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Luke Illidge
Group Design Manager at Deliveroo
- Design Systems
- Design Thinking
- Development
- Inclusive Design
Hey 👋🏻 I’m Luke. A design leader based in Manchester. I've worked in varied roles from starting my craft as designer no.1 in a successful startup through to consultancy and managing UX teams in-house. I enjoy a complex situation, every thread feels like unlocking tens of problems. Where strategy, tactics, people, and product - all come into play to envisage and deliver a better situation (and importantly! experience for people). Talk to me about anything you feel I can help with! Some areas I've found particular joy in are: • Influencing product strategy • Advocating design thinking • Developing people and teams • Design system development • Progressing inclusive design standards
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Agostina Gonzalez Banó
Senior Product & Strategist Designer and Squad Leader for the design area at BASF
- Career Advice
- Design Process
- Design Strategy
- Design Thinking
Hi! I am Agostina. Product Designer with more than + 9 years of experience. Currently I work as a Senior Product Designer and Squad leader for the design area for scientific software in RGQ for BASF (the world's largest company in the chemical industry). As a Product Designer I have worked in sectors such as Scientific (Multi-optimization of objectives, Agriculture, Catalysts, Project Management, Laboratories with AI), Banking, Insurance, AI, Data, Machine Learning, Property Valuation, IoT, Public Administration, Robots, Health, Education, Culture, Digital inclusion, Coworking, E-commerce, Accessibility and Tourism. In addition as a Lead Teacher in bootcamps. Among the clients for which I have worked, the following stand out: BASF, Ironhack, Geowox, YNS (RealSelf), Banco Santander, Bankia, MAPFRE, Museo Nacional del Prado, Yale Art Gallery, Thyssen, Balenciaga, Fundación Telefónica, University National of Cuyo, Ministry of Culture of Mendoza, INCAA, among others. I would like to be a mentor to help them with tips to get a job, prepare them for the technical interview and portfolio, professional career growth.
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Vikas Bhutani
Senior Service Designer at Atlassian
- Design Leadership
- Product Design
- Service Design
- User Centered Design
I am an Experience design consultant with a track record of driving business value through innovation, customer strategy and end to end experience design. With more than 14 years of experience in product/service design and digital strategy for enterprise customers.
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Rani Lee
Product Designer at YML
- Product Design
Hi! I am Rani from Korea, a Product Designer based in Toronto, working for YML in San Francisco Bay Area. As a self-taught designer, a non-native English speaker, a person without a strong design educational background, and a person who has experienced many career changes, but who has found their own direction and way I am convinced that I can share some helpful experiences (either good or bad) and give you valuable advice. I am here to give you the brave to keep stepping forward!
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Beatriz Varella
Head of Product at MaaS Global Ltd
- Design Leadership
- Design Thinking
- Product Management
- User Experience
I'm Bia Varella, a Product Leader with a heart for connecting and becoming inspired by people. Currently working as Head of Product & UX at MaaS Global, focused on transforming urban mobility. For the past 15 years, I had the opportunity to collaborate with many talented people, from leading global organizations to entrepreneurs aiming to build and launch their ventures. My expertise includes Product Management, Business Innovation, and Strategic Design. By understanding, envisioning, and leading design, product, and tech teams, I work to deliver solutions from concept to execution in a fast-paced, agile environment.
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Daniel Wilcomb
UI/UX Design Manager at OneStream Software
- Design Leadership
- Product Design
- User Centered Design
- User Experience
I started in User Experience before the discipline had a name. I started at consulting agency that specialized in combining UX strategy and system architecture for financial service and biopharmaceutical clients. Since then I've built, mentored, and designed with top-tier UX teams. I am a hands-on design team leader with over twenty years of experience in a wide variety of domains. I’ve learned that approaches discovered in one area of design can radically improve design in others. The teams I have built deliver both software and physical products for IBM, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Bank of America, and many others.
