Pete Simon
Founder at Kuleana.work
Waimea/Kamuela, Hawaii, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPete Simon is a Senior Principal UX Architect and researcher with 20+ years of cross-disciplinary experience designing humane, trustworthy products at the intersection of AI, design, and systems thinking. Currently shaping experience strategy at Optum Rx, he specializes in ethical design for healthcare, generative AI-driven human–machine collaboration, and community AI fluency—work recognized by Hawaii’s 2024 Digital Pioneer Award and presented at Honolulu Tech Week 2025. Pete moves fluidly from hands-on prototyping and research ops to mentoring practice-level teams in large enterprises, startups, and nonprofits, and he co-founded a Kauai AI lab and nonprofit coworking space to help small businesses adopt generative AI responsibly. His background—from developer to HCI researcher to former biology teacher and casino surveillance tracker—gives him an uncommon ability to navigate regulatory complexity and sensitive, multi-stakeholder problems while helping organizations see around corners.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
MS work, MS work at DePaul UniversityJoliet Junior CollegeBS x 2, BS x 2 at Illinois State University
Github Skills (92)
openshot10
http10
ubuntu10
udp10
corona10
torrent10
webtorrent10
bittorrent10
lists10
ws10
routeros10
debian9
debian-linux9
uploader9
telegram9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
petesimon/allwinner-V316
Sep 2019 - Oct 2019
Contributions:38 commits, 33 pushes, 1 branch in 24 days
petesimon/allwinner-v3-v3s
Sep 2019 - Oct 2019
Contributions:21 commits, 17 pushes, 1 branch in 10 days
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