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Anel Muller

DisciplineDesign Operations

TopicsBusiness Design, Communication, Creativity, Culture, Leadership

Anel Muller is the Design Operations Lead at PayPal. Her unique professional...

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Ramla Mahmood

DisciplinesGraphic Design, Interaction Design, Product Design, User Experience

TopicsCareer, Culture, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion

IndustryTechnology

Ramla Mahmood is product designer based in the Washington D.C area. She is currently...

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Laurie Rosenwald

DisciplineArt

TopicsCreativity, Innovation, Social Innovation

An artist at heart, Laurie started her career as an illustrator working with...

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Hina Shahid

DisciplinesBrand, Business, Design Operations, Interior Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsCreativity, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Innovation, Methodology, Service Design, Social Innovation

Hina is a strategic designer, design researcher, educator and an entrepreneur. ...

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Jen Byyny

DisciplinesInteraction Design, Product Design, Product Management, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsBusiness Design, Career, Culture, Leadership, Management & Strategy

IndustriesHealthcare, Technology

Jen Byyny is a multi-platform, end-to-end Product Design Leader with over fifteen...

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Sarah Georgas

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Thinking, Leadership, Methodology, Storytelling, Teamwork, Web & Mobile

IndustryHealthcare

Sarah has been in the design industry for 13 years. Initially working as a UI...

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Lindsay Roxon

DisciplineUser Research

TopicsAccessibility, Business Design, Creativity, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Ethics, Innovation, Service Design, Social Innovation

Design Research, Strategist and Master of Design, Strategic Foresight and...

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Pepper Brooks

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsBusiness Strategy

IndustryMarketing

PepperBrooks is a college educator, award-winning blogger, creative marketing...

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Bella Olszewski

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Thinking

Bella (Mirabella) Olszewski is a consultant, user experience and product designer for...

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Lin Nie

DisciplinesProduct Management, User Experience, User Research

TopicsCareer, Data, Methodology, Product Development, Robotics & AI

IndustryTechnology

Lin Nie is a Research Scientist in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Psychology at...

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Amabel Escardo

DisciplinesImmersive Experience Design, Product Design, User Research

TopicsBusiness Design, Service Design

IndustryEducation

The last 2 years.... I have learnt to experiment in a difficult industry: Education....

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Dian Holton

DisciplineArt

TopicsCreativity, Diversity & Inclusion, Illustration, Storytelling

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Nonprofit

Dian Holton is senior deputy art director at AARP Media and a freelance window...

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Meghan McGrath

DisciplinesInformation Architecture, Product Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsCulture, Design Strategy, Ethics, Leadership, Methodology, Robotics & AI, Security

IndustryTechnology

Meghan McGrath is a security ethnographer and design strategist for IBM in New York...

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Maggie Gram

DisciplinesInteraction Design, Product Design, User Experience

TopicsAccessibility, Creativity, Culture, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Environment, Innovation, Methodology, Service Design, Storytelling, Sustainability, Visual Thinking

Maggie Gram is a digital product designer, design researcher, and cultural historian....

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Luciana Martins

DisciplinesGraphic Design, Product Design, Product Management, User Experience, User Interface, User Research

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Thinking, Management & Strategy, Service Design

IndustryTechnology

I'm a designer who loves solving problems that impact people's lives. I have more...

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Lauren Liss

DisciplinesInteraction Design, User Experience

TopicsCreativity, Culture, Design Thinking, Ethics, Methodology, Product Development, Teamwork

IndustryEducation

Lauren Liss coordinates the Interaction Design major and the User Experience and Web...

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Iyore Olaye

DisciplinesData Science, Product Design, Product Management

TopicsAccessibility, Career, Data, Design Strategy, Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, IoT, Management & Strategy, Product Development, Social Innovation, Sustainability, Web & Mobile

IndustriesFinance, Marketing, Retail, Technology

Iyore N. Olaye is a product leader who creates technology solutions at top consumer...

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Snigdha Malik

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsAR/VR, Business Design, Business Strategy, Creativity, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Innovation, Leadership, Storytelling, Web & Mobile

IndustryRetail

Problem solver with a desire to improve the lives of others....

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Michelle Mederos

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsCommunity, Creativity, Culture, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Methodology

IndustryTechnology

LocationSan Francisco, CA, USA

Michelle Mederos is an Experience Design Lead at Airbnb's Trust team. Previously, Michelle was a Product Design Lead at Facebook, where she designed for many of Facebook's social impact products, including anti-harassment, mentorship, crisis response tools, and fundraisers. Before Facebook, she worked at Metromile and Volkswagen, where she envisioned future trends in driving and car ownership. Michelle earned her B.S. in Product Design from Stanford University, and has returned to her alma mater to teach...

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Tomomi Sasaki

DisciplinesInformation Architecture, Interaction Design, Product Design, User Research

TopicsAgile, Business Design, Culture, Innovation, Leadership

IndustryTechnology

Tomomi is a partner at the Tokyo and Paris based design studio AQ....

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They love me, they love me not.

DisciplinesProduct Management, User Experience

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Design Strategy

Speaker Inna Kerzman

The method that will allow you to predict if your users are going to stick around...

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Kim Crayton

DisciplinesEngineering, Front-end Engineering

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Privilege

IndustriesEducation, Technology

Kim is a technology business strategist and founder of the #causeascene Movement: the...

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Executing a Redesign at Scale

DisciplinesUser Experience, User Interface

TopicsDesign Strategy

Speaker Jessica Brown

Redesign projects can often feel daunting, with the risk of alienating and losing...

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Alison Mora

DisciplinesBusiness, Product Design, User Research

TopicsBusiness Design, Business Strategy, Culture, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Teamwork

IndustryTechnology

Alison Mora is a design strategy expert with a broad range of experiences driving...

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What The Doc?!?! How to Write and Read Documentation That Allows You To Get Shit Done!

DisciplinesEngineering, Front-end Engineering

TopicsCareer, Communication, JavaScript, Teamwork

Speaker Kim Crayton

Often documentation is treated as an afterthought and an undesirable part of the...

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Kristina Halvorson

DisciplinesContent Strategy, User Experience

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Communication, Community, Entrepreneurship, Management & Strategy

Kristina Halvorson is considered one of the most important voices in the field of...

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Transform Your Email Strategy With Design Leadership

DisciplineInteraction Design

TopicsLeadership, Service Design

Speaker Andrea Mignolo

When a company embraces good design it permeates not only the product but the entire...

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Adobe Live: Day Two

DisciplinesContent Strategy, User Experience

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Service Design

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Brittney Urich

I hosted Adobe Live for two days. I designed a mobile app and answered viewer questions....

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Tash Wong

DisciplinesEngineering, Interaction Design

TopicsDesign Strategy, Web & Mobile

Tash Wong is an independent product designer and Chief Coaster Officer of...

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UX Consulting Panel

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsCareer

Speaker Eva Kaniasty

Have you ever dreamed of living the consultant lifestyle? So have we. That’s why we’ve invited some seasoned user experience professionals who have “made it” to share their experiences and lessons learned in a discussion setting. From the perks (setting your own hours, cherry-picking projects) to the down sides (self-employment taxes, no paid vacation time), our panelists will be there to answer all your burning questions. The moderators: Eva Kaniasty & Dan Berlin The panelists: Matthew Belge, ...

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