Peter Skillman

Global Head of Design

Peter Skillman is Global Head of Design at Philips. He holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a master's in product design from Stanford University, and began his career at the design studio IDEO, where he contributed to the design of Palm's handheld devices and the Treo phones. He later led the Windows 10 interface and the Outlook app at Microsoft, and oversaw the user experience of most of Amazon Web Services. He holds more than 60 patents, was named to Fast Company's list of the 100 most creative people in business, and was the 2022 Dutch national épée fencing champion in the over-50 age category.