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Domenico Polimeno
Strategic Design Consultant at Freelance
- DesignOps
- Design Process
- Design Strategy
- Psychology
Strategic Design, Design ops, Facilitation, Discovery Workshop
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Mahuya Ghosh
Design Manager at First Tech Fed Credit Union
- Android Development
- Interaction Design
- User Experience
- Visual Design
I’m Mahuya, an User Experience Manager based in beautiful San Jose, California. I am passionate about influencing the world for humanity through thoughtful & innovative design solutions. I provide leadership, direction, and mentorship to junior designers. I collaborate with stakeholders and product owners to define project goals and to create design vision, concepts. I help to define information architecture through card sorting and build the navigation model based on analytics. Bridging technology and design thinking methodology is the core of the design is that drives me to towards becoming a more thoughtful, and creative designer. My mantra is, "I design for the people".
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Illusate Zhang
Brand Director at Insta360
- Branding & Identity
- User Interface
- Web Design
Now a Design Director of INSTA360, in charge of branding & interface design.
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Hazem K H Madi
Global Miro Consultant at Miro
- Product Design
- User Centered Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
Senior Product Design Consultant ✦1% Top Certified Softr Expert ✦Top LinkedIn Expert Voice ✦Miro Global Creator And Consultant ✦ LottieFiles Certified Expert ✦Global Webflow Insider ✦AI Builder Fellow ✦
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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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Madhupriya Jha Thakur
Assistant Professor at National Institute of Fashion Technology
- Color Theory
- Design Process
- Design Thinking
- Fashion Design
I am a design educator for more than 10 years now, and mentor students in creative thinking skills, design thinking, methodology and process, Indian culture and crafts, accessories (bags, costume jewellery, travel and business gear), leather products, fashion studies, fashion trends and forecasting. I am currently pursuing my PhD in Headgears of Rajputana Royals and their adaptation in Indian period cinema. I would look forward to mentor enthusiasts in Indian culture and crafts, accessories, design thinking, methods and process, creative thinking skills.
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Seth Jenks
Director of Design at Chia Project
- 3D
- Design Leadership
- Product Design
- User Experience
I’ve been working as a designer and developer since 2008. I love product design and strategy. I believe that design is a tool for solving business problems. I love to read and to cook. I’m a huge fan of my four kids and my amazing wife.
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Rushab Shah
Associate Director at MediaMint
- Career Advice
- Design Leadership
- Design Management
- DesignOps
I am a Design Manager and am surrounded by talented minds. Over my 16 years of experience in the design industry, I have played a pivotal role in setting up teams for success. I find inspiration in all the creative things life has to offer. I believe I can help aspiring leaders create a positive culture in the team by balancing business needs and meeting individual goals.
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Vidhunnan Murugan
Product Designer at bigbasket.com
- Motion Design
- Product Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
An award-winning designer who is really passionate about designing meaningful experiences to impact people's lives and drive business through design. I believe simplicity is the key to creating a unique experience & a way to build products. I am an advocate for user-first design & strongly believe privacy & transparency matter in every product we design. I am a quick learner & open-minded designer to works on new challenges, and opportunities & interacts with different teams to craft solutions. In addition to that, I am also a productivity enthusiast who loves to create tools and explored various methods & habits that help to improve people's daily life & be more productive. And I am passionate about what I do and what drives my interest which encourages me to learn & explore new things. As a self-taught designer(most of the time) in UX/UI, I share my knowledge back with the community.
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Manoj Kumar Yadav
Founder & Design Head at Designskope
- Design Systems
- Product Design
- Team Building
- User Experience
I'm Manoj Yadav, An User Interface Experience designer for the last 8+ years and a curious learner from India. I worked with Healthcare, Finance and SaaS Applications projects etc. I believe that amazing products are designed to create a beautiful user interface that is understandable. Trying to be brief, not boring, feature limit!
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Lisa Maione
Assistant Professor at Kansas City Art Institute
- Data Visualization
- Graphic Design
- Typography
- Visual Design
Enthusiastic to support creative practices of all kinds. Experience as a designer in small and medium-sized studios, as an art director in magazines and editorial, as a collaborator with architects and scientists, and as a design educator since 2008. Research in graphic design history & typography. With over 18 years of design industry experience, clients have ranged from architects to artists, community organizations to academics, filmmakers, photographers, publishers, museums, entrepreneurs, writers and scholars. I am an Associate Professor of Graphic Kansas City Art Institute where I combine my professional design experience with research collaborations. TEACHING: Since 2008, I have taught design courses at schools including Parsons School of Design at The New School, CUNY Queens College (NYC), Oklahoma State University and Kansas City Art Institute. Focus on typography, design history, and user experience. STUDIO: For Instance is my design practice. Independently and collaboratively with other designers, For Instance designs and builds visuals, spaces, tools, presentations and interactions to engage audiences at all scales of communication and distribution. For Instance is engaged with design projects, proposals and speculations in the arts, architecture, media, sciences, education and humanities. http://work.forinstance.org/
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Kevin Flores
Author • Speaker • Coach at Find Your Inner Rebel
- Career Transitions
- Design Leadership
- Product Design
- Product Management
Author of "Find Your Inner Rebel" and co-author of the "Design Career Handbook." I believe that design positively impacts business when you create lovable products that solve problems, improve lives, and make people happy. I'm passionate about how design impacts business and everything related to leveling up in one's career. I've built and led teams at Verizon, 23andMe, LinkedIn, and several start-ups. For over 25 years, I have been a product and design leader, building human-centered teams that have launched innovative solutions across many domains: content publishing, education and training, interactive media and entertainment, social networking, B2B, SaaS, and consumer health.
