Two-time founder & award-winning designer. I talk about founders' mental health and the mindset to live a joyful life. I love fixing old motorcycles 🛵

I’m a two-time founder and award-winning design director with a proven track record of leading teams to successfully bring over 50 innovative physical and digital products to market.

With 20+ years of experience across startups, consultancies, and corporate settings, I’ve developed a holistic approach that combines creative design thinking, operational and manufacturing expertise, and emotional intelligence to drive innovation and team success.

Today, I serve as Director of Products at Grizzly Industrial, where I lead three brands: Grizzly, Shop Fox, and South Bend, overseeing product strategy, design, merchandising, pricing, logistics, and development.

In parallel, I continue to coach a select group of founders and leaders, placing emotional intelligence at the core of my work to empower better decision-making, stronger collaboration, and sustainable growth. 

I also write regularly:

Advise Myself → essays on emotional intelligence and personal growth

The Design Practice → essays on product management, design, and leadership


Originally from Argentina 🇦🇷 and now based in Bellingham, WA, I enjoy life as a dad, exploring the outdoors, and restoring old motorcycles 🛵 🏍️.

Career Highlights include:

 ➜ Founded and led two startups, including one exit in 2022.
 ➜ Directed the design and launch of 50+ products across industries.
 ➜ Earned 35 patents for innovative product designs.
 ➜ Exhibited twice at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), with one design in its permanent collection.
 ➜ Created products that won more than 75 major design awards.
 ➜ Founded and built a design consultancy serving global brands such as Crate & Barrel, CB2, Club Quarters Hotels, and Herman Miller.
 ➜ Established overseas manufacturing operations for multiple clients.

Manuel Saez

Zennor Robinson 🌸

Calzen Unlimited

Building powerful personal brands for founders and professionals that bring:

Inbound jobs
Inbound clients
Inbound candidates
Inbound opportunities 
Investor interest & potential

Personal branding is going to be the thing of the future.

If you want to start reaping the rewards then you need to get started today.

Building a strong personal brand will take a lot of time.

Now you have two choices:

Invest the time,

Or

Invest in us to do it for you.

PS. remember one key thing: you cannot buy more time but you can make more money!

Co-Founder: Personal Branding Agency

The Personal Branding Strategy Guide

This Personal Branding Strategy Guide can 10x your chances of inbound business opportunities.

This guide is a fully editable document which allows you to use it as you wish. This guide isn't for you if you just want pages and pages of text to read which you will never look at again and forget in 1 day. This guide is a full Personal Branding Marketing Strategy to use on social media for you to fill in.

Only subscribe if you are serious about working on your personal brand or trying to figure out more about what personal branding can do for you.

This Personal Branding Strategy Guide will:

- Help you define your content pillars and your ICP's.
- Help you attract the right audience for your business.
- Establish your credibility by positioning as a Visionary Leader.
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The Personal Branding Strategy Guide For LinkedIn & Beyond

The Entrepreneurial Parents Podcast

Podcast Host

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Proactively engaging in business development and sales calls, I strategically employed various systems to identify top-tier candidates for available positions. 

My role extended to conducting both virtual and face-to-face interviews to ensure the quality of potential hires before submission to clients. 

Orchestrating interview arrangements and negotiating for improved candidate salaries were integral aspects of my responsibilities. 

Emphasising the power of marketing, I executed impactful email marketing campaigns through platforms like Instantly and leveraged the reach of social media channels such as Facebook, Google Shorts, TikTok, Instagram, and LinkedIn. 

Recognising the pivotal role of SEO optimisation, I fine-tuned the agency's website for enhanced visibility. 

Furthermore, I contributed to content marketing through blog writing for the website and LinkedIn newsletter, maintaining and updating the main website to stay current and competitive. 

The extensive focus on marketing insights led to the realisation that organisations could benefit significantly from leveraging marketing in candidate searches, prompting a strategic shift from the recruitment agency to the establishment of a personal branding agency.

Co-Founder

Secondary School

Mathematics Teacher

The only personal branding manager/ coach you'll ever need 💓 Social media & branding specialist, coach and ghostwriter for Founders and C-level execs 💗 We can brand your company too 💞

So you want to generate more leads in your business.
The online world is the way to go, but how do you generate leads online?

Well you could spam cold outreach to everyone, or...

You could invest time into organic marketing and building a reputable personal brand. 

A personal brand is something that isn't going to be a desirable business trait. 

It will become a non-negotiable necessity, for your marketing budget. 

Consistency is the most important thing for building your personal brand.

Show up daily, build that omnipresence and be remembered. 

A strong personal brand can bring:

- inbound leads
- inbound customers
- interest from investors
- networking opportunities 
- ways to collaborate and grow
- desirable exit opportunities for you

Ultimately, if done right a personal brand will become a lifelong asset. 

At Calzen, we build the personal brands of the future.

Offering the following services:

- Personal Brand Strategy Sessions
- Profile Creation & Optimisation
- Personal Brand Management 
- Company Page Management 
- LinkedIn Newsletter Growth
- Social Media Management
- LinkedIn Power Hours

We don't just brand, we PERSONAL BRAND. 

Download our FREE Personal Branding Strategy Guide today - link at the top of my profile (under website)!

Unless, you want to be late to the personal branding party.

Want to chat soon? Send me a message today or email me at info@calzen.co.uk

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Zennor Robinson 🌸

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