Chris Deaton (he/him)

After spending a full career in the corporate sector working on software quality assurance, product ownership, and project management I left for a slower paced life. That didn't happen, but thanks to ASU I found a new path.

During my 13 years of various Product Manager roles (including Quality Assurance and Release) I worked on a hundreds of projects, everything from enrollment apps to graduation apps. I've drawn the student lifecycle more often than my family tree.

I also helped with the Health and Wellness Community of Practice, Giving Back, and the Responsible Innovation Guild.

Since 2022 I have been organizing projects for student as part of the Responsible Innovation Lab with the School for the Future of Innovation. I teach the culminating Capstone session focused on Responsible Innovation. Students are given the option to work on local issues of their own choosing (with guidance) or on more global issues with our international Future 17 partnership. In that program we focus on Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.

Future 17 https://exeter.ac.uk/about/transforming-education/without-borders/future17/ SDGs https://sdgs.un.org/goals

My passion is finding engaging dilemmas that can provide creative problem solving with, hopefully, a little out of the box thinking to create better experiences and outcomes for our students.

If you have any questions about the class feel free to reach out. cddeaton@asu.edu