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    Arun Hitaishi

    Sr. Product Designer at Bijak

    • Figma
    • Graphic Design
    • Interaction Design
    • Product Design

    I design for People interacting with brands and create meaningful experience through design. Designing ChargeERP, Just Fresh & Just Retailer Previous- Builder | Chqbook Medium | Instagram | Twitter @uxdesignking 🌐 www.arunhitaishi.com 📞 +91 8679 430777

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    Jane Florins

    Head of UX/UI at FutureLink8

    • Career Advice
    • Career Transitions
    • Design Leadership
    • Design Process

    I have a diverse educational background, holding a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Business Administration and Information Technologies from Ufa Technological University, a BA in Film and Video from Georgia State University, and a Master's Degree in Digital Media Design from Harvard Extension School. Additionally, I have a degree in Economics and Mathematics and an Art School Diploma. My career started in graphic design after graduating from Art School. Later, I transitioned into Web and Software Development, working on projects at companies like Turner Broadcasting and Equifax. Over time, I developed a stronger interest in connecting different parts of large projects while keeping the User Experience in mind. This led me to focus on UX design at Verizon, and later at HCA, a healthcare company, where I concentrated on medical software innovation. Currently, I hold a role in UX/UI and software innovation, where I apply my experience to create digital products. Outside of work, I've been fortunate to have patented some inventions. I also mentor and teach User Experience Engineering at Harvard Extension School, and I enjoy playing the cello in my free time.

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    Marzie Nadali

    Product Design Manager at Amenitiz

    • Career Advice
    • Design Leadership
    • Portfolio Review
    • User Research

    👋🏼 Product design manager passionate about inspiring and leading diverse teams into building meaningful products. ❣️Building design communities for junior & mid-level designers via @MarziUXD (over 10k members) 💡+100 hours of mentoring helping designers with career advice, CV and portfolio reviews, product research, workshops and soft skills.

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    Mohammed Shafeeq

    Product Designer at Freelance

    • Accessibility
    • Interaction Design
    • Product Design
    • User Centered Design

    I am a customer-focused Product Designer with a bachelor's degree in information technology and 7 years of experience in the digital product development cycle and pixel/ink-based design processes. I'm interested in creating products that fully address the needs of the customer while also achieving the product vision. Most rewarding is when I maintain a research-driven mindset while focusing on the craft of product creation. I am a designer who is driven to solve problems through design. I believe that the world around us is full of questions that can be answered at any time, from anywhere. I look at the world objectively and holistically in order to frame the appropriate problem. I believe in the statement "everything is connected," and I believe design can be used as a medium for people to connect with one another. Through intentionality, design, and collaboration with others, I sculpt the most solid form of design expression that allows the user to interact, learn, and feel. I want to be a trailblazer who uses an understanding of people's activities, end objectives, products, services, and surroundings to generate innovative and creative design. With the understanding that UX is a multifaceted problem, I want to enhance people's quality of life.

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    Chris Peloquin

    Head of Product Design at Newswire

    • Figma
    • Interaction Design
    • User Experience
    • User Interface

    I'm Chris. I've been doing UX and Product Design for 13 years, specializing in using design thinking processes and UX strategy to create innovative solutions for complex systems. I'm a versatile and resourceful product designer with a background in leading design projects for a global audience. My superpower is the ability to take a blank whiteboard, a multi-faceted problem, and a room full of overwhelmed people, and create a path toward a highly effective, user-centered solution. Lately, I’ve been designing business intelligence products at Microsoft and learning products at Cengage. You can see some of my recent work below. Early on, I designed mobile and web apps for the TMobile Sidekick, Microsoft, and Nokia.

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    Amith Ashokan

    Director of Product Design at Games24x7

    • Game Design
    • Interaction Design
    • Product Design
    • User Experience

    As a product of the 80's, I felt obligated to become obsessed with playing NES and SNES games as a child, and expanding to the wonderful world of Game Design!

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    Ryan Smith

    Senior Product Designer for Alaska Airlines at Photon

    • Mobile Development
    • Product Design
    • User Experience

    UX designer focused on user-centered design methods to bring value to users and businesses. Skilled across all phases of user experience design including research, ideation, prototyping, visual design, and collaborating with developers on implementation.

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    Sandesh Chouhan

    User Experience Designer at Aubergine Solutions Pvt. Ltd

    • Figma
    • Mobile Development
    • User Experience

    Aspiring UI/UX Product & Animation Designer with hand-on experience in Wireframing, User flow, Scaling Web, Prototyping, Mobile product, 3D Modeling, and Lighting (Arnold). Particularly solving complex product problems with easy solution, engaging user experiences, and building cohesive design.

