Work: Currently a Design Manager at Meta.
Education: Currently a Ph.D. student in Design at Carnegie Mellon University. I earned a Master's in Strategic Design & Management from Parsons School of Design. I also earned a BS in Entrepreneurship and a BA in International Studies from the University of Utah.
Fas Lebbie is a design leader, researcher, and educator. As a design choreographer, Fas works at the intersections of design, tech, academia, entrepreneurship, and the mineral sector. His unique experiences blend academic expertise with industry knowledge to shape sustainable futures in design leadership, education, and product design.
Industry
Over nine years, he led product and service design in various system-level research projects. He built physical and digital products and helped scale and gain market share. With expertise in design leadership and design education, he operationalized design excellence at Meta, Consumer Reports, MIT, Experian, and more. It has secured over $5 M in startup funding, focusing on sustainable design by launching MVPs for incubators and venture research programs. His design innovations have also contributed to projects benefiting over 35M+ US consumers. He applies design theories to solve industry problems and deliver solutions. He advises startups, builds design theories, and establishes design. Fas is a Design Manager at Meta. He leads a team of product designers. He is also a Design Advisor and Mentor in MIT GOV/LAB’s Government Innovation Program.
Academia
Fas Lebbie is a final-year Ph.D. candidate in Transition Design. He is a Teaching Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), where he teaches design studies, and is an adjunct visiting professor at the SFK Art Academy. Fas has delivered lectures at MIT, Parsons School of Design, University of Utah, and Njala University in Sierra Leone. Over the past four years, he has taught Design and Entrepreneurship at both undergraduate and graduate levels. His Ph.D. research focuses on improving unsustainable mineral extraction, use, and disposal practices by reimagining and redesigning better systems to ensure that their extraction, production, and utilization are restorative and regenerative.