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Rama Limaye
Senior Lead User Experience at Infosys Pvt Ltd
- Graphic Design
- Interaction Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
I am a User experience Design Specialist with 6 years of experience & a User Experience Design (UX) Graduate from Symbiosis Institute of Design . I love working on projects which will indulge me in extensive research. I am looking forward to work in a Technology-driven company which will help me enhance my skills. I love exploring all mediums of Design like - User Experience design, User Interface Design and Interaction Design Apart from being a Designer, I am also a Calligrapher.
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Jatin Gupta
Product Designer at T-Mobile
- Product Design
- User Experience
Hi! This is Jatin (pronounced Justin without an s). I am a Product Designer at T-Mobile, reimagining the shopping experience through T-Mobile. I am interested and passionate about problem-solving in the digital space, keeping ethics and sustainability in mind. I design to keep technology usable for people, even if it is much more complex on the backend than the average human brain can comprehend. Reach out to me for anything related to navigating life as a UX designer
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Nishant Bali
Senior User Experience Design Specialist at SAP Labs India
- Accessibility
- Product Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
With a keen interest in human psychology and user-centered design, I found my passion in creating meaningful and intuitive experiences through design. Having worked with companies like TCS, Accenture, Oracle & top-notch clients like Google, T-Mobile, CVS Health, Deutsche Telekom & Visa, I specialize in taking an idea from concept to wireframes to a functional prototype. As a UX Designer, I enjoy collaborating with different stakeholders like Product Managers, Product Owners & Development teams. I have worked in the fields of E-Commerce, Healthcare, Retail, Telecom, and Banking. I strongly believe in adapting and constantly learning to evolve and this is visible in the activities I have performed throughout my career.
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Andrea Bandoni
Designer in Residence / Design Learning Manager at Aalto University
- Design Management
- Graphic Design
- Industrial Design
- Product Design
I am a designer with relevant works related to conceptual design, design education and design management. I believe design has to add something relevant to our saturated world, being a creative force for environmental and social change. I have works related to design, education and management. I believe design has to add something relevant to our saturated world, being a creative force for environmental and social change. The projects I'm used to working on have a strong focus on sustainability, innovation, and transdisciplinarity. I'm passionate about experimental projects and they usually involve technology and creativity. I started as a conceptual designer and had projects exhibited and acquired by museums and galleries in different countries such as The Netherlands, Germany, France, Switzerland, Italy, China, Australia and Brazil. In 2012 I was awarded Young Creative Entrepreneur (Design Category) by the British Council, entering the network with the most prominent agents of the Creative Economy in the world. As a design and educational manager, I have experience leading complex projects, recruiting people, engaging teams, doing user research, communicating with different stakeholders, and respectfully managing diverse points of view. A creative approach to management is natural to me. I'm also very used to working with people from all kinds of backgrounds and I truly like to learn from them. I teach, give lectures, workshops, and consultancy in areas related to my work and studies.
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Danielle Theroux
Principal Digital Consultant at Capco
- Interaction Design
- Product Design
- User Centered Design
- User Interface
Design leader with a sharp focus on the application and evolution of innovative digital strategies, resulting in compelling experiences at the project, portfolio, and enterprise levels. Collaborative leader, business partner, and change agent who leads by influence and has the ability to synthesize research efforts for brand and product strategies across a variety of platforms. Possesses a passion for elevating organizations by fostering culture and a shared vision of innovation across teams and leadership.
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Victor Osório
Software Engineering Specialist at Openet
- Consulting Advice
- Development
- Product Development Process
Now I'm a Telecom Engineer. But you know, we should reinvent ourselves! And my professional background is about to reinvent myself. I started making tools for Eclipse 2005. Then I move to a broader developer, small company. Then I start as a Java, moved to Java Architect and now I'm on 5G Core.
