Our Mentors

Joshua Ndon

Principal UX Design Strategist at Fidelity Investments

• Accessibility
• Career Advice
• Product Design
• Product Management

I am a seasoned Product Designer with 10 years of experience designing digital products, scalable design systems, and user-centered experiences across enterprise technology and financial services. My work sits at the intersection of Product Design, UX Strategy, technology, and emerging AI capabilities. I combine a background in UX Research, Interaction Design, prototyping, and software engineering to create intuitive experiences that solve complex user and business challenges. At Fidelity Investments, I progressed through roles spanning Software Engineer, Senior Product Designer, Principal Product Designer, and Director-level Experience Design. I have designed web and mobile experiences, internal platforms, technology strategy tools, and AI-enabled workflows while partnering with cross-functional teams across product, technology, and business organizations. My expertise includes: • Product Design and UX Strategy • Design Systems and scalable design practices • UX Research and Human-Centered Design • High-fidelity prototyping and interaction design • Mobile and web application experiences • AI Agentic Development and AI-enabled product workflows • Accessibility-focused design and WCAG principles Selected impact: • Designed communication and digital experiences supporting 8,000+ associates across enterprise initiatives. • Created a global internal experience that engaged approximately 2,300 attendees, with 88% of surveyed participants rating it very/extremely valuable. • Redesigned technology health experiences supporting 500+ active users/month and increased usage by 10% over six months. • Redesigned accessibility-focused experiences that increased traffic 137%, from 1,513 page views to 3,587 after launch. I connect with product, design, and technology leaders building scalable digital experiences where thoughtful design, emerging technology, and user needs come together.

Oriole Bolus

Senior Product Designer at The Delta

• Design Thinking
• Product Design
• User Experience

Formerly, an Industrial Design professional who now specialises in Design Thinking, UX and Design Research. In 2013, I pivoted in this direction while pursuing and completing a Masters in Design Thinking. Since I have also gained experience as a Design Thinking Coach at the Hasso Plattner School of Design Thinking In Cape Town and worked for Innovation-driven organisations. My ambition is to continue to explore, experiment and re-structure methodologies at the front end of the design or innovation process to solve complex problems while mentoring up and coming design thinkers to solve complex information challenges.

Bima Aditya

Graphic Designer at Teknik Graphia

• Adobe
• Print Design
• Service Design
• Typography

I'am a Junior Graphic Designer, and I'm From Indonesia

Vicky Cheng

Product Designer at Dialpad

• Design Leadership
• Figma
• Mobile Development
• User Centered Design

I am an end-to-end product designer who loves solving challenging and impactful problems. As an ENFJ, I love connecting with and understanding people, and I thrive on collaboration and teamwork. As a product designer, I hope to combine my creativity and strategic thinking to create impactful products that are intuitive and trustworthy.

Deependra Sunuwar

UX/UI Tutor at UpSkills Nepal

• Graphic Design

Tanya Rasquinha

Manager | Product Specialist Master at Deloitte Digital

• Accessibility
• Career Advice
• Design Leadership
• Design Management

Self-taught in UX, Business Analysis, and Project Management, for 11 years I have worked at the crossroads of Design and business, with 9 years core experience in the digital space. An enthusiastic traveler, I have studied, worked and backpacked all around India. I believe experience teaches a lot and my appreciation for art, dance, travel and adventure add value to everything I do.

Aubrey Johnson

Partner at Genesis

• Interaction Design
• Product Design
• Product Management
• User Experience

I'm a results-driven software designer, product guy & occasional iOS developer. History, accolades and highlights: Business Insider's Top 75 Designers in Technology (#48), 7 products/companies I led the product design at have been acquired or gone public, Many Apple featured apps. I'm a results-driven software designer, product guy and occasional iOS developer. History, accolades and highlights: - Business Insider's Top 75 Designers in Technology (#48) - 7 products/companies I led the product design at have been acquired or have gone public Twilio - IPO 2016 Authy - Acquired 2015 Bop - Acquired 2015 Color - Acquired 2012 HelloSociety - Acquired 2016 Ferris - Acquired 2017 Detour - Acquired 2018 Dosh - Acquired 2021 - Multiple applications featured by Apple or named "Essential Apps" in the App Store, hundreds of thousands of 5-Star reviews

Parithimal Saravanan

Senior UX Consultant at Wipro Digital

• Information Architecture
• User Experience
• User Interface

As a hands-on individual who isn’t afraid of a pen and paper, I work through the full UX lifecycle from research to design and testing utilizing all elements of a user-centered design process to create innovative cross-platform experiences.

