Jonathan Arena
About Jonathan Arena
Jonathan Arena is a Design Advisor and Interim Head of Design at ElectronX, and a Design Advisor at Woven, with a rich background in product design and leadership roles at various companies including Patreon, Meta, and Cruise.
Title
Jonathan Arena currently serves as a Design Advisor and Interim Head of Design at ElectronX in New York, United States. He also holds the position of Design Advisor at Woven in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Company
Jonathan Arena is affiliated with ElectronX and Woven, providing design advisory services and leadership. Previously, he has worked with prominent organizations like Patreon, The Nature Conservancy, Meta, and Cruise.
Education and Expertise
Jonathan Arena holds an MBA from Harvard Business School focused on Leadership and General Management. He also earned a BFA in Graphic Design from the Rhode Island School of Design. He has extensive skills in product design, community design, and leadership in technology.
Achievements
Jonathan Arena led the design team for Facebook's first AI hardware product, Portal. He managed teams at Cruise that developed early versions of the driverless rider experience and AI tooling suite. He co-founded the HarvardxDesign conference, which continues to run annually.
Background
Jonathan Arena's early career included roles such as Entrepreneur In Residence at Harvard Innovation Lab and Design Researcher and Web Designer at Seoul National Design Center, X4 Design. He co-founded and chaired the inaugural HarvardxDesign conference. His career spans roles in leading tech companies like Facebook and Meta, contributing significantly to their product and community design.