Hi, I'm Wanting Mao.

I'm currently finishing my master's in Human-Computer Interaction at Georgia Tech, focused on designing within complex systems, especially those involving AI. Before that, I worked on AI-assisted learning experiences at Microsoft and clinical tools at Johnson & Johnson MedTech.

I studied Interactive Media Arts at NYU, where I was exposed to creative coding, interactive art, and experimental digital work. Product design was the space I kept coming back to, shaped by minors in psychology and business that helped me understand user behavior and what makes ideas actually work in the real world.

Outside of design, I enjoy...

• Staying active: long walks, swimming, solidcore, pilates
• Testing baking recipes
• Trying something new: food, activities, places

Experience

• Microsoft

  AI Design
  2025 – 2026
• Johnson & Johnson

  MedTech Design
  2025
• Crypto Gaming Startup

  Fintech Design
  2024

Education

• Georgia Tech

  MS Human-Computer Interaction
  2025
• NYU

  BFA Interactive Media Arts
  2024