Meg Neumann

Meg is an Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon's Human-Computer Interaction Institute. Her research and practice interests include design for marketplaces, design for social impact, HCI entrepreneurship, accessibility and inclusive design, and design leadership and organization building. She is passionate about empowering designers and researchers to drive meaningful change in companies through both craft excellence and organizational savvy.

Her work includes understanding how design can create equitable marketplace experiences, developing frameworks for inclusive design at scale, and fostering entrepreneurship among HCI practitioners. She brings a unique perspective that combines deep industry experience with entrepreneurial insights, having worked across startup and enterprise environments to build user-centered products that serve diverse user needs at scale.

Prior to joining CMU, she was a Sr. Director of User Experience at Indeed, where she led a global group of over 100 UX designers and researchers. Prior to that, she led product design and research at Favor, where she helped scale the Texas-based on-demand delivery platform from a regional startup to a statewide success. Her past experience spans roles at companies including Apple and Dropbox. She received her Master of Human-Computer Interaction degree from Carnegie Mellon University.