Ashwini Solanki

Associate General Manager at HCL Technologies

• Interaction Design
• User Centered Design
• User Experience
• User Interface

Ashwini Solanki is a passionate User Experience Design professional working at the intersection of people, business & technology. He is Solving strategic and complex business problems with a lens of design thinking. Ashwini has more than a decade of experience in leading and managing digital product/project user experiences for domains like Manufacturing, IT, Travel, Telecom, Banking -Finance for their B2B, B2B2C & B2C consumers. He brings versatile design experience spanning across design strategy, UX Management, User Psychology, contextual research & interaction design. In his last organization, he has fostered research-driven, design-led development culture and led the design for digital transformation. He set-up the design studio in his last organization which is functioning as a “Synergia Studio”. He nurtured a scalable design system for the product in his last organization that helps reduce development and design time and increased consistency across all platforms. His focus areas are to establish empathy for user archetypes & stakeholders in the organization by devising coordinated research activities to envision & conceptualize digital experiences.

Ladipo Odunsi

Product Design Manager at Traction Apps

• Design Process
• Interaction Design
• User Centered Design
• User Experience

Experienced Digital Designer with a demonstrated history of working in the digital space. Skilled in Product, Visual, Motion & Graphic Design as well as front-end development. I have a passion for teaching & mentoring young designers.

Junaid Ahmed

Product Marketing at LambdaTest

• Growth Marketing
• Marketing Design
• Product Management

My professional experience of over 8 years has been quite exciting & dynamic, I have got the opportunity to run the marketing activities of an India Based MNC & than managing the marketing & communication team of one of India’s most prestigious business group. Currently, I am working as a Marketing Communication specialist at one of the leading startup in cross browser testing space. An enthusiastic & result oriented professional with hands on experience of all marketing & communication wing. At LambdaTest I am handling all day to day marketing communication activities including customer communication, public relation activities, managing affiliate program, strategic partnerships, finding new business development avenues etc. With Shriram Automall I was working as Deputy Manager Marketing I am responsible for the overall communication of the company & manage a team of young & motivated professionals. Coming up with new & innovative communication ideas & implementing them successfully is one of the key accomplishments. As Sr. Exec Marketing with Stellar Information Technology Pvt. Ltd. I was responsible for carrying out the day to day marketing activities of the company smoothly that included the ATL, BTL & online marketing. As a member of a small team, the learning & implementation of new & innovative ideas attracted instant recognition. I am a Master’s Degree holder in Mass communication from Kurukshetra University. Skills – Marketing Communications, Corporate Communications, Content creating & Editing, Affiliate Marketing, Online Marketing, Public Relations, Strategic Partnerships, Brand Management, Events, Campaign Management, Advertising, Marketing Strategy, Media Planning, Social Media Marketing, Video Production, Content Marketing & Blogging.

Swarnima Shukla

Product Designer at Meesho

• Product Design
• User Experience
• User Interface

I am a self-taught designer with formal education in Computer Science and Engineering. I have 2+ years of experience in the design domain, from a design agency to an ed-tech startup to finally working at Meesho as a product designer. I have mentored around 150+ students since my college, by conducting 1-1 sessions, webinars and seminar at colleges, I like to connect with budding designers and have mentored over 10+ students and professionals to start their design journey. I would like to mentor for Product Design and its verticals along with design portfolio creation, starting design journey, career paths in this domain and interview preparation at various companies and startups.

Shaun Byrne

Head of Product Design at Zipline App

• Design Leadership
• Interaction Design
• Product Design
• User Experience

Design leader suited for growing distributed teams that believe in the science of design and innovative product development. Believer in using quantitative and qualitative data to validate, inform and measure success. With 10+ years working in global product teams, I have a proven track record in end to end product design, development and delivery. I continually strive to understand the user to continually deliver beautiful and scalable solutions that meet user and business needs. I deliver my best value when working with autonomous product teams and developing the practice of design within an organisation. Specialties: → Product & design strategy → Team building → Workshop facilitation → Multi Fidelity prototyping → Research, interaction & visual design. → Agile and product methodologies → Design systems → MVT & A/B testing

Monique Meyer

Graphic Designer + Educator at Studio South + Shore

• Design Strategy
• Graphic Design
• Marketing Design

Monique Meyer is best known for turning ordinary ideas into gorgeous, high-impact marketing pieces for nonprofit and educational organizations across the country. After years of working in design and marketing communications, she is now Principal at her own design firm with studios in Dallas/Fort Worth, Tampa and San Diego. She is the Founder of the School of Graphic Design where she designs and teaches beginner to advanced courses that empower people to “create their own wow™”. Highly active in the design community, she volunteers with CreativeMornings Dallas, AIGA DFW and Ladies, Wine & Design, is a mentor for the Dallas Entrepreneurship Center, Women Who Create and the Women’s Print Mentoring Network, and has been featured on The Quickie Podcast and at the Texas Governor + Texas Film Commission’s Women in Tech Conference. In 2021, she was a guest on Adobe Live where she designed and taught her process live for two days to Adobe’s 1M+ YouTube subscribers. She also spent time that year hosting her second global FieldTrip with CreativeMornings where she taught small business owners the basics of graphic design. With an MA in Graphic Design + Digital Media, Monique is an expert in showcasing type as a visual voice and uses her skills as a recurring judge for Adobe Creative Jams and as a reviewer for various college portfolio review panels.