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    Jonathon Colman

    Senior Design Manager at HubSpot

    • Content Design
    • Design Leadership
    • Design Management
    • Information Architecture

    Jonathon Colman (@jcolman) leads global content design at HubSpot. He's a Webby Award-winning designer and keynote speaker who’s built and led design and content teams at Facebook, Intercom, IBM, REI, and The Nature Conservancy.

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    Nicole Steinmetz

    Graphic Designer at Yin & Yang Social

    • Creative Direction
    • Graphic Design
    • Industrial Design
    • Portfolio Review

    Australian Graphic Designer turned Authorised Squarespace Website Designer & Trainer and Certified Webflow Web Developer. Working on Adobe CC Suite on macOS/iOS. “Taking your essence and expressing it online.”

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    Cheriyan Manalel

    Lead UX Designer at Webcardio

    • User Centered Design
    • User Experience
    • User Interface
    • User Research

    A Lead UX Designer with a passionate belief in the power of beautiful aesthetics and the User Experience to solve business and user problems. I steered my career towards UI and UX over 8 years ago, as I thrive on the challenges presented outside my comfort zone. I design elegant and unique digital products focusing on intuitive user experience. I believe that user experience is not just beautiful design, but also about identifying and solving user’s problems. My design approach strongly incorporates user needs and business needs. In my experience, I have delivered web and mobile solutions for companies great and small around the globe, from large corporates to startup. Connect with me for a detailed conversation.

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    Soren Hamby

    Senior Manager of UX and Digital Design at Benjamin Moore & Co.

    • Accessibility
    • Design Thinking
    • Interaction Design
    • Service Design

    I'm bent on changing the world through diversity, inclusion, and accessibility. Design has the unique ability to affect systematic change, and technology can change lives. I'm an accessibility nerd and I can only see with one eye, so I have a lot of first hand experiences with assistive tools. I had temporary vision loss in one eye and permanent vision loss in the other. I'm one of the few designers that has one foot on each side of the threshold and can test with context. I consider this my superpower when it comes to accessibility. I not only am/have been the target user for assistive tools for vision, but I have gained so much understanding of what it means to have a disability that affects your autonomy. I am driven by inclusive design. I help businesses leverage their most valued resources - people and passion - to create innovation and social change. My top 5 hits: - Inclusive design - integrated through lived, academic, and professional experience - Accessibility expert - #a11y - Design community manager and strategist - connecting communities with UX, data, and UXR for four years - Design advocate - Team leadership from conceptualization to production - Human rights advocate and DEI professional - human rights are not political, Black Lives Matter, and inclusive design and technology shifts culture and society Inclusive design and accessibility are integral parts of transforming society. I thrive in my passion and drive for designing creative solutions and industry-changing thought leadership. With my lived experience as a lens, i focus on combining business ideas with respect for people and their experiences. I work with radical transparency. Service design is optimized and friendly, while data pairs with my advocacy for innovative, holistic standards. As a subject matter expert, I regularly connect my formal academic studies with social efforts. I also am a tech community public speaker and contributor to multiple articles, podcasts, and more. Ultimately, my specialization is transforming skeptics into champions for designing in community context, inclusion, and accessibility, from entry-level to C-suite. I utilize various tools and structures to facilitate this: - Mindfulness - Emotional Intelligence - Creative Exercise - Self-directed Learning - Redbull - Design-tool agnostic - Psychological safety for teams and users - The Power of a Positive ‘No’ - Data with emphasis on respect for users If you were drawn to my process or projects, consulting, public speaking, leadership, or specialized technical skills, please feel free to reach out. If you are an underrepresented person in tech or design, feel free to reach out for a chat or mentorship. Outside of professional connections and experiences, my personal life revolves around: - Networking with innovative products, tech groups, and incredible people - Speaking at public forums and podcasts regarding the advancement of the tech industry - Disability Advocacy & Rights - Queer Visibility Projects - Social Equity & Advancement - Digital & Physical Art - Outer Space - Enamel Pins If you would like to discuss current topics, please don’t hesitate to chat on Twitter @sorenfyi. Let’s build for everyone!

