Mickey McManus is a pioneer in the field of collaborative innovation, pervasive computing, human-centered design and education. He is a principal of MAYA Design and the chairman of the board. He holds nine patents in the area of connected products, vehicles, and services.
MAYA is a technology design and innovation lab focused on "taming complexity." MAYA's team of cognitive psychologists, ethnographers, computer scientists, electrical and mechanical engineers, mathematicians, visual and industrial designers, architects, game designers, and filmmakers focuses on designing for people in a world of unbounded, often malignant, complexity--a world whose scale and complexity will dwarf that of today's Internet.
Mickey was the president of MAYA for over half of its existence. During Mickey’s tenure as CEO the company won numerous Consumer Electronic Association (CEA) awards for product innovation, was selected multiple times as a top 20 “best small company to work for” in America by Fortune, Inc, and Entrepreneur magazines and spun-out, launched, or incubated five new MAYA organizations.
Mickey co-authored Trillions: Thriving in the Emerging Information Ecology (Wiley 2012). The book is a field guide to the future, where computing will cease to be confined to any particular "box," but instead be freely accessible in the ambient environment. John C. Abell, former New York Bureau Chief of Wired and founding editor of Reuter.com noted that, “With Trillions authors Lucas, Ballay and McManus belly up to the bar alongside futurists Alvin Toffler, Kevin Kelly and Arthur C. Clark, offering a vision so compellingly argued you’ll only be surprised if it doesn’t happen.” David Brin, physicist, futurist, and author of Earth, The Postman, and The Transparent Society said, “Trillions is bold, unabashed, ingenious, and absolutely fizzing with insights about the new-modern process of blending design, high-tech, and commerce.”
Trillions was awarded the Axiom Gold Award in 2013 for best business book about technology and the 2013 Carnegie Science Award in the Science Communicator category.
He holds a BFA in industrial design from the University of Illinois. His work has been published in Bloomberg/Businessweek, Fortune, Fast Company, the Wall Street Journal, and Harvard Business Review. He is a frequent speaker on the topic of design, pervasive computing, education, creative cultures, and business innovation.
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