Carl Ledbetter is a senior principal industrial design manager in Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business (IEB) leading industrial design for entertainment hardware and experiences including Xbox and Kinect. Before joining IEB to design the Zune media player, Ledbetter was part of the Windows Hardware Innovation Group chartered to lead the industrial design vision for next-generation Windows PC hardware experiences. He also led industrial design for the Microsoft PC hardware business where he and his team designed desktop mice, trackballs and keyboards. Before Microsoft, he held industrial design positions at Fluke Corp. and Patton Design. He has received numerous design awards and is recognized for his contributions to the design community with over 100 patents. A longstanding member of IDSA and DMI, Ledbetter graduated with a bachelor’s in industrial design from Western Washington University.
Track:
Attitudes & Behaviors
Breakout Title:
RE-KINECT: The Impact of Natural User Interface
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