Summary
Jordan Deja is a Director of Human-Machine Systems and seasoned academic-practitioner with 15+ years of experience designing AI, AR, and HCI-driven products across finance, health, logistics and defense-focused robotics for markets in ASEAN, EU, Japan and the US. He combines applied research—15+ peer-reviewed publications and leadership of the SPACE research program—with hands-on R&D and product delivery at startups and consultancies, currently spearheading cybernetics and AI-robotics at Ixean Solutions. An experienced educator and mentor, he has taught across secondary to graduate levels impacting ~3,000 students with a 4.8/5 teaching satisfaction average and supervises large student teams on XR, drones and creative computing. A prolific community builder, Jordan co-leads the largest UX professional organization in the Philippines, organizes multi-city conferences reaching thousands annually, and serves as Global Inclusion & Equity Co-Chair for ACM CHI. He is comfortable operating at the intersection of people, processes and systems, translating human-centered research into deployable, ethically-minded technologies. A small, less obvious detail: his GitHub bio reads simply "блинчики," hinting at a playful, culturally curious side behind a rigorous technical profile.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Don Bosco Technical Institute Makati
Human-Drone Interaction, Human-Drone Interaction at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
High School Track/Shop: Digital Arts, High School Track/Shop: Digital Arts at Caritas Don Bosco School
Master’s Degree Computer Science, Master’s Degree Computer Science at De La Salle University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Human Computer Interaction, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Human Computer Interaction at UP FAMNIT - Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at De La Salle Canlubang
Russian