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    Khushbu Kapadia

    Product Designer at Prodeasy

    • Career Transitions
    • Design Critique
    • Design Leadership
    • Design Process

    Hi, I'm ​Khushbu, a ​Product Designer and Design Researcher wit​h experience across ​automotive, B2B SaaS, Healthcare, and ​Lifestyle. I’m passionate about responsible design advocacy, product strategy and systems design with a focus on optimising experiences through research-informed insights; whether ​leading ​B2B experience from 0 to 1 to empower product managers and founders, ​shaping ​mobile apps for remote vehicle functions within automotive, or facilitating workshops to co-design the lives of domestic violence survivors. I'm always eager to broaden my knowledg​e, discuss these topics​ and pick up new skills.​ Let's connect!

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    Andrew Jordan

    Director, Product Design at Independent | Andrewjordan.org

    • Design Process
    • Design Thinking
    • Enterprise Design
    • Product Design

    Andrew is an accomplished UX strategy leader with deep experience in design thinking practices, 0-to-1 product development, and SaaS product design. He has worked across a wide range of industries—finance, travel, entertainment, healthcare, and climate-tech—and within different types of organizations, from startups to legacy companies and creative agencies. A career highlight was teaching design thinking at NYC’s Noble Desktop. Born and raised in Michigan, Andrew now resides in Nashville, TN after spending 12 exciting years in New York. You can find him hiking snow-capped mountains, blending the perfect superfood smoothies, and indulging in his love of music production.

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    JJ Moi

    Design Partner at Prime Movers Lab

    • Art Direction
    • Data Visualization
    • Design Systems
    • Interaction Design

    Born and raised in San Francisco, spent several years abroad. I’m passionate about making people’s lives more interesting and it’s reflected in my cross-cultural design solutions across a variety of creative fields ranging from branding and digital products to graphic design. Designer of things. Leader, educator, coach. Art historian, graffiti artist, capoeirista. Pony.

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    Namrata Sharma

    UX Designer at Shaw Communications

    • Design Strategy
    • Interaction Design
    • Mobile Development
    • User Experience

    I specialize in creating intuitive and engaging User Experiences with over 11 years of experience across multiple platforms, handling various projects from concept through production. - Ability to complete projects from concept to fully operational status. - Client Interaction, Innovation, User Experience Design Strategies, Usability - Research and Evaluation, User Testing for web and mobile applications. - Producing prototypes with wireframes or schematics. - Developing and designing the user interface by applying research, design standards, industry best practices, and taking into account strategic business objectives, user needs, and systems constraints. - Creating meaningful, high-value static and interactive mockups. - Experienced in front end coding using HTML and CSS SKILLS: User Research, Personas, Site maps, Use cases and scenarios, User flows, Sketches and Infographics, Wireframes, User Testing, Visual Design

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    Mayur Ghoghari

    SR UX/UI & Product Designer at Nearcast

    • Adobe
    • Design Process
    • Mobile Design
    • Web Design

    I am a UX/UI designer (7+ years of work experience ). I help startups and businesses to solve user problems with minimalistic clean design and user-friendly layouts. My passion — design for SaaS, dashboards, charts, tables... I love to work with data-heavy websites and apps and I really know how to do it. Designed products for IoT, gamification, entertainment, travel, healthcare, fintech and many other industries. Hardworking, team player, and problem solver. I can help you with: - Product UX - User flows, wireframes, use cases - UI design (Sketch, Figma, XD) - Low and hi fidelity prototyping, testing, animated interactions - MVP and startup design - Responsive mobile-first HTML/CSS Coding, Pug (Jade), Stylus, SCSS, Bootstrap Theming, Tailwind, ReactJS (within agency) - Design to code process management - Design Systems, guides, design documentation and component libraries. Interested in long-term contracts.

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    Pat Arnold

    Designer / Principal at Relativity Studio

    • Art Direction
    • Branding & Identity
    • Creative Direction
    • Design Leadership

    Living at the intersection of the rebellious creative mindset and the control-freak tendencies of brand, I bring a unique perspective on how to build and manage vibrant systems that thrive in the now. Over an 18+ year career I've gone from a small Midwestern agency you’ve never heard of, learning how to be an art director on an account you likely have forgotten, on to working with some of the more impressive brand names one could casually drop in conversation. During my agency time I've worked in advertising, digital, and experience marketing shops such as Digitas, George P. Johnson, Gupta Media, Jack Morton and Toth+co. Clients have included On the client side I've applied that expertise at software brands Taleo, CA Technologies, and most recently Zipcar. Along the way I've taught at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and Northeastern University, lectured, facilitated brand workshops, and bring a passion for great brand experiences to every project I lead or touch – still preferring to roll up my sleeves and ‘doing’ as much as I guide and mentor.

