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Location Redmond, Washington, United States
Regions Greater Seattle Area, West Coast, Western US
Gender Male

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John Maeda is based out of Redmond, Washington and is the CVP Engineering, CoreAI Computational Design & Research of Microsoft. John previously worked at Publicis Sapient as a Executive Vice President, Chief Experience Officer. John Maeda attended the Arizona State University. John Maeda is received National Design Award,AIGA Medal.

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investments. Their latest investment was

Series B - Walker & Company Brands

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Walker & Company Brands	—	Series B - Walker & Company Brands	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	AWAIR	No	Seed Round - AWAIR	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Eyegroove	—	Seed Round - Eyegroove	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Flipsicle	—	Seed Round - Flipsicle	obfuscated obfuscation

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Walker & Company Brands

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Eyegroove

Walker & Company Brands We make health and beauty simple for people of color.
Eyegroove Eyegroove is a social network for mobile video creativity that enables video editing, music presentation, and video effects.

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John Maeda

is the

CVP Engineering, CoreAI Computational Design & Research

Microsoft

. Additionally,

John Maeda

has had

past jobs including

VP Engineering, CoreAI Computational Design & Research

Microsoft

Microsoft CVP Engineering, CoreAI Computational Design & ResearchMar 2026

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Microsoft	VP Engineering, CoreAI Computational Design & Research	Sep 2025	Mar 2026
Microsoft	VP Engineering, AI Platform Computational Design	May 2024	Sep 2025
Microsoft	VP of Design and Artificial Intelligence	Nov 2022	May 2024
EverBridge	SVP Chief Experience Officer	Oct 2020	2022
Publicis Sapient	Executive Vice President, Chief Experience Officer	Aug 2019	Oct 2020
Automattic	Global Head, Computational Design and Inclusion	Aug 2016	2019
Kleiner Perkins	Design Partner	2014	Aug 2016
Rhode Island School of Design	President / Chief Executive Officer	Jun 2008	Jan 2014
Rhode Island School of Design	President	Jun 2008	Dec 2013
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Professor of Media Arts and Sciences	—	—

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John Maeda

holds

board and advisor roles including

Board Member

Cooper Hewitt

Member of the Advisory Board

Motorola Mobility (a Lenovo Company)

, and

Member of the Advisory Board

Voyadi

Cooper Hewitt Board Member2002
Motorola Mobility (a Lenovo Company) Member of the Advisory Board
Voyadi Member of the Advisory Board
Luminoso Member of the Public Advisory Services
wordnik Member of the Advisory Board
TAHKOM Systems Member of the Advisory Council
R/GA Accelerator Mentor

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Sonos	Board Member	Mar 2012	Dec 2020
Quirky	Member of the Board of Directors	2010	2013
Procter & Gamble Company	Member of the Design Advisory Board	—	—
Layer	Board Advisor	—	—
eBay	Member of the Advisory Board	—	—

Education

John Maeda

studied at

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

, and

University of Tsukuba

Massachusetts Institute of Technology BSComputer Science and Electrical Engineering19841988
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MasterComputer Science & Electrical Engineering19881989
University of Tsukuba Ph.D.Design Science19901996
Arizona State University M.B.A.unknown20062008

Events

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John Maeda

has participated in

events. They most recently attended, or will attend,

SXSW 2024

Mar 8, 2024

SXSW 2024 Speaker Austin, Texas, United States, North AmericaMar 8, 2024
WEB SUMMIT 2022 - Lisbon SpeakerNov 1, 2022
SXSW 2020 Speaker Austin, Texas, United States, North AmericaMar 13, 2020
Tech Inclusion San Francisco 2018 Speaker San Francisco, California, United States, North AmericaOct 15, 2018
Adobe MAX 2018 Speaker Los Angeles, California, United States, North AmericaOct 15, 2018
99U Conference 2018 Speaker New York, New York, United States, North AmericaMay 9, 2018
Web Summit 2016 Speaker Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal, EuropeNov 7, 2016
WSJDLive 2016 Speaker Laguna Beach, California, United States, North AmericaOct 24, 2016
Goal Summit 2015 Speaker San Francisco, California, United States, North AmericaApr 16, 2015

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Jul 13, 2021