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Kris Tomasson (born 1967) is an American industrial designer and vice president of Design at NIO.

Early Life and Education
Kris Tomasson was born in New York to Marlene and Helgi Tómasson. He studied transportation design at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, and graduated with honours as a Bachelor of Science (BS).

Career
After graduation, he worked as a designer in various companies, from 1992 to 1998 for the first time for BMW, then as design director, Innovation of the Arnell Group, for the Coca-Cola Company (Global Design Director), Gulfstream Aerospace, Ford and from April 2014 to May 2015 again for BMW, where he was responsible for the body design of the i-models. In June 2015, he moved from BMW to the Chinese start-up company Next EV (NIO). NIO has focused on the development and production of electric cars. The design studio where Tomasson is based is located in Munich/Bogenhausen, production is in China. Kris Tomasson is vice president Design of NIO's Munich development studio.

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