My neurodivergent home in many ways brings challenges in thinking around user experience...
Emanuel Lewis
Xavier University; University of Cincinnati
What He’s Passionate About
Emanuel is passionate about developing solutions that create opportunity and advantages for people.
What He Brings to the Table
Emanuel has spent the majority of his career within Higher-Ed and most recently in financial services. He has always been involved in some form of technology work that enables learning, performance, and development. It is the thread that has run through his career as well as community impact or outreach he has done.
Where He Sees His Potential Fully Realized
Emanuel enjoys working in partnership with a team to develop solutions that create opportunity and advantages for each individual their work touches. Over the course of Emanuel's career and life, great people have opened doors, mentored, and helped him grow. Emanuel shows up best where he can bring similar value to others.
Family Matters
Emanuel and his wife of 20 years have 3 children who love playgrounds, gaming, content creation and any overnight hotel stay. Emanuel and his wife enjoy cooking and culinary shows and experiences. For one of their anniversaries, dinner was their own take on Iron Chef where they picked secret ingredients and made competing dishes side by side. There was no declared winner.
Basic Needs
Emanuel can’t live without decent coffee and a strong network connection. From Turkish, to Café Cubano to espresso, Emanuel loves exploring the world of coffee. Emanuel has at least 5 methods to make coffee at home and loves serving creations whether plain black, topped with citrus zest, affogato, sparkling cold brew...you name it and he will attempt to make it. More an enthusiast than an expert, he loves developing his skill, tweaking recipes, and learning more about the world of coffee.
Fun Fact
Emanuel likes to dabble in game design. He has created mobile games for his kids, friends, and coworkers. This creates an amazing feeling in Emanuel when he takes an idea that he’s designed and developed through obstacles, surprises, and hardware limits to make it come alive. These are the kind of puzzles Emanuel likes to solve for fun.