John Maeda

American technologist and product experience leader. Currently vp eng, head of computational design for Microsoft AI Platform. Author of five books including a gentle intro to AI/ML "How To Speak Machine (Penguin)" and the "Laws of Simplicity (MIT Press)." Represented in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, NYC and the Cartier Foundation, Paris. First recipient of White House’s National Design Award for algorithmically-generated visualizations informed by data.

>“Maeda is to design what Warren Buffett is to finance.” —Wired Magazine

MillerKnoll board of directors. Formerly chief technology officer of Everbridge, Sonos board of directors, Wieden+Kennedy board of directors, Kleiner Perkins design partner, 16th president of Rhode Island School of Design.