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    Manas Mradul

    Product Designer 2 at PG Paper UK

    • Design Thinking
    • Human Computer Interaction
    • Illustration
    • User Centered Design

    A Self-driven Product Designer currently working at PG Paper, UK. Interested in understanding people at the grass-root level and finding ways to enhance their lives in small, subtle ways. A keen interest and experience in Design Thinking, Ideation, Human Psychology, Research & Product Development. I believe in making the Interaction of User and Product; Intuitive, Fun & Seamless.

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    Trista Tu

    Product & Motion Designer at Stellantis

    • Data Visualization
    • Design Management
    • Enterprise Design
    • Sustainable Design

    I design digital in-vehicle experiences across Navigation, Voice, Entertainment, and AI Systems at Stellantis. At work, I advocate for accessibility and internationalization in my design processes. If I'm not behind the keyboard or talking to stakeholders, you can find me pursuing badminton in the Bay Area, Burlingame. Having faced the challenges of being a designer, I want to share my experiences to guide you through common pitfalls and ensure a smoother journey. Let's connect, learn, and grow together and I'm excited to be part of your design story!

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    kalpit Doshi

    Founder at The Raw Projects

    • Design Process
    • Design Strategy
    • Design Thinking
    • Entrepreneurship

    Industrial designer & innovator with Five years of hands on experience with 5 IP application (Patents & design registration) on my name. Founder of 'The Raw Projects', a platform for design consultation, pitch projects & work portfolio. Proficient in product research & analysis, simple product innovation, system and strategic design etc. Recipient of government grants for two product based startups.

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    Kenny Kutney

    General Manager at Londonderry Foundation for STEM Education

    • Interaction Design
    • Product Design
    • User Experience
    • User Interface

    I am a strong design thinker, business leader, and team builder, with an engineering and design background. I love solving complex challenges, while finding innovative solutions to business problems. I can move easily from in-depth conversations with customers and users, to executive stakeholder discussions, to making difficult decisions and tradeoffs with management and development teams, while maintaining business objectives and a long-term product strategy and vision.

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    Tim Colica

    Senior User Experience Designer at Minderoo Foundation

    • Design Thinking
    • Service Design
    • User Experience
    • Visual Design

    I’m a professional and creative UX / UI Engineer. Creative, passionate about simple, useful, and insightful design. For the past 15+ years helping business-building digital products. What drives me is common sense and helping people achieve their goals. I’m a professional and creative product UX/UI Designer, with over 27 years of experience in the IT world. My expertise ranges from consulting, stakeholder management, and user research to design, front-end development and user testing. My aim is to empathize with users, solve their problems, and design solutions in a the smarter way by following the User-Centered Design Process.

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    Florin Matei

    Senior UI/UX Designer at TotalSoft

    • Branding & Identity
    • Figma
    • Graphic Design
    • User Interface

    Hi, I am Florin. Graphic designer, UI/UX designer, husband and father. And i want to learn and share my knowlege with everybody. Acelasi pentru toti, diferit pentru fiecare.

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    Maithili Mishra

    PhD Student at Clemson University

    • Data Visualization
    • Design Critique
    • Design Thinking
    • Product Design

    Maithili is studying to specialize in the research areas of Human-Centered Computing (HCC) and specifically virtual humans (VH). Her research goal is to evaluate the factors that make virtual humans 'truly convincing'. To achieve this goal, she studies users’ current VH-interaction practices and uses this information to design, implement, and evaluate technologies that help users manage various aspects of the interaction experience such as virtual humans' appearance, personality, age, gender, ethnicity, emotions, gestures, smile, gaze, and proxemics. Her other research interests include usable privacy and security, data visualization, queueing and simulations, and virtual humans modeling. Paper on "Evaluating the Cost of Prevention Programming and Universal Screening with Discrete Event Simulation" is about an applied 'tandem queuing network' that involves overcoming the challenges of keeping the workings of each internal phase intact and synergizing the parts to make a meaningful whole—delivering beautiful deterministic & stochastic synergy. She is interested in the development, critique, evaluation, and characterization of UX and visualization systems. For UX systems, her goal is to help people measure and define their products from the user's perspective. She grounds UX research with strategy and design to analyze emerging technologies. Her research strategy includes qualitative, quantitative, attitudinal, behavioral & design research. She often chooses mathematical rig