SGW Designworks

11/26/2025

Award Alert:

We are excited to share that the Inclusion Table, envisioned by our client and visionary founder Neil Marion, just won a McKnights Tech Award for its positive impact on senior care.

Neil brought a clear mission and strong purpose to this project. Our team helped turn that vision into a fully engineered hardware product, and it is great to see it recognized on a national stage.

Congrats to Neil and the entire Inclusion Table team!

Product info: https://inclusiontable.com/

Award info: https://www.mcknightsseniorliving.com/news/15th-annual-mcknights-tech-awards-celebrate-industry-success-in-enhancing-care-operations/

Top senior living and care technology efforts and the individuals and companies behind them were honored across 16 categories Wednesday at the 15th annual McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards ceremony.

11/12/2025

We’ve seen this trend firsthand — more hardware and equipment companies are realizing the value of Fractional CTO leadership.

At SGW Designworks, we’ve formalized it into our Fractional Hardware CTO offering, helping companies align technical strategy with business goals.

Learn more about how this works:
👉 https://www.sgwdesignworks.com/fractional-hardware-cto

The right fractional CTO can give a hardware firm the ability to access world-class leadership, shape strong product portfolios and move faster in their market.

10/08/2025

We know a bit about prototyping here. What are some of the top prototyping mistakes we see businesses make? Check out this Forbes Business Council from our CEO on the topic: https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbesbusinesscouncil/2025/10/06/prototype-pitfalls-mistakes-to-avoid-during-product-development/

Explore five keys ways to make prototyping work best for your business.

10/07/2025

We know from working on over 100 commercialized products that to be successful, development teams need to think of prototyping not as just a milestone in late development, but as a ongoing part of the process.

09/12/2025

If you're hiring a product development firm, should you use a RFQ? Ryan Gray weighs in via Forbes Business Council.

"Trying to lock down the full scope and cost before starting often leads to constraints, bad assumptions and missed opportunities."

https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbesbusinesscouncil/2025/09/10/do-your-rfps-make-room-for-the-unknown-heres-why-they-should/

Before you publish a request for proposals or quotes, make sure you know what you're asking for and whether it's a realistic request.

08/29/2025

How easy is it for people to use your product?

08/14/2025

Big congratulations to Pnümix for a successful launch! We're proud to have helped develop the product, and wish the team there all the success in the world!

And congrats to Addie on our team - it's always rewarding to see your work become a real product.

https://www.pnumix.com/

07/08/2025

Do you make a distinction between your sustaining engineers and your product developers? If not, perhaps you should. Check out this Forbes Business Council article by Ryan Gray that digs deeper on the topic:

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

06/11/2025

Do you have a handle on your Landed Cost? Not sure what we're talking about? This might help: https://www.sgwdesignworks.com/blog/the-impact-of-landed-cost

05/20/2025

Tariffs, supply chain chaos, and rising costs are making it harder than ever to bring hardware products to market.

But smart product development can turn these challenges into opportunities.

In his latest Forbes article, our CEO Ryan Gray shares 6 strategies product developers can use to reduce risk and keep projects on track — even in the face of global disruption.

🧠 Whether you’re designing industrial, consumer, or medical products, this is a must-read.

👉 Read the full article here:
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbesbusinesscouncil/2025/05/20/an-alternative-to-tariff-panic-six-tips-for-product-developers/

05/05/2025

We love developing tools for people that build amazing things.

Check out this Miter Saw Station we helped develop last year - it won Pro Tools Innovation Awards recognition in 2024: https://lnkd.in/graa4r_C