Marco Perry is a founder of Pensa, a Brooklyn NY consultancy that focuses on product strategy, design, development and invention. Marco’s philosophy is that product designs succeed when they are rooted in an understanding of people, the products they use and the contexts in which they use them.

Marco has over 20 years experience inventing, designing and engineering just about everything from diapers to lab equipment to vending machines. He is strategic, inventive and intelligent in his approach to business and product design.

He has enjoyed lecturing, judging competitions and organizing design conferences. Marco's work has earned several awards from IIDEX/Neocon Gold, BusinessWeek/IDEA, Spark Award, Chicago Anthenaeum Good Design, Appliance Design and a Medical Design Excellence Award. Marco also served on the board of the Industrial Design Society of America as its Northeast District VP. He has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University and a Masters of Industrial Design from Pratt Institute.