Maia Smith
UX Designer
Maia is a mission-driven Product Designer with over 8 years of experience designing, developing, and scaling software products. She is passionate about using design as a lever for a better world, and excitedly joined OPEN in 2023 with a view to positively influence the building industry toward more sustainable solutions.
Her education combines a love for the living world with an excitement for software development and design. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Simon Fraser University, and a Master of Science in Bioinformatics from the University of British Columbia.
When she’s not at work, you can find Maia cross-country skiing, cycling, singing, and composing music.
Team
Our team has decades of experience in green building innovation, software development, and business development.
With executive and management level experience in policy-making, real estate development, property management, architecture, energy modelling, product management, and business management, we have a holistic understanding of the building sector and the leverage points to create positive change.
OPEN Technologies grew out of the OPEN Green Building Society, a non-profit organization that has been developing open source software tools for the green building space since 2013. Today, OPEN Technologies and OPEN Green Building Society are affiliated organizations with a shared goal: to use data to shape a regenerative future for our cities.