Justin Petro

Justin Petro

Professor
Austin Center for Design

Justin Petro is the CEO of Thinktiv in Austin, Texas, and a faculty member at Austin Center for Design. Thinktiv is a venture accelerator – an ecosystem of people and technology focused exclusively on business innovation for brand, marketing, and technology challenges. Justin has worked with clients such as Dell, Pricelock, Siemens, and Merrill Lynch and holds patents in hardware, software and retail design. Prior to founding Thinktiv, Justin worked as the Director of User Experience at Design Edge, HCI specialist for Trilogy Software and Visual Interaction Designer at Maya Design Group.


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Recent Work, Articles, and Presentations

 

Interaction Design as Business Lubricant

Somewhere between a polemic and a call to arms, Justin Petro's contributed chapter in Thoughts on Interaction Design explores the role Design plays in business - in forging new revenue opportunities, in evangelizing process, and in driving successful strategy. Learn more»