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Paulina Galindo

DisciplinesBusiness, Design Operations, Product Design, Product Management, User Experience

TopicsBusiness Design, Business Strategy, Career, Creativity, CSS, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Product Development, Storytelling, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

Paulina is lead designer with passion for technology, design and self-improvement....

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Jamal Amanova

DisciplinesArt, Graphic Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsCommunication, Creativity, Teamwork

IndustriesEducation, Technology

Product Designer with a proven track record of delivering data-driven, user-centric...

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Divya Viswanathan

DisciplinesImmersive Experience Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsCreativity, Culture, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Innovation, Leadership, Service Design

Divya is a co-founder and designer at Tropic Design & Innovation....

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Carissa Lintao

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsDiversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, Ethics, Web & Mobile

IndustriesMarketing, Technology

Carissa Lintao is the founder of Apptuitive, an award-winning app store optimization...

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Faylene Bell

DisciplinesBrand, Business, Content Strategy, Product Management

TopicsAgile, Business Strategy, Career, Communication, Creativity, Leadership, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

Faylene Bell is a Digital Marketing and Product Management executive with 20 years of...

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Derby Chukwudi

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsCommunication, Creativity, Teamwork

Derby Ozioma Chukwudi works as a Wealth Management Analyst at JPMorgan Chase &...

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Linn Vizard

DisciplinesUser Experience, User Research

TopicsAccessibility, Business Design, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Service Design

Linn is one of Canada’s leading advocates of service design....

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Piccia Neri

DisciplinesBrand, Graphic Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsDesign Thinking, Methodology, Typography, Visual Thinking, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

After 20 years in London Piccia Neri currently runs her own global UX & design...

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Ana Sofia Gonzalez

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsAR/VR, Career, Community, Creativity, Culture, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Innovation, Leadership, Storytelling, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

Ana Sofia is a Senior Designer at Microsoft. She delights in democratizing innovative...

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Yanci Wu

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

TopicsAgile, Career, Communication, Creativity, Culture, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Disability, Diversity & Inclusion, Environment, Ethics, Lean, Methodology, Teamwork, Web & Mobile

IndustriesAdvertising, Technology

Born and raised in China, Yanci is currently an awarding-winning Experience Designer...

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Amira El-Gawly

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsCulture, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Teamwork

Amira El-Gawly is the founder of Manifesta, a culture-first agency that designs...

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Laneice McGee

DisciplinesBrand, Business

TopicsCareer, Communication, Community, Creativity, Leadership, Teamwork

The lady who feels pride in having assisted a thousand lives through their career...

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Rachel Ceasar

DisciplinesUser Experience, User Research

TopicsCommunity, Culture, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Innovation, Service Design, Storytelling

IndustriesHealthcare, Technology

Medical Anthropologist and UX researcher at the intersection of health, tech, design....

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Elaine Gómez

DisciplineGame Design

TopicsAccessibility, Career, Creativity, Culture, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership, Teamwork

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Technology

Elaine is a Puerto Rican game designer, developer, and co-founder of Latinx in Gaming....

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Deb Mrazek

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Thinking

With over 35 years of experience creating and driving design strategy, Deb strives to...

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Erin O’Bannon

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsAccessibility, Communication, Design Strategy, Diversity & Inclusion, Methodology, Privilege, Robotics & AI, Teamwork

International UX Consultant facilitating shared understanding and increasing opportunity....

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Elisabeth Chin

DisciplinesUser Experience, User Research

TopicsAccessibility, Culture, Service Design, Social Innovation

Elisabeth advocates for empathy as a service designer, researcher, and facilitator,...

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Su Oguya

DisciplinesBusiness, Interaction Design, User Experience

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Social Innovation

IndustryTechnology

Susan is a Senior UX Designer at Amazon with 8+ years of experience in the field of...

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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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De Nichols

DisciplineImmersive Experience Design

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

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Government

De Nichols mobilizes global changemakers to activate ideas that address civic issues....

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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

Vivian helps organisations with keeping their employees healthy, happy & safe....

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RC Woodmass

DisciplinesBusiness, Design Operations

TopicsBusiness Design, Business Strategy, Diversity & Inclusion

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Technology

WRITER, TECH GEEK, INCLUSION EXPERT...

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Jess Huang

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsAccessibility, Career, Culture, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Teamwork

IndustryRetail

Jess Huang is a Senior Product Designer at Babylist....

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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...

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