With a contagious zeal that infiltrates company walls, inspires clients to dream big and ignites staff into action, Daniel Bizzell radiates energy and enthusiasm for anything - and everything - that he's passionate about.

An Industrial Designer by trade and six-time North Carolina cycling champion. Daniel considers himself lucky because he gets to devote his working hours to one of his many life passions: design. After a professional career in endurance sports which sparked his interest in design and product development. As a young, professional cyclist and triathlete, he was frequently called on to test product innovations from participating sponsors who faced the challenges of updating existing styles and creating new products. By his career's end, he walked away with more than seventy race wins and an insider's intuition for new product development.

Today he leads as the Director of Industrial Design and Design Lab founder at Enventys, a full-service product development and creative marketing firm headquartered in Charlotte, N.C. He is passionate about innovation and understands first-hand how design can contribute to the success, or failure, of equipment operation and retail sales. The design portfolios he develops for clients are used to build a conceptual framework that will prepare the new products and technologies to enter the market. Because Daniel attacks projects with the drive of a professional athlete, he also plays a vital role in the capital-raising phase of client projects. Daniel is known to his clients as a "conceptualizer" "or" "stylist of concept."

Daniel's design experience has encompassed everything from working on high-confidentiality military projects to developing designer fashion apparel. He takes on singular projects, such as the latest exercise trend seen on Direct Response Television, as well as full product lines, such as Riddell's complete lacrosse equipment collection. Daniel's legacy speaks not only to his versatility, but also to the mastery of his craft. For instance, the conceptual portfolio of interactive packaging that he developed for Masterfoods in 2004 had the highest market test acceptance rate score the company had ever seen.