ABOUT

David Minogue is a designer and engineer from the Boston area working across product development, mechanical engineering, design, and brand development. He is the president of Spade Product & Graphic Design and served as cofounder and creative director at Beached Boat Apparel Co., a lifestyle brand rooted in coastal New England. David is also CEO of G4U Coffee and a design engineer at Heartland Footwear, where he works on AI-driven CAD in surface modeling. He also works on a contract basis for Insulet on next-generation device development.

He holds over a dozen patents on a range of consumer and industrial products and works closely with startups and small businesses in creative leadership roles, helping shape design strategy and product development. David serves as a fellow of the IDEA Center and the Flatley Center at the University of Notre Dame, as well as the Innovation, Technology, and Design program at the University of Miami. He is also the former inventor and owner of the pet accessory device PullPal.