Federico Casalegno

CEO

San Francisco, California, United States32 yrs 3 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led innovation in product experience at Samsung.
  • Founded MIT Design Lab and Mobile Experience Lab.
  • Mentored future designers and innovators.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in design innovation and product strategy within the technology sector.

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Business StrategyCreative DirectionDesign ThinkingDigital MediaDigital StrategyEntrepreneurshipEthnographyHuman Computer InteractionInteraction DesignManagementNew MediaProduct DesignProduct DevelopmentRapid PrototypingResearch

About

As Executive Vice President at Samsung, I lead product experience innovation across business units. I build teams of designers, engineers, creative technologist and strategists who create innovative products and experiences that enhance the lives of millions of customers around the world. I lead the advanced design and next generation experience planning and, as head of design and AI, I’ve established the Computational Design function and lead the digital transformation within the organization. Directly report to CEO, demonstrated successes on delivering cutting innovative products to market, I champion experience driven innovation. I thrive to foster a culture of innovation and excellence through human-centered design, I am passionate about mentoring and empowering the next generation of designers and innovators. At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology I’ve created the MIT Design Lab, and the MIT Mobile Experience Lab, and conducted advanced research and projects on the intersection of design, AI and new technologies. As former Professor, I taught at MIT and MIT Madia Lab. Previously at Motorola and Philips Design.

Experience

Samsung electronics

9 roles

Head Samsung Global Design Studios

Nov 2025Present · 4 mos

Head, Next Generation Experience Planning, Video Division

Jan 2024Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

Head of Samsung Global Design Strategy & Global Design Studios

Dec 2022Dec 2024 · 2 yrs

Head of Computational Design, AI & design

Promoted

Nov 2022Present · 3 yrs 4 mos

Head, Experience Design & Planning, Samsung Research

Jan 2021Feb 2025 · 4 yrs 1 mo

Head, Next Generation Experience Planning, Mobile Division, Customer Experience Office

Promoted

Jan 2020Present · 6 yrs 2 mos

Head, Next Generation Product Strategy

Jan 2019Jan 2021 · 2 yrs

Head, Experience Planning, Mobile Division, Customer Experience Office

Jan 2019Jan 2021 · 2 yrs

Head, Samsung Design Innovation Center - Chief Design & Innovation Officer

Feb 2018Present · 8 yrs 1 mo

Innovation by design, llc

Founder, CEO

Jan 2014Jan 2018 · 4 yrs · Boston, MA

Massachusetts institute of technology (mit) - design lab

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT Design Lab) - Founder & Executive Director

Jan 2006Jan 2021 · 15 yrs · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

  • Founder and Director with Bill Mitchell.
  • At MIT, the Design Laboratory exists within a context of broad-based technological innovation, and it builds upon the unique advantages offered by this setting. It pursues research, executes practical design and art projects, and engages in scholarship and criticism.
  • It is organized as a collection of multidisciplinary research and project teams, and it is not constrained by the traditional boundaries among design, planning and engineering professions and disciplines.

Enadis design consulting

Founder, CEO

Jan 2006Jan 2018 · 12 yrs · Greater Milan Metropolitan Area

Motorola

User Experience Designer - User Experience Modeling manager

Jan 2004Jan 2008 · 4 yrs · Chicago, IL

Mit media laboratory

Research Scientist, Lecturer

Jan 2001Jan 2012 · 11 yrs · MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA, USA

Massachusetts institute of technology (mit)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Associate Professor of the Practice

Sep 2000Feb 2020 · 19 yrs 5 mos

Philips design

User experience designer, new media antrhopologist, ethnographic research lead

Jan 1994Jan 2003 · 9 yrs

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Jan 2000Jan 2020

Harvard Business School

Global Executive Leadership Program

Jan 2019Jan 2019

University of Ottawa

Post Doctoral — New media culture and society / Collective Intelligence

Jan 2002Jan 2003

Université Paris-Sorbonne

Ph.D — new media culture and society

Jan 1993Jan 2000

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