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John McCabe
Design Manager, AI + UX at IBM
- Architecture
- Design Leadership
- Industrial Design
- Service Design
I have led award-winning product design teams for enterprise, academic, and startup organizations for 20 years. During these two decades, my diverse leadership roles have provided me the privilege to drive transformation where technology, creativity, and society converge. I have enabled organizational change through meshing the physical and digital, blending the raw and the refined, and catalyzing inclusive cultures through meaningful discourse and equitable experiences. I would love to chat and learn how we can learn from one another. 🤘 Designing the future through atoms, data, and pixels to nurture value and infuse delight. Physical + Digital + Service
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Steph Chow
Creative Director, UI/UX + Founder at XAMA
- Art Direction
- Graphic Design
- Illustration
- User Experience
I'm Steph! I'm the UI/UX Creative Director and Founder of the creative consulting group: XAMA. I've worked on UI/UX for numerous global products with experience including Disney and Supercell. I can help provide guidance on: - Career growth - UI/UX in the games industry - Portfolio feedback - Remote Work Steph Chow is a UX Specialist and Creative Director who has dedicated herself to creating great digital product and design for the global consumer. She has leveraged her creative strategy and UX expertise to improve and execute game UI/UX for brands like Disney, Call of Duty, Marvel, Star Wars, and BANDAI NAMCO. While part of the Central Creative team at Disney Games, Steph combined her art direction and UI/UX abilities to create functional and thematic product user interfaces. She then diversified her experience as a Marketing Art Director at Supercell––where she worked to improve Clash of Clans and Clash Royale's presence through a localized creative strategy for retention and acquisition in the Japan market. In addition she provided UI/UX insight and creative consultation to new game teams on how they can make their game globally appealing, and approachable for the Japan market. As the founder and leader of XAMA, Steph works with a talented remote team of designers to consult and create high quality experiences for Fortune 500 companies, AAA game studios, and startups. In 2018, she was a speaker at GDC's UX Summit where she discussed how to immerse a creative world into usable UI. She then returned in 2019 to GDC's UX Summit to speak about conveying player growth through UX Strategy and in-game visuals.
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Mike Cordeiro
Senior UX Architect at Wipro Limited
- Accessibility
- Enterprise Design
- Graphic Design
- User Experience
I'm a User Experience & User Interface Designer. Starting as a graphic and web designer, I've focused on UX/UI and accessibility for the past few years. Working in a variety of agency and corporate roles I've developed extensive experience in design, development, and marketing. My core goal is to solve problems for employers and clients through empathy, analytics, and experience. I have been lucky to collaborate with outstanding teams throughout my career, mentoring and learning from others. My work has helped businesses grow and contributed to over $200 million in sales worldwide.
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Tim Barkow
Director of Product & Design, Goldstar at TodayTix Group (TTG)
- Design Leadership
- Design Systems
- Enterprise Design
I'm currently Director of Product and Design at TodayTix. I was previously a Sr. Design Principal at Oracle NetSuite, where I work on design systems that help teams build great products. Ex-IBM, uShip, Goldstar. Focused on leadership and how design makes an impact. Skilled in IxD, UX, front-end development.
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Nihal Pimpale
Chief Design Officer / Practice Director at UST
- Art Direction
- Graphic Design
- User Centered Design
- User Experience
I live in Atlanta, heading design practice at Moonraft with 60+ amazing designers spread globally. I'm continuing my studies at Parsons School of Design and immerse myself in cooking👨‍🍳🥘, reading, and possess a collection of quirky apparel🧣 2020 - Design interventions for Walmart’s Sustainability Hub, an integral part of Walmart, to drive campaign goals and effectively manage participation & reporting of thousands of suppliers for major sustainability initiatives. 2019 - Headed the creatives of a self-serving portal for Experian with design interventions that intuitively illustrated macroeconomic trends, reports, comparisons to recommend ML based solutions. 2018 An innovative take on T-Mobile's ambitious open source project - NEXT, pivoting it into a characterized conversational experience in partnership with Amazon Alexa, Microsoft and Intel, presented at AWS Re:Invent 2018. 2017 An end-to-end unbank experience for IDFC Bank; recognized as 1 of 9 most beautifully designed digital banks around the world by Financial Brand. 2016 Empathy-driven loyalty program for Taj Hotels that reflects the essence of its legendary hospitality on the digital medium. 2015 Immersive and functional digital platform for Starbucks's Store Design team to increase the efficiency of global store roll-outs. 2014 Unified engagement platform for Mindtree resulting in 85% first-week registrations, 400,000-page visits/day. 2013 Bold & disruptive approach for designing digital experience of Internet Banking for India’s 3rd largest private sector bank - Axis Bank Skilled & Experienced in: Design Strategy, User Experience, Storytelling, Conversational UI, Design Thinking, Product Design, User Journey creation, Interaction + Rapid Prototyping, Wire-framing, Visual Direction, Enterprise Web Apps Design, User Research, Usability Testing, Design Mentoring.
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Saya Riddang
Saya as a Service at Consulting
- Graphic Design
- Product Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
I'm a multidisciplinary designer with a focus on User Experience Design. I'm an advocate of designing for accessibility & inclusion. Every day I spend at work is a day I also have an eye on the future.
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Sagar Yende
Product Designer at VMware
- Data Visualization
- Interaction Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
Product designer at VMware, Ex TCS Interactive, six years of experience in solving complex enterprise design problems by implementing design thinking. Working with tech teams, ensuring the best possible UX for the products keeping usability and accessibility as top priorities. Three years of mentoring design enthusiast students and professionals. Helped 100+ learners to become UX designers.
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