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We Are Peak Design

We make tools for doing. Our carry solutions help creatives, commuters, and adventurers keep their gear accessible, organized, and protected.

Our Purpose
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Our Purpose

The purpose of Peak Design is to create happy, meaningful lives for the people that work here. We believe our mission can only be achieved when 40 (and counting) self-actualizing, highly stoked people enthusiastically step into the Peak Design office every day. Our purpose and our mission go hand-in-hand.

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Our Mission

  1. Make the best things.
  2. Succeed at the expense of nobody.
  3. Treat our customers as peers.
  4. Offset our environmental impact.
  5. Use our voice to inspire positive change.
  6. Prioritize happiness over growth.
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Origins
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Origins

In 2010, fresh-faced midwestern-transplant Peter Dering took a 4-month trip around the world. On his trip, Peter learned that carrying a nice big camera around is actually a real pain in the ass. He returned to his San Francisco apartment and did what any responsible person would: quit his job and spent 10 months meticulously designing a little device that would make carrying and using a camera an absolute joy.

Instead of looking for big outside investors, Pete put his new invention (dubbed Capture) on a fledgling website called Kickstarter and asked adventurous photographers like himself to take a chance on the little product. It was an enormous success, and Peak Design has been riding that wave of enthusiasm for smart design and delightful carry solutions ever since.

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Design

We design products to solve problems, create delight, look good, resist fads, appeal globally, age gracefully, consider every material and detail, and have minimal disruptive impact on people and planet in both their creation and shipping. To reach those ends, we iterate tirelessly. And people seem to like it.

Honest, thoughtful, delightful, radical. These themes describe our products and ultimately everything we make or do: our brand, office culture, Flagship Store, environmental rants, and especially our rec-league soccer performances.

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Black Capture
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Crowdfunding

Through crowdfunding our customers are able to participate more intimately in our design process, all while we are kept free of risk-averse outside investment. Crowdfunding is baked into the Peak Design DNA, encouraging us to take risks, prioritize innovation, speak honestly, and shun tradition. We launch our products on Kickstarter, and it makes for better products.

Campaign Year Backers Raised
Mobile Case & Accessories 2020 14,169 $2,000,497
The Travel Tripod 2019 27,169 $12,143,435
The Travel Line 2018 13,752 $5,206,611
Capture v3 and Slide v2 2017 12,196 $1,330,583
The Everyday Line 2016 26,359 $6,565,782
The Everyday Messenger 2015 17,029 $4,869,472
Slide and Clutch 2014 9,455 $861,164
Capture v2 2013 8,090 $819,108
Leash and Cuff 2012 3,108 $215,721
Capture v1 2011 5,258 $364,698
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Responsibility

Peak Design prioritizes people and planet over profit, and we hold ourselves accountable to that objective in every decision we make. We believe a responsible company is a sustainable company.

We are entirely carbon neutral (Scopes 1, 2, and 3) and are founding members of Climate Neutral. We give 1% of our revenue to environmental nonprofits through our 1% For The Planet membership. We meet the highest standards for verified social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability with our designation as a Certified B Corporation.

Climate Neutral Certified, 1% for the planet member, Certified B Corporation

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The Team

Say hello to the Peak Design team. If you’re keen to join us, head on over to our careers page.

