Mike Kruzeniski is a Creative Director at Microsoft, in the Windows Phone design studio. He currently leads design for all of the Communications, Business, and International experiences for Windows Phone. He recently lead the design effort to help third party developers learn and build Apps for the new Windows Phone platform, helped to establish the design relationship between Microsoft and Nokia, and has lead several design incubation projects at Microsoft including the Windows Phone KIN. Before joining Microsoft, Mike worked for Nokia Design on their Insight + Innovation team in Los Angeles, and Designafairs in Erlangen, Germany. He has a Master’s Degree in Interaction Design from the Umeå Institute of Design in northern Sweden, a Bachelor of Industrial Design from Emily Carr University in Vancouver, Canada, and has studied at the Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weissensee, the Yale School of Management, and the UCLA Anderson School of Management. He writes occasionally at www.kruzeniski.com and enjoys speaking about design at conferences such as IxDA and SXSW.
 
Email: mkruzeniski@gmail.com

Twitter: @mkruzeniski

Seattle, WA