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About O3

Small studio. Big ideas. 20+ years of asking better questions and building better answers.

We’re an experience design and engineering consultancy built for ambitious teams, complex challenges, and partnerships that only get better over time.

The O3 team

Why O3

The thinking and the making belong together.

Too many agencies separate the people who shape the strategy from the people who actually execute it. One team hands over a deck, another inherits the brief, and the thinking gets diluted somewhere along the way.

We built O3 to close that gap.

The same senior team stays with the problem from the first question through launch-day celebrations, challenging assumptions, shaping the path, and making it real.

We stay closer to the work, to our partners, and to each other. That’s how we create meaningful experiences and genuine value, and why our partnerships only get stronger over time.

How we show up

What we bring to the work.

New clients, new challenges, new technology. Through all of it, a few beliefs continue to shape the way we work and the kind of partner we want to be.

Strategy + execution

The people who find the move are the people who build it. We stay on the problem from the first question through launch, so the thinking survives contact with the code.

Balance

Experience design and software engineering in the same team, so the design can be built and the build knows what it is for.

Quality over scale

A deliberately senior team and a deliberately short client list. We take on the work we can be genuinely invested in, and we grow slower for it.

Beyond O3

The work doesn't stop at client services

O3 is part of a broader ecosystem built to help enterprise teams navigate change, from digital experiences to AI strategy, to the ideas shaping the future of innovation.

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1682

Our annual conference focused on AI and innovation. Where thought leaders compare notes, challenge assumptions, and leave with something useful.

Learn about the 1682 conference
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O3XO

Our AI strategy and activation practice. We help executives and innovation leaders move beyond the hype and turn AI into practical, measurable outcomes.

Learn about O3XO

Leadership team

Meet the Team

  • Mike Gadsby

    Co-Founder, Chief Innovation Officer

  • Keith Scandone

    Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer

  • Talia Edmundson

    Director of Human Resources

  • Jay Forbes

    Director of Engineering

  • Brady Halligan

    Senior AI Strategist

  • Justin Handler

    Managing Director

  • Kelly Navari

    Director of Delivery

  • Jackie Ost

    Finance Manager

  • Alex Boenisch

    UX Design Manager

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