Gordon Ching

Gordon Ching is the Founder of the Design Executive Council (DXC), the premier membership network for Chief Design Officers, Chief Experience Officers, and VPs of Design at Fortune 1000 companies and high-growth ventures. DXC's members lead design and experience functions at organizations that together generate more than $1 trillion in revenue and represent $3 trillion in market value, spanning AI, airlines, banking, healthcare, media, consumer and enterprise software.

DXC began as Gordon's master's research on design executive effectiveness. Since then, his work has grown into hundreds of interviews and become the foundation for the philosophy, knowledge base, and methods design leaders now use to advance their careers and unlock business value inside their organizations. Under his leadership, DXC has become a trusted peer network for corporate design executives, shaping how its members, their teams, and their partners activate strategic design leadership capabilities across the enterprise and at the executive and board level. Through Council convenings, original research, and peer intelligence from practitioners who have lived the role, DXC helps members make better decisions with insight from leaders in and around the seat.

Before DXC, Gordon served in product design, research, brand, and marketing roles at Apple and Affirm. He holds a Master's in Design Management from SCAD and writes on business, design, technology, and the inner work of leadership. A dedicated practitioner of Kyudo, the Japanese way of the bow, he draws on its discipline in how he approaches craft, work, and life.