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Daniel Schwartz
VP, Product Design & User Research at Total Expert
- Creative Direction
- Design Management
- eCommerce
- User Centered Design
Senior design leader with a passion for building high-performing user experience design and research teams that drive loyalty to brands and help businesses thrive. Using strategic design practices, my teams at Bank of America, McGraw-Hill Education and Salesforce have changed the way people shopped for financial products, how people bank online, how online education is taught and how the world’s largest consumer brands sell products online. My approach focuses on being a value-focused and authentic leader that invests heavily in establishing strong and respected relationships in order for teams to do their best work and collaboratively build amazing products.
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Alok kumar
Head User Experience at Moonfrog Labs
- Design Strategy
- Human Computer Interaction
- User Experience
- User Research
A Seasoned Design Leader, Human-centered designer, HFI Certified Usability Analyst & PG in Psychology with 16+ Years' experience developing Design Strategy, User-Centered Design, and building a culture for UX Research & Design in esteemed organizations. Always open to generating user-centric solutions for complex business problems that bridge the gap between products and their consumers. EXPERTISE - Design Leadership - Design Thinking Workshops / Presenter - Research First Approach (Qualitative / Quantitative) - Human-Centered Design - Design Driven Culture enabler
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Manoj V
Experience Designer at Lenovo
- User Centered Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
- User Research
My journey in the UX design industry spans over four years, during which I've worked on Multiple Industries and companies like Ford Motors, Lenovo, Axtria, CSK cricket team, Sarva, Dream11, CMRL Metro etc., This hands-on experience has provided me with invaluable insights into real-world applications of design principles.
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Brenner Cruvinel
Design Manager at Zenklub
- Creative Direction
- Design Leadership
- Design Management
- Interaction Design
Hi! I´m a creative designer with 17 years experience in product design, design management, UX, UI, art direction, motion and VUI for some of Brazil's most impactful companies. I have a large experience guiding design teams to win, concept, deliver and deploy products & projects that breaks the status quo. My work in the largest latin america insurance company positively impacts the lives of millions of users every day, that's my purpose.
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Ilya Boruhov
Product Designer at Dell EMC
- Design Leadership
- Graphic Design
- Product Design
- User Experience
Product design director for major clients Build info structures via research and data analytics and transform them into intuitive, animated, accessible and easy-to-use designs. Design for Desktop, iOS and Android platforms with the ability to create clean design systems with smart components.
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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.
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Shriram Venkatraman
Group Manager at Mphasis Corporation
- Design Systems
- Interaction Design
- User Centered Design
- User Experience
With over a decade at Mphasis, my tenure as Head of Design has been marked by a relentless pursuit of innovative user experience strategies. Our team's commitment to usability design and web applications has elevated Mphasis's offerings, matching the company's mission of delivering cutting-edge solutions. A certified usability analyst, I bring a unique blend of skills acquired through roles at Polaris Software Lab and Mahindra Satyam, underpinning my expertise in user research. At Mphasis, we're not just creating interfaces; we're crafting experiences that resonate with users globally, thanks to a deep understanding of cultural nuances and ever-evolving user demands.
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Ranjeet Tayi
Director User Experience Design (Artificial Intelligence) at Informatica
- Branding & Identity
- Data Visualization
- Design Leadership
- Design Management
Ranjeet Tayi is the Director of UX at Informatica with 18 years of experience designing world-class products. His current role focuses on design-led innovation and AI Experience for data management cloud products to drive good design and good business through intelligent data. Previously he worked with SumTotal, PureIT Usability Research and co-founded MindVisions. Tayi is on several international nonprofit boards that contribute to design-led social impact. He has co-curated many design conferences, competitions, and ignite events. His talks and articles have been featured at RSA, WUC, IUI, UXPA, and UXIndia. Tayi holds two master's degrees in mass communication and advertising, a design management diploma, and five patents. He is interested in mentoring designers in product-led innovation, Design AI/ML Experience, and Design Leadership.
