Previously Lee Fain worked as an Industrial Designer with General Electric in Louisville, Kentucky for the Consumer & Industrial Appliance business. There he worked with programs that involved such products as air conditioners, microwaves, refrigerators, industrial circuit breakers, washing machines, cook tops, burner grates, wine racks, and outdoor kitchen configurations. Before entering the field of product development/ industrial design he worked for five years consulting in web development including onsite consulting at Aviano, Italy.

Lee Fain received a Master of Fine Arts in Industrial Design from the Savannah College of Art and Design, and a Bachelor of Arts in Communications with a focus on Design from Campbell University in Buies Creek, North Carolina.

He currently lives in St. Paul, Minnesota with his wife and two children.