Innovation Leader @ Microsoft Research / Xbox, IDEO / Designer / Inventor
London, United Kingdom
Microsoft Research
Innovation Director
March 2015 to Present
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Lift London, Microsoft Xbox Studios
Innovation Director
March 2013 to March 2015
IDEO
Design & Development Lead, Co-Founder for OpenIDEO
February 2010 to March 2013
London, United Kingdom
IDEO
Principal Interaction Designer
August 2006 to March 2013
Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design
External Examiner
2013 to 2013
Copenhagen Area, Denmark
Stanford University
Prototyping workshop lead
July 2008 to July 2008
British Design Council
Interaction Designer
July 2005 to September 2005
Independent
Web Designer & Developer
May 2003 to July 2005
ExtendMedia
Web & Flash Developer
April 2003 to November 2003
XLTEK
Software Engineer
August 2000 to July 2002
Space-Time Research
Software Engineer
February 1999 to May 2000
Monash University
Research Assistant - Computer Science Masters
November 1998 to January 1999
Monash University
Teaching Assistant - Computer Science
January 1998 to December 1998
#xf - IRC channel for the X-Files
Channel op
1993 to 1996
What company does Haiyan Zhang work for?
Haiyan Zhang works for Microsoft Research
What is Haiyan Zhang's role at Microsoft Research?
Haiyan Zhang is Innovation Director
What industry does Haiyan Zhang work in?
Haiyan Zhang works in the Design industry.
Who are Haiyan Zhang's colleagues?
Haiyan Zhang's colleagues are Adriana Menniti, Marcelo Tavano, Gabriela Sylos, Leopoldo Godoy, Murilo Pinheiro, Johnatan Gomes, Giselle Siqueira de Oliveira, Pamela Boyd, Daniel Ochieng, and Sandra PMP
📖 Summary
Haiyan Zhang is an interaction designer, technologist and maker of things. She is Innovation Director at Microsoft Research Cambridge. Exploring new "Connected Play" experiences enabled by cutting-edge technology. Haiyan was formerly Innovation Director at Lift London, a Microsoft Game Studio; Co-Founder and Design Lead for the innovation platform, OpenIDEO. With over 50,000 users worldwide solving challenges for social good and used as the enterprise innovation engine for organisations such as British Airways, DeutscheBank, Harvard Business School. Working at the design consultancy, IDEO, she has created innovative tech experiences for community building, entertainment, and financial services. She has also worked with leading videogame makers on research and game ideas for new play experiences. Clients Haiyan has worked with include Mattel, Electronic Arts, HBO, France Telecom, Alcatel, Cisco, and AT&T. Haiyan believes in a holistic approach to design. Starting from user research and insights, she leverages her design skills to create prototypes, interfaces, sketches, scenarios, advertisements to reflect the user’s experience as a journey beyond a single product moment. Haiyan’s work is informed by her previous profession as a software engineer and user interface designer creating applications for the biomedical and data-mining industries. As part of a team of software developers from Excel Tech in Canada, she created an electroencephalograph (EEG) visualization tool for intra-operative monitoring which is currently being used in hospitals across North America. Haiyan graduated in 2006 with distinction in a Masters degree in Interaction Design from the renowned Interaction Design Institute in Ivrea, and has a Bachelor of Computer Science (First-Class Honours) from Monash University, Australia. She has lived and worked in Australia, Toronto, China, Italy, San Francisco and now resides in London.Innovation Director @ Exploring new "Connected Play" experiences enabled by cutting-edge technology. From March 2015 to Present (10 months) Cambridge, United KingdomInnovation Director @ From March 2013 to March 2015 (2 years 1 month) Design & Development Lead, Co-Founder for OpenIDEO @ From February 2010 to March 2013 (3 years 2 months) London, United KingdomPrincipal Interaction Designer @ From August 2006 to March 2013 (6 years 8 months) External Examiner @ From 2013 to 2013 (less than a year) Copenhagen Area, DenmarkPrototyping workshop lead @ From July 2008 to July 2008 (1 month) Interaction Designer @ From July 2005 to September 2005 (3 months) Web Designer & Developer @ From May 2003 to July 2005 (2 years 3 months) Web & Flash Developer @ From April 2003 to November 2003 (8 months) Software Engineer @ From August 2000 to July 2002 (2 years) Software Engineer @ From February 1999 to May 2000 (1 year 4 months) Research Assistant - Computer Science Masters @ From November 1998 to January 1999 (3 months) Teaching Assistant - Computer Science @ From January 1998 to December 1998 (1 year) Channel op @ From 1993 to 1996 (3 years) MA, Interaction Design @ Interaction Design Institute Ivrea From 2004 to 2006 Post Graduate Diploma, Interactive Multimedia @ Sheridan College From 2002 to 2003 Honors Degree of Bachelor of Computer Science, Computer Science, Film Studies @ Monash University From 1995 to 1998 Haiyan Zhang is skilled in: Prototyping, Interaction Design, Service Design, Flash, Social Design, Design Management, User Experience, User-centered Design, User Interface Design, Electronics, User Interface, Experience Design, Toy Design, Design Strategy, Human-computer Interaction
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