Michael Meo
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Co-founder + chief product officer at Alohome.
Mexico City, Mexico
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Co-founder + chief product officerAlohomeNov 2020 - Current (5 years 6 months)- Empowering homebuilders with industry-leading eCommerce tools. - The big problem: a totally antiquated and offline home buying experience where both homebuyers and homebuilders are losing. - An innovative solution: plug-and-play software that enables residential developers to quickly launch their own online store with rich content and powerful ecommerce tools.- RCo-founderRoomyNov 2018 - Nov 2020 (2 years 1 month)- Founded a coliving platform that converts hotels into affordable housing. Recruited a world class team of experts in technology, urbanism, hospitality, marketing, and finance. - Direct market and user research employing mix-methods such as focus groups, interviews, surveys, participant observation, and the development and testing of prototypes. - Lead fundraising, working with 20+ venture capital funds. Develop partnerships with key stakeholders in real estate, government, hospitality, and private equity.
- Business designer + service designerPolymath VenturesJan 2018 - Nov 2018 (11 months)- Served as the design thinking expert, developing and deploying design research methodologies. Led user research, utilizing online and offline tactics. - These included: prototype testing (of services and products), focus groups, interviews, participant observation, participatory design, and co-creation sessions with diverse industry experts. - Developed UX prototypes, defined CX, and crafted brand identities.
- Director of megacities programGreenpeaceSep 2016 - Nov 2017 (1 year 3 months)- I led a team of researchers, activists, designers, writers, strategists, and lawyers in exploring how we can inspire empathy and environmental stewardship in megacities. - The focus of my work involved using human centered design to build new bridges across organizations and change-makers throughout megacities, to support them in their missions while nurturing our own. - We worked to provoke participation and collective action in the reimagining of our cities.
- Research fellow - human-scaled mobilityHarvard UniversityMay 2015 - May 2017 (2 years 1 month)- Led an 18 month, Harvard sponsored design research initiative exploring urban mobility through the lens of hundreds of diverse city dwellers in the most congested megapolis on the planet. - Executed an unprecedented mobility experiment, leading 22 participants through a curated experience biking 1000 miles through a desert. - Produced, directed, and edited a feature length documentary about the innovative mobility experience.
- TDesigner, project managerThompson Maryann ArchitectsApr 2013 - Dec 2014 (1 year 9 months)- Introduced human centered design methodologies within a traditional architecture studio. Led the redesign and construction of a university library, bringing together hundreds of diverse stakeholders in campus-wide participatory design exercises.
- TDesignerTia ArchitectsJan 2012 - Jul 2012 (7 months)
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- HMaster of ArchitectureHarvard University Graduate School of DesignFeb 2022
- BA, Social Impact Design, Architecture, UrbanismHampshire CollegeFeb 2021