Julian Groeli
Founder And CEO at Pivotal Design, Inc.
San Diego, California, United States
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Top SchoolJulian Groeli is a founder and product development innovator based in San Diego with 20+ years of hands-on experience designing and shipping user-centered physical and digital products. As CEO of Pivotal Design and previously owner of 2020 Design, he blends industrial design, engineering rigor, and rapid prototyping—often using VR—to accelerate concept validation and production-ready solutions. He’s named on 17 patents, builds cross-cultural teams and supplier networks, and has a track record turning complex ergonomics and enclosure challenges into manufacturable designs. Early software work includes a prototype integrating iTunes and personalized stock reports, showing a willingness to bridge hardware, software and user experience long before many mainstream integrations. Practical, detail-oriented, and inventive, he focuses on reducing development bottlenecks while preserving design intent.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
International School in Kathmandu, Nepal, International School in Kathmandu, Nepal at Lincoln SchoolNew Manager Boot Camp - Executive Education, New Manager Boot Camp - Executive Education at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessBachelor of Arts (B.A.), concentration in Industrial Design, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), concentration in Industrial Design at Hampshire CollegeSummer Program, Introduction to Architecture Exploration Seminar, Summer Program, Introduction to Architecture Exploration Seminar at Cornell University
German, English, French, Nepali, swiss-germanProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
JulianGroeli/F360-3DMouseIn2DDrawings
Mar 2020 - May 2020
Contributions:2 releases, 21 commits, 20 pushes in 1 month
jcgdev/recipes
Dec 2015 - Dec 2015
Contributions:2 PRs, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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