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Yadvi Maheshwari

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsAccessibility, Creativity, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Visual Thinking

Hello 👋 I'm Yadvi, a product designer passionate about crafting intentional...

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Carmen Broomes

DisciplineUser Research

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership, Lean, Methodology

IndustryTechnology

Carmen Broomes is the Head of UX Research at Handshake where she helps students...

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Victoria Nduka

DisciplinesUser Experience, User Interface, User Research

TopicsAccessibility, Diversity & Inclusion

Victoria Nduka is a user experience designer passionate about technology,...

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Antara Dave

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience, User Interface, User Research

TopicsBusiness Design, Data, Design Systems, Design Thinking

IndustryTechnology

Antara Dave is a Product Designer a unique blend of skills, combining her foundation...

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Leena Joshi

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsEntrepreneurship, Environment, Leadership, Social Innovation, Storytelling, Sustainability

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Nonprofit

Leena Joshi is a social entrepreneur, public speaker, climate advocate and author....

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Parul Gupta

DisciplinesBack-end Engineering, Engineering, Industrial Design

TopicsCareer, Ethics, Innovation, Robotics & AI

IndustryTechnology

Parul is a Senior Production Engineer at Meta, where she works within the Python...

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Priya Bajaj

DisciplinesBrand, Content Strategy, Sales

TopicsCareer, Communication, Community, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Storytelling

Priya Bajaj: Sales, Marketing, AI. Curiosity-driven career strategies for the 3/3 jackpot...

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Esmeralda Tijhoff

DisciplinesBack-end Engineering, Front-end Engineering, Product Management

TopicsCommunity, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Privilege, Product Development, Teamwork, Web & Mobile

Esmeralda Tijhoff is a Product Manager and Open Source Officer at Dictu, specialising...

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Jamal Amanova

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsAR/VR, Business Design, Creativity, Design Thinking

Jamal joins Women Talk Design to elevate the stage with bold, visionary design...

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Valeria Stromtsova

DisciplinesProduct Management, User Experience, User Research

TopicsEnvironment, Innovation, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Product Development, Sustainability, Teamwork

IndustryTechnology

Valeria is a product leader focused on sustainability, mentorship, and innovation....

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Lisa Gralnek

DisciplinesBrand, Business, User Experience

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Communication, Community, Creativity, Environment, Ethics, Innovation, Leadership, Sustainability

IndustriesMarketing, Nonprofit

A driving force in strategy and brand building, Lisa is an influential business...

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Berenice Méndez

DisciplineBrand

TopicsCareer, Culture, Storytelling, Visual Thinking

IndustryTechnology

Berenice is a Creative Director living in San Francisco, originally from the border...

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Julie Smithson

DisciplinesBrand, Business, Immersive Experience Design, User Experience

TopicsAR/VR, Business Design, Business Strategy, Community, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Leadership, Storytelling, Sustainability, Teamwork, Visual Thinking, Web & Mobile

IndustriesEducation, Technology

Top 100 Women of the Future, CEO of METAVRSE, & CoFounder of XR Women & Unlimited Awesome...

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Valeria Adani

DisciplinesBusiness, Data Science, Design Operations, Interaction Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Ethics, Innovation, Product Development

Valeria Adani is Partner and Interim CEO at IF, a design agency specialising in trust....

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Jamie Roberts

DisciplineGraphic Design

TopicsCareer, Leadership, Teamwork

IndustryAdvertising

Jamie Roberts provides creative career support to design professionals across the globe....

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Soren Hamby

DisciplinesDesign Operations, User Experience

TopicsAccessibility, Community, Culture, Design Systems, Disability, Diversity & Inclusion, Ethics, Service Design

IndustryHealthcare

Soren Hamby is dedicated to fostering team diversity and inclusion while spearheading...

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Ashley Gross

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Career, Communication, Entrepreneurship, Ethics, Robotics & AI

IndustryTechnology

Ashley Gross is an accomplished AI leader, practitioner, and educator with over 5...

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Mae Reed

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience

TopicsCareer, Communication, Culture, Design Strategy

IndustryTechnology

Mae Reed is a master of transforming complex systems into intuitive, E2E experiences....

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Janaki Kumar

DisciplinesInformation Architecture, Interaction Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsCulture, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Innovation, Leadership, Service Design

LocationPalo Alto, CA, USA

Janaki is a thought-leader in design-led innovation in the enterprise. She is committed to delivering award-winning products and services that help businesses transform the way they work. She is a proven leader in building, coaching and inspiring high performance design teams, leveraging design-thinking, customer empathy, and co-innovation. Janaki was named a Women of Influence by the Silicon Valley Business Journal in 2016. She is an active writer and speaker on Innovation and design. She is the...

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Trish Ang

DisciplinesFront-end Engineering, User Interface

TopicsAccessibility, Career, Community, CSS, Culture, Design Systems, Diversity & Inclusion, JavaScript, Leadership, Teamwork

IndustryTechnology

Designer slash developer. Codes @slackhq. Volunteers @oakland_cm....

TalkVideo

How to Solve the Problem of Diversity and Inclusion in Tech

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsDiversity & Inclusion

Speaker Elaine Montilla

Learn the steps IT leaders should take to solve the tech industry’s diversity and...

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Sanchita Khare

DisciplinesBusiness, Interaction Design, Product Design, Product Management, User Experience

TopicsBusiness Design, Career, Design Thinking, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Voice UI

IndustryTechnology

Strategy driven who loves to make a difference in people’s life by drafting delightful UX...

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Be Visible – Your Guide to Self Promotion without being icky

DisciplineBrand

TopicsCareer

Speaker Lade Tawak

Growing a career is not just about doing great work, people have to know about what...

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Ashleigh Axios

DisciplinesBrand, Content Strategy, Graphic Design, Information Architecture, Interaction Design, Product Design, User Experience

TopicsCulture, Design Strategy, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Storytelling

IndustriesGovernment, Marketing, Nonprofit, Technology

Speaker. Strategic creative. Advocate for design creating positive social change....

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Celebrating Intersectionality while Building Belonging

DisciplineBrand

TopicsDiversity & Inclusion

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Michelle Singleton

A workshop on Afro-Latinx experiences & building community....

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Tina Gada

DisciplinesEngineering, Product Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsAccessibility, Career, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion

IndustriesFinance, Retail, Technology

I’m Tina Gada ( She/ Her ) Sr. Ux/Ui Designer from Dallas, passionate to enhance...

TalkGallery

Dizzy users close browsers: balacing accessibility and creativity

DisciplineInteraction Design

TopicsAccessibility, Design Strategy

Speaker Piccia Neri

Please stop making people sick. ...

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Custom talk on personas

DisciplinesContent Strategy, Information Architecture, Interaction Design, User Experience, User Interface, User Research

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Service Design, Teamwork, Web & Mobile

IndustriesMarketing, Technology

Speaker Tamara Adlin

Personas? Been there, done that, still love them. Let's create a custom talk....

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Lara Fedoroff

DisciplinesInformation Architecture, Product Design, Product Management, User Experience, User Interface, User Research

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Thinking, Innovation, Methodology, Product Development

IndustryTechnology

Lara Fedoroff is the Director of Product Strategy at Philosophie, a design and...

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How to navigate org changes—with Shopify’s Lynsey Thornton

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsDesign Systems, Leadership

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Lynsey Thornton

You’ve been promoted. Now what? According to Lynsey Thornton, Shopify’s VP of UX Core Product, the answer to that question is one of technology’s biggest crises. In this first episode of the DesignBetter.Co Podcast’s second season, we sat down with Lynsey to discuss everything from building a leadership pipeline to governance of the famed design system ...

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