Good afternoon, I'm Jon Kantrowitz

Jon Kantrowitz at the beach with a toddler in sunglasses riding on Jon's shoulders

Designer, founder, and builder running Kantro Design

I currently work on zero-to-one projects for select clients. Over the last 15 years, I've designed and created experiences that make daily life a little easier and more enjoyable for consumers and businesses. Along the way, I created Uber's airports and scheduled rides experiences, brought mobile concert ticketing and presales to Live Nation, helped Enigma pivot to SMB data intelligence, and recently contributed to Meta's AR and mixed reality efforts for Orion. Today I help clients with design, front-end, and leadership to bring their visions to life and products to market.

Curiosity, abstract ideas, and complex intersections are my comfort zone. Through craft, collaborative prototyping, and powerful storytelling I can distill complexity into something wonderful. Music helps.

Timeline

Kantro Design

  • 2026–TodayArcwiseSpreadsheet-native AI analysis
  • 2024–TodayXP NetworkFandom events and marketplace platform
  • 2024–2026Shaped.aiModern relevance db
  • 2023–2025PhosphorGenerative financial modeling
  • 2023–2024JumpFan experiences and resale ticketing
  • 2023–2024BetterUpCoaching and growth for org managers

Inhouse

  • 2020–2023AR/MR hardware
  • 2020EnigmaB2B SMB data intelligence
  • 2015–2019UberAirports, scheduled rides, venues
  • 2013–2015Live NationConcert experiences and ticketing
  • 2011–2013PeelSocial TV
  • 2011TiVoHardware interaction and mobile R&D

Founded

  • 2018–2019BigeyeSeries B
  • 2005–2014PinnaAcquihired by Live Nation

Selected Work

Audio and Video Augments

At Meta I worked on augment experiences for AR and MR. My primary focus was to define, design, and prototype novel and intuitive interactions and experiences for audio and video consumption on Orion and other future devices. Orion is a three device setup with glasses for display, an electromyographic wrist band for input, and a compute puck to power and support the experiences on the go. To learn more, visit the Orion site.