About Heath

Building systems that bring people closer to real life

Heath Gagné is an entrepreneur, digital strategist, designer, founder of TribeLife, founder and CEO of HG Design+, and United States Marine Corps veteran.

His work combines technology, design, community, experiences, and mission-driven infrastructure. Across companies and projects, the goal is consistent: build useful systems that make organizations stronger and help people participate more fully in life.

From service to systems

Military service shaped Heath’s approach to responsibility, preparation, adaptability, and leadership. A later education in integrated multimedia connected that discipline to design, technology, filmmaking, and business.

That combination became HG Design+, a multidisciplinary digital practice serving organizations nationwide. The agency’s work has grown beyond websites into platforms, applications, brand systems, commerce, SEO, CRM, and the operational infrastructure behind the public experience.

Building TribeLife

TribeLife is Heath’s founder-led response to a simple cultural problem: people have never had more ways to connect and still struggle to find genuine relationships, trusted places, and meaningful reasons to participate in the world around them.

The platform is being designed to connect community, local discovery, real-world experiences, membership value, and human legacy in one intentional ecosystem.

Personal thesis: the strongest technology should leave people more capable, more connected, and more present in their actual lives.

Timeline

A career built in chapters.

Service

United States Marine Corps

Served in the infantry. The experience shaped a lasting preference for clear missions, prepared teams, disciplined execution, and responsibility to the people beside you.

Higher education

Hawai‘i Pacific University

Earned a Bachelor of Arts in Integrated Multimedia, with minors in Studio Art and Business Management, joining creative practice with commercial thinking.

2010–Present

HG Design+

Built a multidisciplinary digital practice serving businesses and nonprofits through strategy, design, technology, and operating systems.

Founder chapter

TribeLife

Created a community platform focused on real relationships, trusted discovery, meaningful experiences, and human legacy.