From people to pixels

I'm Chris, a digital product creator who has been a product manager, designer, developer, sales engineer, technical trainer, and marketer.

Let me help you conceptualize, prototype, code, and ship great products.

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I'm a Toronto-based product manager and product designer who has toured the tech industry with a background in computer science, across a broad range of roles.

Along the way, I've discovered my underlying passion is in the crafting of products that make peoples' lives better.

I've worked at

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FundThrough logo
Achievers logo
Spiria logo
Blueprint logo
OpenText logo
Macadamian logo

Writing

Screenshot of the Note Toolbar user guide on GitHub

User Guide

Note Toolbar User Guide

Comprehensive documentation I wrote for the Note Toolbar plugin (that I also developed) for Obsidian, including installation, settings guides, use cases, and support material.

Photo of a crocodile's eye, because Godzilla wasn't royalty-free.

Article

The Big Freakin' Requirements Document Must Die. Here's Why.

Article I authored for Blueprint, achieving over 47K+ views on BA Times & republished elsewhere.

Cover of ECM whitepaper I authored for OpenText.

Whitepaper

Best Practices in ECM Migration

Whitepaper I wrote for Xenos (acquired by OpenText) to provide lead gen for their electronic content management migration services.

Photo of crowd at WordCamp Toronto 2008.

Article

WordCamp Toronto Redux

Wrote a couple articles for blogTO including this recap of that year's WordCamp conference.

Get in touch

chris@chrisgurney.ca