Peter Dering

Peter Dering Founder & CEO


                    Adam Saraceno

Adam Saraceno Head of Marketing


                    Jen Howell

Jen Howell Head of Customer Service & Logistics


                    Art Viger

Art Viger Head of Design


                    David Anhalt

David Anhalt Head of Finance and Operations


                    Peter Lockett

Peter Lockett Principal, Soft Goods Product Operations


                    Mark Wang

Mark Wang Head of Business Technology


                    Joey Cunningham

Joey Cunningham Director, Soft Goods Design


                    Robb Jankura

Robb Jankura Principal Design Engineer


                    Annie Nyborg

Annie Nyborg Head of Environmental & Social Impact


                    Luke Roberts

Luke Roberts Senior Sales Manager, EMEA and APAC


                    Dan Chimienti

Dan Chimienti Sales Manager, Americas & LATAM


                    Jojo Legnitto

Jojo Legnitto Senior Manager, Wholesale Operations


                    Lawrence Lander

Lawrence Lander Head of Brand


                    Ryan Dulon

Ryan Dulon Head of Sales


                    Chris Mark

Chris Mark Manager, Backend Engineering


                    Tom James

Tom James Head of Product


                    Mike Winchell

Mike Winchell Senior Finance Manager


                    Molly Street

Molly Street Senior Graphic & Environments Designer


                    Max Maloney

Max Maloney Director, Design Engineering


                    Adam Hicks

Adam Hicks Channel Manager, Amazon


                    Victor Murillo

Victor Murillo Senior Manager, Video Production / Executive Video Producer


                    Rachel Roberts

Rachel Roberts Product Designer, Soft Goods


                    Christine Zona

Christine Zona Senior Manager, Retail Operations


                    Wheeler Gans

Wheeler Gans Director, Design Engineering-Mobile Products


                    Jaimee Erickson

Jaimee Erickson Senior Engineering Project Manager


                    Adrienne Rowell

Adrienne Rowell Engineering Project Manager


                    Brenden Hamilton

Brenden Hamilton Video Producer


                    Dane Jones

Dane Jones Design Engineer


                    Colin Maginnis

Colin Maginnis Product Developer, Soft Goods


                    Joe Callander

Joe Callander Senior Video Producer


                    Karen Kimble

Karen Kimble Accounting Manager


                    Liv Eaton

Liv Eaton Design Engineer


                    Fed Rios

Fed Rios Senior Industrial Designer


                    Alex Wong

Alex Wong Retail Store Manager
San Francisco


                    Pajnucci Vue

Pajnucci Vue Design Engineer

 
                    Nate Butler

Nate Butler Community Engagement and Content Manager


                    Liz O'Brien

Liz O'Brien Senior Marketing Project Manager


                    Claire Aha

Claire Aha Senior People Operations Manager


                    Arno Vervloed

Arno Vervloed Partnerships Manager, EMEA


                    Jason Wilkins

Jason Wilkins Senior Graphic Designer


                    Abner Aquino

Abner Aquino Visual Merchendising Manager


                    Tahiti Abdulbasir

Tahiti Abdulbasir Retail Store Assistant Manager
New York City


                    Angela Kuchan

Angela Kuchan Product Developer, Soft Goods


                    Jonin Pulgar

Jonin Pulgar Retail Store Assistant Manager


                    Santi Baston

Santi Baston Product Designer, Soft Goods


                    Janny Lee

Janny Lee Workplace Operations Coordinator


                    Brittany Hoang

Brittany Hoang Engineering Project Manager

 
                    Sam Girvin

Sam Girvin Senior Electrical Design Engineer


                    Bridget Sciamanna

Bridget Sciamanna General Counsel and Intellectual Property Attorney


                    Casey Landey

Casey Landey Design Engineer


                    Andrew Stoner

Andrew Stoner Senior Web Strategy and Experience Manager


                    Rozette Halvorson

Rozette Halvorson Senior Photographer


                    Jen Flaxman

Jen Flaxman Head of People


                    Brandon Sisino

Brandon Sisino Partnerships Manager, Americas


                    Tyler Wagnor

Tyler Wagnor Senior Design Engineer


                    Sofia Silva

Sofia Silva Partnerships Manager, Americas


                    Allison Kreuser

Allison Kreuser Assistant Product Developer


                    Lucy Zhuang

Lucy Zhuang Mechanical Design Engineer


                    Stanley Dang

Stanley Dang Systems Engineer


                    Brent Kyono

Brent Kyono Design Engineer


                    Eddie Suh

Eddie Suh Senior Manager, Product Development


                    Oliver Ambros

Oliver Ambros Supply Chain Sustainability Manager


                    Michelle Clay

Michelle Clay Brand Project Manager


                    Jazlyn Trent

Jazlyn Trent Marketing Project Manager


                    Erica D’Erminio

Erica D’Erminio Customer Service Manager

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Our Extended Makati Family Customer Service, Wholesale Operations, Finance and Technology