About Jason

Jason Cranford Teague

As a Web pioneer, I designed the first Web based publication in 1994. In the thirty years since, I have worked on numerous products applying creative problem solving techniques to find solutions that innovate and satisfy. I have worked with clients including WebMD, PGA Tour, Consumer Technology Association, Capital One, and Marriott International.

In addition to having written books and articles on digital media design, I am a sought after international speaker, worked with the World Wide Web Consortium to establish Web design standards, taught design at Drexel University, and serve as an advisor to the University of Richmond’s Customer Experience Program. I currently run my own digital strategy consulting agency — CranfordTeague.com — focusing on improving educational outcomes by creating digital experiences to meet students’ individual needs for learning.

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My Experience

My coaching, public speaking, and teaching developed from my passion for sharing my experience with others in service of helping them develop their own careers. I believe that the best coaches guide rather than dictate. I will provide feedback, insights, and even the occasional opinion, but the path you follow must be yours to decide. Unless you have agency in your own life, no amount of coaching will help.

I have more than 30 years of digital technology experience in corporate, agency, non-profit, NGO, education, and government services.

This includes:

  • 11 years at digital design agencies including Forum One, Rivet Logic, and Capgemini where he worked on projects for The US EPA, The Aspen Institute, The PGA Tour, and many others.
  • 12 years at fortune 100 companies including Bank of America, Time Warner, Marriott, and Capital One. He led design initiatives for education, FinTech, hospitality, eCommerce, and web design standards, as well as working to train and mentor fellow employees.
  • Designing Computer Mediated Communications Magazine in 1994, the first web-based publication.
  • Writing a weekly column about the Web in The Independent (UK) from 1997 to 2001.
  • Leading the design for the launch of WebMD in 1998.
  • Helping define the CSS3 standards used today in every website as a member of the World Wide Web Consortiums CSS Workgroup from 2006-2008.
  • Leading the Marriott website relaunch as Sr. Design Manager in 2009.
  • Speaking at conferences around the world including SXSW (5 times), MacWorld (3 times), HOW Design (twice), and Web Visions (6 times).
  • Writing 18 books on digital design and strategy.
  • Writing for Wired Magazine on parenting in the digital age as a core contributor from 2010 to 2014.
  • Teaching UX Design at Drexel University as an Adjunct Professor from 2018-2020.

Through these roles and others, I have gained broad exposure to the possibilities of digital education and developed an extensive network across companies, agencies, nonprofits, and higher educational institutions, helping them realize their online potential. This has given him a unique vantage point from which to advise his clients at CTDS.

Jason and his wife, Tara Cranford Teague, live in beautiful Greensboro, NC. They are the parents to two children and two cats. In addition to his consulting work, Jason is the author of 18 books on digital design, and one children’s book about Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space.

Companies I have worked with

Logo Aspen Institute
Logo for CPAC
Logo for Consumer Technology Association
Logo for Cisco
Logo for Drexel University
Logo for Edutopia
Logo for European Space Agency
Logo for Educational Testing Service
Logo for Hippo Roller
Logo for IEEE
Logo for ISB
Logo for Mindful Schools
Logo for Navy Federal Credit Union
Logo for The Nations Report Card
Logo for New York State Department of Finance
Logo for USDA
Logo for US EPA
Logo for US IRS
Logo for US PTO
Logo for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Logo for Rosenfeld Media
Logo for Space X
Logo for Time Warner
Logo for Top Cow Comics
Logo for University of Richmond
Logo for USA Today
Logo for W 3 C
Logo for Web MD
Logo for Wired Magazine
Logo for Yuri's Night
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