John Maeda is an American executive spearheading a new convergence across the design and technology industries. He currently advises dozens of technology startups as a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a world-leading venture capital firm in Silicon Valley. In addition, Maeda serves on the Board of Sonos and Wieden+Kennedy, and on the Technical Advisory Board for Google’s ATAP. Maeda draws on his diverse background as an MIT-trained engineer, award-winning designer, and organization executive to help leaders, inventors and designers push the boundaries of innovation in their fields. An internationally recognized speaker and author, Maeda’s books include The Laws of Simplicity, Creative Code, and Redesigning Leadership. He has appeared as a speaker all over the world, from Davos to Beijing to São Paulo to New York, and his talks for TED.com have received cumulative views of over 2 million to date. At the start of 2015, Fast Company named KPCB one of the ten most innovative companies in design–a position fortified by Maeda’s subsequent launching of the “#DesignInTech Report” which covers venture capital funding and M&A activity for design in the technology industry (available free at http://kpcb.com/design).

Design Partner @ From January 2014 to Present (1 year 11 months) Director @ From March 2012 to Present (3 years 9 months) Trustee @ From 2011 to Present (4 years) Portland, Oregon AreaTechnical Advisory Board Member @ From January 2013 to Present (2 years 11 months) Trustee @ From 2002 to Present (13 years)

Professional Education @ Harvard University From 2009 to 2012 MBA @ Arizona State University From 2006 to 2008 PhD, Design Science @ 筑波大学 / University of Tsukuba From 1990 to 1996 SM, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology From 1988 to 1989 SB, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology From 1984 to 1988 John Maeda is skilled in: Learning, Public Speaking, InDesign, Nonprofits, Start-ups, Strategy, Graphic Design, Leadership, Product Design, Web Development, User Experience, Industrial Design, Management, Social Media, Entrepreneurship