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Christina Goldschmidt

DisciplinesInteraction Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Interface, User Research

TopicsCareer, Culture, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Disability, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership

IndustriesFinance, Retail, Technology

Christina Goldschmidt is an award-winning design leader who is known for transforming...

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Virginia Wang

DisciplineInteraction Design

TopicsProduct Development

IndustryTechnology

Virginia is a jewellery designer and 3D printing technologist....

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Nida Fatima

DisciplineImmersive Experience Design

TopicsAgile, Business Design, Business Strategy, Design Thinking, Robotics & AI, Storytelling

IndustryArts & Entertainment

I am IBM accredited Design Thinking and Agile expert, Known for my Coaching skills,...

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Alice Merry

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsDesign Thinking, Innovation, Sustainability

IndustryFinance

Consultant in inclusive and sustainable finance. Host of the Feminist Finance podcast....

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Melanie Schonewille

DisciplinesArt, Business, Sales

TopicsCommunication

IndustryRetail

Melanie has over 10 years of experience in Business and Customer Service, with an Art...

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Ruchi Batra

DisciplinesImmersive Experience Design, Interaction Design, Product Design, Product Management, User Experience, User Research

TopicsBusiness Design, Communication, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Service Design, Storytelling

Ruchi is an experience designer and strategist, a researcher, a dreamer, a mother of...

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Carol Lieb

DisciplineInteraction Design

TopicsCommunication

IndustryFinance

Information Architect and User Experience Designer with Fidelity UXD in Boston...

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Nancy Medoff

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsCareer, Communication, Innovation, Storytelling

Confidence, Persusaion and Negotitations Expert...

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Valerie Young

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsDiversity & Inclusion

The leading expert impostor syndrome expert. Clients: Google, IBM, NASA, & 100's more...

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Janice Lamy

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsCareer

IndustryMarketing

Janice Lamy is a marketing professional with more than thirty years of experience....

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Anna De Stefano

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Communication, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, Ethics, Innovation, Leadership, Storytelling, Teamwork

European Women of Legal Tech 2020| Startup Mentor & Advisor| Business Angel|AI Alliance@EU...

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Janet Zaretsky

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsCommunication, Leadership, Teamwork

Janet Zaretsky is a master professional executive coach, trainer, author, and speaker...

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Cassie Wallender

DisciplinesProduct Design, Product Management, User Experience

TopicsBusiness Design, Entrepreneurship, Product Development, Web & Mobile

IndustriesHealthcare, Marketing, Technology

Cassie Wallender specializes in B2B SaaS Product Management, UX Design Leadership,...

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Minjun Chen

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsCareer, Design Thinking

Minjun is a UX designer at Amazon, working on growth and engagement for Prime...

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Deb Rodgers

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsCommunication, Culture, Leadership, Teamwork

Manager as Coach and Building Relational depth and Trust within culture....

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Gwen Pryor

DisciplinesArt, Business, Product Management

TopicsCreativity, Data, Management & Strategy

IndustriesFinance, Technology

Gwen Pryor is a Product Operations and Customer Insights leader. Gwen blends her...

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Marjolein de Swart

DisciplineGraphic Design

TopicsCareer, Creativity, Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship

Freelance Graphic Designer & Organizer of BNO Creative...

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Theresa Austin

DisciplinesBusiness, Fashion, Immersive Experience Design, Product Design, Product Management, User Experience, User Research

TopicsAR/VR, Business Design, Business Strategy, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Innovation, Management & Strategy, Methodology, Product Development, Sustainability, Visual Thinking

IndustriesFashion, Retail, Technology

Theresa is an Experience Director and Technology Strategist....

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B. Pagels-Minor

DisciplinesBusiness, Product Management

TopicsAgile, Business Strategy, Career, Community, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Methodology, Product Development, Teamwork

IndustryTechnology

LocationSan Francisco, CA, USA

B. is a native of Mississippi who relocated to the Silicon Valley in 2018 from Chicago. B. is an enthusiast for anything technology related, as well as randomly obscure trivia facts. B. works in the technology industry and spends much too much time scouring the latest financial, footwear and technology news for new tech toys and shoes for their collection. B. loves product development and improving the processes of developing successful products. B. has worked with small (<50) and large...

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Vivian Acquah

DisciplinesArchitecture, Brand, Business, Content Strategy, User Experience

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Career, Creativity, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, Environment, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Storytelling, Sustainability, Teamwork

IndustryEducation

I advise organisations with keeping their employees healthy, happy & safe....

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De Nichols

DisciplineImmersive Experience Design

TopicsCommunity, Culture, Design Strategy, Diversity & Inclusion, Installation & Curation, Social Innovation, Storytelling

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Government

De Nichols is a social practice designer who address racial injustices...

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Kim Goodwin

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

TopicsCulture, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Storytelling

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Healthcare, Technology

Kim Goodwin is the author of the bestselling book, Designing for the Digital Age. Kim...

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Julia Khusainova

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience

TopicsDesign Systems

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Technology

Julia currently works as an Experience Designer at Airbnb. Previously she led design...

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Alana Washington

DisciplinesBusiness, Product Design, User Experience

TopicsBusiness Design, Data, Diversity & Inclusion, Service Design, Storytelling

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Technology

Alana Washington is a design leader, strategist, and researcher. Currently, she’s a...

Yiying Lu "Creative Courage"

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Creative Courage

DisciplineArt

TopicsCareer, Creativity, Leadership

EventSmashing Conference

Speaker Yiying Lu

In this session, Yiying talks about Creative Courage and showcases her creative journey as an artist and entrepreneur, how she follows her heart, trusts the process, and creates business and community by taking the creative ...

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