My Story
From Sketches to Systems: A Journey from Storyboard Art to GenAI.
An unconventional adventure:
My career began in the labor-intensive world of 3D animation, medical illustration, and technical product illustration, disciplines that taught me precision, visual storytelling, and created a deep understanding of complex systems and how they work together. This foundation led to creative leadership roles in marketing and advertising, directing growth campaigns, and shaping travel experiences for outdoor brands. I launched a digital mapping company, info-maps, after noticing tourists in Vail struggle to use town maps on their new iPhones. This eventually led to the foundation of Fall-Line Productions where I spent 5 years guiding the development of digital and physical products, while honing my expertise in e-Commerce, SEO, content strategy, and product-led growth strategies.
My journey eventually led me to take on product and product marketing leadership roles spanning the design and integration of large-scale, ML-powered personalization engines and guiding successful launches of AI-on-Edge Security Systems. More recently, I helped to launch multiple award-nominated Generative AI experiences.
Today, I lead Fall-Line Productions, a strategic consultancy specializing in outdoor and adventure travel brands, where I optimize operations across product, marketing, and technology to build and launch scalable, human-first products and memorable hybrid experiences for those who still love to explore.
Beyond the Screen:
When I’m not wearing one of my many product hats, you’ll find me far from the screen, off-grid and unplugged. From rowing the Grand Canyon to heli-skiing, I spend my free time getting as far away from technology as humanly possible.
What They Say
“Brian is a gifted product leader, designer, and marketing professional. He is also an excellent problem solver. Brian has a calm, “can do” attitude. I am always confident when Brian takes the lead position that the task will be completed on time and more importantly that it will be done right. I have never been disappointed in this regard.
Recently, I worked with Brian on a challenging “startup” initiative. The nature of a startup means people must be willing to take on new tasks that are outside their normal job description. Brian immediately took a leadership and quickly gained the confidence of everyone on the team. Thanks to his great work; the project is on budget, is ahead of schedule and is gaining momentum.”
~ Tim F. CEO
Brian Forkner is a strategic and proven leader across product, operations, marketing, and experience design. With a passion for helping entrepreneurs and small business owners succeed, Brian works as a trusted partner, building the connective tissue between user, brand, and system by translating vision into human-centered physical and digital products and experiences that scale. Today, Brian leads Fall-Line Productions, a strategic consultancy specializing in outdoor and adventure travel brands where he helps optimize operations across product, marketing, and technology to build and launch scalable, human-first products and memorable hybrid experiences for those who still love to explore.