Michelle Farnham
President at Third Place Technologies
Michelle Farnham is President at Third Place Technologies and Artist and Founder at Totally Legit LLC. She previously held research roles at Google (via Zenith), Microsoft Research, FUSE Labs at Microsoft Research, and Planet Technology, and founded Waggle Labs/Pathable. Her expertise includes HCI, user experience, behavioral analytics, social computing, and community technology.
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Third Place Technologies President 2014–present · current
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Totally Legit LLC Artist and Founder 2014–present · current
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Planet Technology Senior Researcher / Consultant 2020–2021 · past
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Google (Role Via Zenith) Senior User Researcher & Analyst 2018–2020 · past
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Microsoft Researcher/Research Team Lead, FUSE Labs 2011–2014, Researcher 1999–2005 · past
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Yahoo! Senior Researcher, Communications and Communities 2009–2010 · past
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Waggle Labs/Pathable Founder, Research Consultant 2006–2009 · past
Education
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University of Washington Ph.D., Social Psychology · 1993–1999
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Georgetown University B.A., Psychology and Fine Arts · 1987–1991
Organizations
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Third Place Technologies President 2014–present · current
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Totally Legit LLC Artist and Founder 2014–present · current
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Planet Technology Senior Researcher / Consultant 2020–2021 · past
Education
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University of Washington Ph.D., Social Psychology · 1993–1999
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Georgetown University B.A., Psychology and Fine Arts · 1987–1991
