Elzbieta Siwy

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After 10 years of working for startups and tech giants, I believe our technology ecosystem is broken. I am building a Responsible Innovation agency to facilitating change by example. I am looking for opportunities to bridge the experience gap between science and design through collaborations, experiences, installations, products, and education.

Skills

Programming
Robotics
Rapid Prototyping
Product Management
Product Design
UX Design
Design Research

Interests

Sustainable Business
Responsible Innovation
Technology Ecosystem
Open Source Model
IndieWeb
Slow Innovation
Technology-Last Innovation
Science-Design Collaboration
Technology Education

work

Central Saint Martins
• London, UK • 2023-now

Associate Lecturer

Shaping the future of Industrial Design through open, responsible innovation

Kivi Studio • London, UK • 2022-now

Founder and Creative Director

Running a “Responsible Innovation” agency • Collaborating with University of Sussex on acoustic products • Software design and development – “De-programming” 3D printing process

Gladly • San Francisco, USA • 2015-2022

Senior Software Engineer

Creating people-centered customer service software • Developed 10s of “apps” to integrate with external systems such as Shopify, Qualtrics, etc • Worked directly with B2C customers on product design, deployment, and troubleshooting

Google, Wise, … •  2013-2015

Software Engineer Intern

Built recommendation engine for Google TV • Fraud detection and mitigation • Metaphorical search engine

Education

Royal College of Art, Imperial College London • London, UK • 2020-2022

MA/MSc Innovation Design Engineering

Noise-cancelling curtain that shields hospital patients from harmful noises. Collaborating with University of Sussex using acoustic metamaterials •  Questioning craft automation. Installation using a modern 3D printer and 1941 Singer sowing machine

Imperial College London • London, UK • 2011-2015

BEng Mathematics and Computer Science

Classification of features such as likeability, gender, height using acoustics. Using multitask machine learning

experience

Competition, Finalist • London, UK • 2022

The Mayor’s Entrepreneur Competition

Student competition to come up with viable, sustainable business ideas • Cloke – hospital curtain for selective sound attenuation

Competition, Semi-Finalist • London, UK • 2022

Imperial College Venture Catalyst Challenge

Imperial College London’s flagship entrepreneurial competition • Cloke – hospital curtain for selective sound attenuation

Competition, Semi-Finalist • London, UK • 2022

London Design Week 2021

Work Collectives – intentional neighbourhood coworking spaces can be the answer to growing loneliness and pollution in our cities

Course, Stanford Continuing Studies • Online • 2019

Fundamentals of Product Management

Restaurant job search website • Established client relationships with top San Francisco restaurants • Product and UX design, metric analysis and user attribution