Aswin Ranganathan

Design Manager at Delivery Hero

• Information Architecture
• Interaction Design
• Product Design
• User Experience

I'm Aswin, designer and self-taught developer living in Singapore. I currently work with @Grab as a Senior Product Designer in Grab Financial Group. Previously I've worked with some popular startups like @Zeta & @Housing. I've designed at scale on both web and mobile but knowing React gives me an edge over web applications. Learning by doing everyday. Previously - Grab, Zeta.in, Housing.com

Suzana Ribeiro

UX Lead at banQi

• Content Design
• Design Leadership
• Product Design
• Product Management

I am a content specialist for digital products and passionate about mixing text and design to make people's lives easier. I'm also very curious and I love to discover the reasons behind everything, so I learned to use that curiosity to help companies build better products using UX research.

Irina Palichorova

Product Designer at Self Employed

• Career Advice
• Ethical Design
• Portfolio Review
• Product Design

As a senior product designer at Johnson & Johnson and a senior UX designer at Toptal, I have over 20 years of experience in creating digital solutions for web, mobile, and desktop platforms. I am passionate about designing user-friendly and aesthetically pleasing products that meet the needs and goals of both clients and users. I have a strong background in UX research, usability testing, wireframing, prototyping, and interface design, using tools such as Figma, Sketch, and Adobe XD. I have successfully delivered projects for various industries, such as healthcare, e-commerce, education, and social media. I have also led and mentored design teams, ensuring high-quality standards and effective communication. My mission is to use my skills and expertise to create innovative and impactful digital solutions that make a difference in people's lives.

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.

Yegneshwaran Hariharan

Video Editor & Graphics Designing at YH Frame

• Adobe
• Animation
• Creative Direction
• Graphic Design

Hi I am an video editor, graphics designer, script writer, 2D animator, video marketer and filmmaker. I have been creating videos and designing posters, magazines, photobooks and brochures for past 5 years. I have worked with many individuals, organization and production houses.

Leonardo Caetano

Senior Product Design Manager at Workhuman

• Design Leadership
• Product Design
• User Centered Design
• User Experience

I work as a design leader since 2011 when I built from scratch a team of 12 designers. Since then, I led and built teams in different sectors across 4 countries. Currently, I transform workplaces into more humane environments, leading the Product Design and Research teams at Workhuman.

Jessica Lopez

Senior Manager, Brand Design at Webflow

• Branding & Identity
• Creative Direction
• eCommerce

Over 15 years of experience working with fashion brands and in E-commerce- directing Brand DNA projects, building teams, and repositioning brands across multiple channels.

Tushar Debnath

Senior Product Designer at Revolut

• Design Systems
• Product Design
• Typography
• User Experience

Product Designer, Master Prototyper I am Tushar Debnath, a product designer & design technologist living in New Delhi. Currently, I am building products, design systems, and internal design tools at Zomato

Jared Hardwick

Design Director at NerdStuds

• Art Direction
• Creative Direction
• Interaction Design
• Typography

I'm a passionate design leader with a purpose to craft memorable brands and create unique digital experiences for mission-focused companies.

Giuseppe Infortuna

Lead of UX/UI Design at Central City Coding

• Graphic Design
• Product Design
• User Experience
• User Interface

I am a highly dedicated and creative senior designer with over thirteen years of experience in creative roles. My passion for fresh and original solutions combined with a level-headed and rational approach has resulted in an impressive portfolio of high-quality concepts and projects. A hands-on approach to the entire creative process means that each project is given the utmost attention from initial concept to final delivery. A strong communicator with the ability to convey ideas clearly to clients as well as to copywriters and web developers.

Farhad Jafari

Product Design Manager at Ignite

• Design Leadership
• Design Process
• Product Design
• User Experience

I’m a Product Designer, Innovator, Thinker, and Leader who has had the opportunity to work with technology companies ranging from the store, retail, payment, and SaaS to health care firms with complex organizational structures to startups trying to launch products in a fast-paced environment. I create and validate UX visions and strategies, run research workshops, develop team processes, build scalable design systems, and create a user-centric design to meet business goals. Having a product mindset is something I got in my own startups that caused me to learn more. That is how should I move from problem space (target customer and needs) to solution space (Value Proposition, Feature set, and UX ) for having a great market-fit product. Apart from my full-time jobs, In these years I helped to grow more than 20 startups and had UX workshops as a Mentor and Consultant, which was a big chance for me to learn more and be familiar with different Industries.