John Maeda (born 1966) is an American executive, designer, technologist. His work explores the area where business, design, and technology merge to make space for the “humanist technologist.”^[1][2] He is Global Head, Computational Design and Inclusion at Automattic^[3] where he seeks to address the diversity gap in tech^[4] by exploring how inclusion can be a key ingredient for success in the technology industry.^[5][6][7]

As an artist, Maeda’s early work redefined the use of electronic media as a tool for expression by combining computer programming with traditional artistic technique, laying the groundwork for the interactive motion graphics that are taken for granted on the web today. He has exhibited in one-man shows in London, New York and Paris. His work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Cartier Foundation in Paris.