Peter Koen has worked at the intersection of design, technology and
business for over 20 years. He evangelises the value of design in
technology and advocates for the involvement of users in this design
process.
Having graduated from Rhodes University, he moved to Gauteng and
became involved in the early days of the Internet and e-commerce. Over
the years, Peter has developed a specialisation in user experience
design in the financial services sector.
Peter co-founded of InfoSlips, an award-winning South African
electronic communications company. InfoSlips now services over 2000
corporate customers, including 65% of the JSE top 100 and many
international corporations. Every month InfoSlips delivers
communications to millions of recipients in 145 countries.
In 2015 Peter founded pondo, an enterprise software design collective
based in Cape Town. Pondo works with companies to build better digital
experiences for their customers.
His latest project is Simvida, co-founded with Eugene Maree, with the
goal of reinventing personal finance.
Apart from writing short biographies on himself, in his spare time
Peter enjoys long distance running and wood turning.
Peter is based in Cape Town.