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In this presentation, Charlie Hill will give an overview of IBM Design, one of the most advanced corporate design programs in the world. IBM is one of the largest software vendors in the world, as well as the largest IT services organization. In recent years IBM has undertaken an ambitious initiative to build a sustainable culture and practice of design across the company, with the goal of creating products and services that users love. Today, more than two thousand designers work at IBM, and multidisciplinary teams across the company have adopted design thinking practices, putting users at the center of teamwork and decision making. The task of bringing design to IBM required many operational innovations including a decentralized design management system; a design thinking framework adapted for complex software development projects; a network of 46 studios around the world; and a professional career model for designers up to the senior executive level. After his presentation, Charlie will be happy to answer your questions about design at IBM.

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Charlie Hill is a software product designer at IBM with a deep track record in both product development and research roles. In 2017, he was appointed an IBM Fellow, IBM's highest technical position. In his current role as Vice President, Platform Experience, Charlie works on the design of IBM’s hybrid multicloud platform. In 2012, he co-founded IBM Design with the mission to build a sustainable culture of design and design thinking at IBM. He led the development of Enterprise Design Thinking, IBM’s widely adopted framework for achieving user-centric outcomes at scale, as well as IBM’s professional career model for designers and a successful diversity program for design leaders. Previously he led the design of a series of innovative web-based collaboration software products at IBM. From 1993-1998 he was a senior designer in the Human Interface Group at Apple, where he worked on the design of digital workspaces and integrated hardware-software experiences (working closely with the Industrial Design group). Charlie holds a PhD in engineering from Imperial College, and a Master of Design (MDes) from the Royal College of Art, both in London, England.

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You're invited to the Spring Design Expo hosted by the Segal Design Institute on June 7 at the Ford Engineering Design Center.

Come see graduate and upper-level undergraduate design work on Friday, June 7 from 5:00pm until 7:00pm. Work by students in Northwestern's Design for America chapter, the Engineering Portfolio Development and Presentation course, and the Leonardo, Geometry, and the Art of Manufacturing course will be on display.

Segal Design Institute will host a reception and awards ceremony honoring the Class of 2019 graduates. We will celebrate the accomplishments of our graduates in the Manufacturing and Design Engineering (MaDE), McCormick Integrated Engineering Studies (MIES), and Segal Design Certificate programs as well as seniors who have served as Shop Trainers.

Graduates and their families are invited to the atrium of Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Cente on Friday, June 21 from 2pm until 4pm for a reception and awards ceremony (at 2:30pm). The reception will include light refreshments.

Registration is required and graduating seniors in the aforementioned programs will be emailed an invitation with a registration link.