Michael Meyer

Michael Meyer is an Associate Teaching Professor at the Rady School of Management, University of California, San Diego, where he has taught since 2006. He instructs MBA students in New Product Development and the Lab-to-Market capstone series, while also contributing to UC San Diego's undergraduate Design curriculum.

His educational background includes a B.A. in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley, an MBA from Harvard Business School, and training from the U.S. Navy Nuclear Power Officers’ School.

Meyer's research centers on innovation and design-driven business transformation, examining physical/digital product integration, service design, and creative team leadership. He bridges design practice with corporate strategy, focusing on opportunity identification and revitalizing product lines through human-centered approaches. His work emphasizes practical applications of design thinking in venture creation and strategic decision-making.

Recent publications analyze evolving design education paradigms, human expertise in creative markets, and product-service systems. These works reveal growing interdisciplinary convergence between business strategy, educational reform, and experiential design methodologies in addressing complex market challenges.

Meyer's accolades include:

• UCSD Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award (2023)
• Two Business Week / IDSA Gold Awards
• Two Business Week / IDSA Silver Awards
• Numerous design and utility patents

As an educator, he mentors students in translating design insights into viable business ventures through the Lab-to-Market program, drawing on extensive industry experience to cultivate practical innovation skills. His teaching integrates real-world case studies from medical robotics to digital product development.

With leadership roles at Adaptive Path, frogdesign, and IDEO, Meyer brings executive-level design expertise to academia. He pioneered convergent physical/digital product strategies, expanded global design studios, and developed FDA-approved medical interfaces, maintaining active industry connections that inform his pedagogy.