Mauricio Mejía

CEO

Phoenix, Arizona, United States23 yrs 10 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in strategic design approaches and practices.
  • Collaborates across diverse fields like health and sustainability.
  • Extensive experience in design research and education.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic design expert with a focus on education and interdisciplinary collaboration.

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Skills

Core Skills

Design ResearchStrategic Design

Other Skills

Interaction DesignExperience DesignService DesignDesign ThinkingGraphic DesignDesign StrategyTeachingUser-centered DesignDesign EducationVisual CommunicationBehavior ChangeSocial Design

About

Mauricio Mejía is a Professor of Design at Arizona State University. His current work is about designing change and strategic design. He explores how professional designers can address complex situations and how other professionals use a design mindset. He often collaborates with practitioners and researchers in other fields, such as health, sustainability, business, and education. Dr. Mejía studies and works with diverse design practices and approaches such as design research, service design, experience design, collaborative design, and futures methods.

Experience

Arizona state university

6 roles

Interim Program Head of Industrial Design

Jan 2026Present · 2 mos

Professor of Design

Jul 2024Present · 1 yr 8 mos

Associate Director of Research and Knowledge Enterprise for The Design School

Promoted

Jan 2022May 2025 · 3 yrs 4 mos

Interim Program Head of Visual Communication Design

Aug 2021Dec 2021 · 4 mos

Associate Professor of Design

Promoted

Jul 2020Jun 2024 · 3 yrs 11 mos

Assistant Professor of Design

Aug 2018Jul 2020 · 1 yr 11 mos

Universidad de caldas

3 roles

PhD in Design and Creation program director

Jul 2015Jul 2018 · 3 yrs

Associate Professor

Promoted

Jan 2014Jul 2018 · 4 yrs 6 mos

Auxiliar/Assistant Professor

Jan 2006Dec 2013 · 7 yrs 11 mos

University of minnesota

Graduate Assistant

Aug 2010Aug 2013 · 3 yrs

  • Research assistant in interaction design and usability and teaching assistant in Design Thinking and Computer Applications Courses.

University of cincinnati

Graduate Assistant

Sep 2008May 2010 · 1 yr 8 mos

  • Research assistant in project visualization of medical concepts and universal symbol systems and teaching assistant in Design Foundations Studio.

Self-employed

Design Consultant

Aug 2003Present · 22 yrs 7 mos

  • I have experience with diverse independent projects including areas of interaction design, experience design, design research, service design, and strategic design.
Interaction DesignExperience DesignDesign ResearchService DesignStrategic Design

Universidad del cauca

Assistant professor

Jul 2003Jan 2006 · 2 yrs 6 mos

  • Design teaching

Viónica s.a.

Design director and manager

Jun 2002Jul 2003 · 1 yr 1 mo

Education

University of Minnesota

PhD — Design

Jan 2010Jan 2013

University of Cincinnati

Master — Design

Jan 2008Jan 2010

Universidad Autonoma de Manizales

Bachelor's degree — Industrial Design

Jan 1993Jan 1998

Colegio San Luis Gonzaga

High School Diploma

Jan 1989Jan 1991

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