Hello, I'm Chris Boardman. I'm a founder, designer & builder based in New York. My work explores human creativity through software, spaces and the arts.

I founded Fable in 2019 to build the web-based creative suite and raised $22M+ from Redpoint, Collaborative, SIP, Chad Hurley, Lenny Rachitsky, and others.

I built and led a world-class team of 30+ over 6 years, grew a passionate design community, and accelerated the workflows of enterprises like Hims, Brooks Running, Weight Watchers, and Mayo Clinic.

I operated at every altitude across the org; charting the course, and making things happen with urgency and excellence.

I joined Skillshare as the first engineer. Over six years I led the front-end team across the web product, and later incepted and brought Skillshare's suite of mobile products to market.

In my last tour of duty at Skillshare, I was Director of Product leading product, design, and engineering across iOS, Android, and TV.

In 2010, a side project became an international tour. 3-Up was launched at the Feast in NYC, SXSW, and Internet Week in London; allowing event-goers to connect and collect the best of the Internet with digital trading cards.

I co-founded TBDL in college to faciliate creativity across industry and academia. A gameshow-inspired event series brought leading creatives to a remote college town, complete with live gameshow props, backed by the top design agencies in London.

Currents is a series of one-of-a-kind generative prints created in TouchDesigner. Using layers of noise, recursive feedback, and depth mapping, my goal was to create a tactile surface that is both organic and abstract. Each piece explores the flow of discovery — patterns emerging, dissolving, and reforming. The project reflects on movement as a path to finding center: the way currents can carry us through uncertainty toward clarity and meaning.

I was born in the UK and moved to the US in 2010. Over the past 20 years, I've built products across design, engineering, and leadership — first as a designer, then as an engineer, later as a product leader, and most recently as a founder/CEO.

Today I live in Rochester, New York with my wife and our pup. When I'm not at my desk, you'll likely find me wandering through museums or out on a trail. Feel free to reach out and say hello.