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Stéphane Méheux's
Head of CX & Design at Banese Card
- Design Leadership
- Design Management
- Graphic Design
- Product Design
Hello, I´m a French Strategic Designer with 15 years experience in a wide variety of business and design challenges. Along the years, I truly kept the belief that the design purpose has so much to offer to people's lives : Affordable, democratic, useful, pleasant and ludic human experiences in an efficient, evolutive and ethical way, sharing values between people, business and society. That purpose make my vision of good design. I particularly believe on the future of financial services crossed with education, as important vector of empowerment for minority. I hold a Master in Engineering Design Management from the Institut Supérieur de Design (ISD) in France. I have held design strategic positions at creative agencies and consulting firms in France, Spain, Mexico, Chile, Peru and Brazil for innovative projects, equally comfortable working on strategic team project than working on my own as a hands. I collaborate with clients in many countries until the implementation on the market with a human centered approach.
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Jason Friend
Experience Design Chapter Lead at ANZ
- Design Leadership
- Information Architecture
- User Experience
- User Interface
I'm a passionate Experience Design Leader with a decade of digital experience in education, banking and government services across enterprise businesses and small start-ups covering responsive web, mobile and SaaS applications. I put the role of customers at the centre of all experience design activities. I strongly believe that through a balanced understanding of constraints, we can deliver solutions that customers find useful, usable and desirable which aligns with business strategy and technology. My experience is underpinned by strong capability in the areas of design thinking, design research, data-driven insights and also challenging the status quo.
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Andrew Frank
Research Vice President and Distinguished Analyst at Gartner
- Design Systems
- Mobile Development
- Product Design
- User Research
I am currently leading product design at Very, a fully-distributed IoT product firm. I have been designing in one form or another for the past 13 years, and have spent the past 6 years focusing on product strategy, product design, and design implementation practices. I collaborate with my teams to solve problems for companies that want to put the experience of their users first, while making strategic decisions that drive towards iterative business outcomes.
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Vivekanandhan Chandrasekar
Sr Product Designer at TrusTrace
- Product Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
I am currently on a mission to make the world a better place to live in through design. I strongly believe in the power of continuous learning and growing together towards a common goal. Let's work towards creating meaningful and impactful designs that can positively impact people's lives.
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Hannah White
Chief Product Officer at Leverege
- Design Management
- Figma
- Graphic Design
- Illustration
I'm a multi-disciplinary designer and product leader. I'm currently leading product design on large Fortune 500 IoT products. In my free time, you can usually find me hiking in Shenandoah, building mugs at the pottery studio, or working on some oil paintings.
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Tjard Reimann
Head of Design, Growth at Miro
- Design Management
- eCommerce
- Product Design
- User Experience
Happy to connect and have a chat about anything (product) design related.
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Flávio Bezerra
Lead Experience Designer at BCG Digital Ventures
- Graphic Design
- Illustration
- Product Design
- Service Design
Flávio Bezerra is a Senior Experience Designer at BCG Digital Ventures. Over the past 7 years, Flávio has been working with startups and product teams in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, London, and Berlin and has been able to gather different experiences building B2B products.
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Ishaanee Pandey
Design Strategist at NA
- Design Management
- Design Strategy
- Design Thinking
- Entrepreneurship
I am Ishaanee, an MS Strategic Design and Management student at Parsons School of Design, graduating in May, 2023. My legal and operational background emphasized storytelling, and motivated me to move to design research and strategy. As I study Strategic Design and Management at Parsons School of Design today, I focus on qualitative research, to understand humans, organizations and the systems we live in, weaving varied stories each day. My professional background has included working with startups, non-profit, multinational innovation organizations, and educational institutions. Listen. Observe. Let’s bring Chaos to Structure.
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Velmurugan Paneerselvam
Senior Manager User Experience at Jio
- Graphic Design
- Motion Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
An HFI - Certified usability analyst with a decade-plus experience in handling e-learning, animation, UI/UX, and graphic design development and have been extensively involved in the following areas. • Visualization & Storyboard Creation • E-learning content development • UI & UX design • Flash Animation • 3d Titling • Video Editing • Visual effects & 3D Composition • Web design & development
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Neil Krishnan
Product Designer at Interviewing.io
- Product Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
- Web Design
UI/UX, Prototyping
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Alexandra Sasorina
Design Mentor at Designed.org
- User Experience
- User Interface
- User Research
- Wireframing
UX/UI designer at Coveo. Designing the overall functionality of the product by creating user scenarios and flows, wireframes, m/ups, and interactive prototypes
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