Jon Temple ’87
Company / School: IBM
Position / Degree: Design Principal (Retired)
Overview
Design Principal (Emeritus), IBM (Retired)
Southbury, CT
- BA, Psychology, Vassar College
- MA, Experimental Psychology – Psycholinguistics, University of Cincinnati
- PhD, Experimental Psychology – Human Factors, University of Cincinnati
Up until Jon Temple (he/him) retired from IBM at the end of 2025, he was a Design Principal and UX Creative Director at IBM for 28 and a half years. He is passionate about design and user experience and won the IBM UX Researcher of the Year Award for Innovation in 2023. Jon is a frequent speaker at international design conferences, having most recently spoken about how the success of AI will always come down to user experience at the Autonomous AI Virtual Summit and at the UXPA International Conference in Amsterdam on the role of UX metrics in measuring the success of outcomes with AI and automation.
Advice to Students:
Learn broadly; remain curious; and keep learning. Never forget that the liberal arts are your superpower.
