Patrick Mc Gowan

Design Studio Art Director and Design Strategy, IBM Lotus Software User Experience Design

Patrick McGowan is a design practitioner and leader with over 10 years of experience designing software and leading software designers. His professional passions include fostering environments that enable design efforts to succeed, developing innovative solutions to complex problems, and exploring new design tools and techniques. He has been awarded over 20 patents in software design and related technologies.

In addition to design and innovation, Patrick has a keen interest in formal business concepts and works towards blurring the lines between design methodology and business strategy. In addition to his full-time work at IBM, Patrick is currently pursuing a Master's Degree in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Kenan-Flagler Business School.