Dan Saffer is a designer, author, and educator, currently an Assistant Professor of the Practice at the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, where he teaches classes in service design, interaction design, and designing with AI.

Previously, he was a designer at Twitter, the VP of Product at Mayfield Robotics, Creative Director of New Products at wearables and consumer electronics powerhouse Jawbone, Creative Director at Smart Design and Experience Design Director at renowned UX consultancy Adaptive Path.

Dan is also a respected thought leader in the field of experience and interaction design, as author of four acclaimed books including Microinteractions.