About
I was born in Senegal on October 27, 1980. My father is Axel Magnuson. My mother is Sylvia Vriesendorp. My sister is Tessa Magnuson.
I have both Dutch and American citizenship. I attended the Waring School in Beverly Massachusetts for high school, where Rob Logan taught me to draw. I attended Parsons School of Design and Euguene Lang in NYC for college – but dropped out after 2 years. I was working on a dual degree program in Illustration and Eastern European and Russian Studies.
After I dropped out I started working at Ernst & Young’s Accelerated Solutions Environment, which is where I learned to scribe. My mentor was/is Kelvy Bird. This facility is now run by Capgemini. The tools, processes, models and methodologies used here were designed and developed by Matt & Gail Taylor. These same tools, processes, models and methodologies are core to the work of The Value Web.
I am a member and vice president (US) of The Value Web and a member of the National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation. I have my own graphic facilitation business under the name Visible Think.
I am also a web designer/graphic designer. I play music in my spare time (which in increasingly rare these days). The groups I play with are the Bunwinkies and Jow Jow the Death Knell Rung. I also have some simple home recordings here @ Jim and Sita.
