Dave Evans

Dave Evans has a long history in innovation. He was part of Apple in the early days, where he led the first mouse team and introduced laser printing to the masses.  Next, he was a co-founder of Electronic Arts leading product development with “software artists”. After fifteen successful years as a tech executive, Dave went out on his own as a management consultant assisting both startups and multi-nationals in strategy, marketing, and corporate culture formation.  Dave served on the inaugural Corporate Culture Committee with Steve Jobs when at Apple.  Starting with that assignment and continuing thereafter, Dave noticed everyone was struggling with how to answer the question, “What do I do with my life?” Helping people discern and build the life they really want grew into Dave’s personal mission and became his next career.

In 2007 Dave co-founded the Stanford Life Design Lab with Bill Burnett with the mission of applying the innovation principles of design thinking to the wicked problem of designing your life.  The Life Design Lab has enjoyed great success at Stanford and is now expanding broadly across higher education, having trained teams from over 400 universities serving over millions students.  Bill and Dave's 2016 book, Designing Your Life, How to Build a Well-Lived and Joyful Life, is a NY Times #1 bestseller, is available in 24 languages worldwide, and was followed in 2021 with, Designing Your New Work Life helping workers of all types make more out of life on the job in the new post-pandemic reality.

Dave lives on the Monterey Bay in Santa Cruz California with his dogs, sailboat, motorcycle and 8 bicycles.  He holds a BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and a diploma in Contemplative Spirituality from San Francisco Theological Seminary. art inevitable.”