Dr. Paul Pangaro

Paul Pangaro, Ph.D., is a technology executive, conversation theorist, entrepreneur and teacher. CTO and co-founder of CyberneticLifestyles, he consults to startups and product groups, mobile device companies and research organizations. Recent clients include Zite, Samsung, Nokia, Alcatel-Lucent, Instituto Itaú Cultural (São Paulo), Intellectual Ventures, Citigroup, Poetry Foundation, Ogilvy & Mather, and Gideon Gartner. Projects span software roadmaps, design of mobile services, new models for user interaction, and design for innovation. His experience with organizations has led to a rigorous understanding of the barriers to change and a set of prescriptions for enterprise innovation and creative teamwork that he has presented in São Paulo, Paris, Vienna, Amsterdam and throughout the United States.

At Stanford University, Paul co-taught a course in the cybernetics of design with Hugh Dubberly for 6 years and teaches now in the School for the Visual Arts MFA Interaction Design program in New York City. He was awarded a B.S. from MIT in Computer Science and Humanities, and a Ph.D. in Cybernetics from Brunel University. His work can be found at http://pangaro.com/.