Tim is an experienced product designer, entrepreneur, researcher and educator with a strong background in product development through diverse consulting practice.  As co-founder and CEO of Rehab Fur Your Pet - Ottawa's first independent physical rehabilitation and fitness center for small companion animals - and Assistant Professor with the School of Industrial Design at Carleton University, Tim utilizes his skills, knowledge and passion for design and business to explore the relationship between design and entrepreneurship, and how emerging design practices support innovation.

I am a graduate of the Humber Industrial Design program and for the past 15+ years I have been developing products, packaging, and public environments with a focus on the design and roll-out of retail spaces, customer experience, and the development of branded fixture and mill-work systems.

Carleton University

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Membership Level: Student

I am maker who loves to design creative, sustainable, and practical solutions to improve lives of users. I enjoy sketching, tinkering, and all things design. I believe design and innovation drive the world and that products should be useful but also exciting to use.

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I am an engineer, husband and father of 3, and the owner of Cortex Design - a medical and life-sciences product design firm that employs industrial designers & engineers. I love helping clients solve really challenging problems. For more of my articles and writing pertaining to Cortex Design, see my LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dylan-horvath/detail/recent-activity/posts/ For information on design work, please connect with me via: https://cortex-design.com/contact/