Alexis Hope
Co-Founder Chief Product Officer at MIT Media Lab
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolAlexis Hope is a designer-researcher and product leader with 12 years of experience building playful, human-centered experiences at the intersection of technology, community, and wellbeing. As Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of focused space, she designs systems that help remote and hybrid workers—including neurodivergent creators—build healthy routines and reach ambitious goals. Her background spans experimental design roles at TEN FWD and the MIT Media Lab, product work at Meta’s Connectivity Lab, and founding ventures like FOLD, giving her a rare blend of academic rigor (PhD, MIT Media Lab) and hands-on product craft. Alexis teaches human-centered design, has built accessible tools for deep-ocean exploration, and frequently translates complex research into delightful, useable products. She’s known for shaping social and analog-digital experiences that prioritize joy and momentum over mere feature lists. Based in Seattle, she blends creative curiosity with disciplined product practice to shepherd ideas from research to thriving communities.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) & Master of Science (MS) Human-Centered Design & Engineering; Human-Computer Interaction, Bachelor of Science (BS) & Master of Science (MS) Human-Centered Design & Engineering; Human-Computer Interaction at University of WashingtonDoctor of Philosophy - PhD MIT Media Lab, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD MIT Media Lab at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyIndustrial & Furniture Design Certificate, Industrial & Furniture Design Certificate at Massachusetts College of Art and Design
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Github Skills (9)
javascript8
react8
flask7
lucene6
indexing6
cassandra6
solr6
python5
mapper4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
mitmedialab/civictracker
Oct 2013 - Oct 2013
Contributions:12 commits in 1 day
c4fcm/civic-parade
Nov 2015 - Feb 2016
Contributions:2 pushes in 2 months
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