Faculty Profiles
Paul Pangaro, Ph.D. : CTO and Founder, Cybernetic Lifestyles
Paul Pangaro consults at the intersection of product strategy, prescriptive innovation, and organizational dynamics. His career spans roles as technology executive, professor of cybernetics, entrepreneur, and performer.
Through prototyping, lecturing and writing, Paul focuses on the cognitive and social needs of human beings. His clients include Nokia UX London, Poetry Foundation, eight inc., Citigroup, and Dubberly Design. He taught a course at Stanford University for seven years and has lectured at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, Graduate Center of the City University of New York, London’s Bartlett School of Architecture, São Paulo’s Instituto Itaú Cultural, École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, Art Institute of Boston, Ontario College of Art and Design, and University of California Berkeley and Santa Cruz.
Paul spent ten years in Silicon Valley as CTO of startups and as a strategy consultant. At Sun Microsystems, he directed the first integration of all developer websites to common processes and information architecture, including 100,000 pages at java.sun.com. He was founding CTO of Snap.com, working with Bill Gross’s Idealab team to develop alternative search experiences.
Paul studied computer science and humanities at MIT, where he made award-winning computer-generated films. Nicholas Negroponte hired him to work in what became the MIT Media Lab. He earned a Ph.D. in cybernetics and conversation theory at Brunel University with Gordon Pask. Paul has performed in college and community theatre in straight plays, musical theatre, and his own cabaret productions. He is member of the Board of San Francisco’s Artship Dance/Theater, and Chair of the Trustees and Fellow of the American Society for Cybernetics.
- Education
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B.S. Humanities (Drama) / Computer Science, MIT; Ph.D. Cybernetics, Brunel University (UK)
- Professional Experience
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Founding CTO, Snap.com (Idealab); Lecturer, HCI Program, Stanford University; Distinguished Market Strategist / Senior Director, Sun Microsystems
- Publications
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Interactions Magazine, International Journal of General Systems, Chapter 3 in Handbook for Conversation Design for Instructional Applications, Journal Kybernetes, Chapter 8 in An Unfinished Revolution?, The London Guardian Newspaper, Systems Research Journal
- On the Web
