website, app, or game that precisely fits the user’s needs is the reason I do what I do.

Let me work with your creative team to understand the user, workshop the solution, develop a cadence of creative meetings that works within the Scrum framework, and put in place lightweight user testing sessions that will guide and inspire the team to deliver something great.

+
Why Choose Me

I have worked with some of the best creative folks in the world, including Creative Directors, Designers, Copy Writers, Information Architects, Illustrators, and Content Strategists for Disney, Inuit, Mirage Resorts, Sony, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, and Prada.

Over the years, I have developed an approach of integrating the creative “Blue Sky” process into the fast-paced sprint process. Creatives feel appreciated, and the dev team is assured assets will arrive on time.

+
My Services

 

I will work with your creative team to design a flexible process to:

  •  Integrate user testing into the sprint cadence
  • Workshop scope and rapidly prototype solutions for testing
  • Lead an ‘inception’ phase that gives creative folks the tools and time to be creative
  • Lead a simple user-focused story workshop that helps the whole team understand the user’s journey
+
My Philosophy

I love great design and working with great designers. Developing a beautiful website, app, or game that precisely fits the user’s needs is the reason I do what I do.

Let me work with your creative team to understand the user, workshop the solution, develop a cadence of creative meetings that works within the Scrum framework, and put in place lightweight user testing sessions that will guide and inspire the team to deliver something great.

Let's Work Together

Changing the Environment Can Change the Results

Our Clients Say

  • Barc brought big-picture strategic insight to our department based on process and data analysis. He helped our team cut through the workload clutter by giving us greater focus and clear goals so we could excel in our areas of expertise and drive more meaningful results. I looked to him as a coach and mentor.

    Whitney KimmelSr. Web & eCommerce Marketing Manager, Citrix
  • We are extremely pleased with Barc's professionalism and passion.  Barc is exceptionally adept at facilitating workshops, conflict resolution and even coaching reports all which were invaluable.

    Matt ZyburaDirector Web Management, Citrix
  • Barc is an amazing leader. Looking back on the 5+ years we worked closely together I can honestly say that he made me into a better designer, team member and leader. He is a prodigiously talented analyst of complex service delivery organizations, and a tireless champion of quality and transparency.

    Chris ChandlerDesign Practice Lead, Fandango