Faculty
Leadership
Amy O'Keefe is the Director of EDI and teaches Service Design. She leads design sprint and micro-pilot coursework. Amy has consulted on service, experience, and integrated multi-channel initiatives for Fortune 50 retail and global Am Law 100 clients.
Human-Centered Design Studio Faculty
Liz Gerber
Co-Director, Center for Human Computer Interaction + Design
Co-Director, Delta Lab
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Founder, Design for America
Liz Gerber teaches Service Design and leads research in the Segal Design Institute. She studies and designs social computing systems to support innovation.
Greg Holderfield
Executive Director, Segal Design Institute
Co-director, MMM Program
Pentair - D. Eugene and Bonnie L. Nugent Clinical Professor of Design Innovation
Greg Holderfield teaches Design Strategy Studio. Greg was the vice president of design and strategy at
Faculty
Dan Brown teaches Differentiation by Design and Intellectual Property and Innovation. He is the founder and president of LoggerHead Tools and a principal at Consul-Tech Concepts. He also holds over 30 U.S. utility patents.
John Hartman teaches Communication Design and a number of industrial design courses in the Segal Design Institute. He was previously Industrial Design Lead at Lunar Design.
Rick Hoobler
Adjunct Lecturer
Tom co-teaches Interaction Design and is the Chief Experience Officer for Abundant Health Acquisition (aha!), a digital product company dedicated to improving the healthcare experience.
Craig teaches Designing Product Interactions and advises students and teams in the EDI and MMM programs. Craig is founder of the product design and innovation company TBD Innovation, and co-founder of the tangible social media venture Venn Labs.
Michael Saubert is a visionary multi-disciplinary industrial designer and creative director, boasting an illustrious career spanning over three decades. With an extraordinary ability to transform ideas into tangible creations, he has left an indelible mark on diverse fields, from mobile app design to household appliances.
Amy co-teaches Thesis Studio. She is a cognitive psychologist who was previously the global design research lead for the health practice at IDEO. Currently, she consults as a Principal at Empathic Innovation and serves as a mentor at MATTER, the Chicago health-tech incubator.
Elisa Vargas teaches Service Design. Currently, she leads the global user experience design practice as design director at Motorola Mobility.
Helen von den Steinen teaches Product Design Studio and Design Research. She was previously a Research and Development Principal Scientist at Procter & Gamble.
Jesse Wilbur
Adjunct Lecturer
