John Maeda
Designer and technologist; vice president of design and AI at Microsoft, former president of RISD.
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- John Maeda is an American designer, technologist and writer.
- He is vice president of design and artificial intelligence at Microsoft.
- He was a professor at the MIT Media Lab for 12 years, president of the Rhode Island School of Design from June 2008 to December 2013, design partner at Kleiner Perkins, and chief technology officer of Everbridge from October 2020 to October 2022.
- He wrote The Laws of Simplicity (2006) and How To Speak Machine (2019).
Key facts
- Born
- 1966, Seattle1
- Microsoft
- Vice president of design and artificial intelligence (as of November 2026)1
- Before
- MIT Media Lab professor, 12 years, to 2008; president of RISD, June 2008 to December 2013; design partner at Kleiner Perkins; Automattic; Publicis Sapient, 2019 to 2020; CTO of Everbridge, October 2020 to October 20221
- Education
- Bachelor's and master's, MIT; PhD in design, University of Tsukuba; MBA, Arizona State University1
- Books
- The Laws of Simplicity (MIT Press, 2006); How To Speak Machine (2019)1
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