Our Story
Unha and Kenny started Curious Brain in 2009 with an original iPhone app for guitarists called TouchChords. We raised seed funding for TouchChords from angels and a major music publisher, but the product’s revenues were disappointing. We kept our team and company going however, and began making games and apps for clients. Over the last three years, we have designed and created many leading iOS and Android apps, for a wide array of companies, and can help you with yours.
Leadership
Ken Engels,
Co-Owner / Architect
Ken is an entrepreneur and creative who began his career in the music industry, as a songwriter, musician, producer, and manager. Some of Ken’s achievements in music include a recording contract and various tracks with electronica label Liquid Sky Music, songwriting and production collaborations with Holly Palmer, Nocera, and Cee Lo Green, and soundtrack in the film Zoolander. Today Ken, with his wife Unha and the team at Curious Brain, works on app design, development and strategy for clients that include FedEx Office, Screen Media Ventures, and Atari. In parallel he is also working with Startup Health, a leading health-tech academy, on the establishment of a new startup to develop mobile technology solutions for the performance-based payor models emerging in healthcare today. Ken writes about what he is learning about healthcare, teaching music to his kids, and other things at kennyengels.com.
Unha Engels,
Co-Owner / Creative Director
Unha is a designer and creative leader with over fifteen years of experience in digital products. At Curious Brain she guides a highly talented, multi-disciplinary team across projects involving UX development for mobile and emerging platforms like connected TV, game design, and branding strategy. Unha created the first ‘Curious Brain’ as an art collective in Boston while in college. She blogs about her work at unhaengels.com.