Our Mentors

Enrico Sinatra

Lead UX Design Service Now Applications at Desjardins

• Design Systems
• Design Thinking
• User Experience

I am a UX designer (8 years of experience) based in Montreal. I design for people. I research and study the users' needs (with traditional and non-traditional methods). Then I co-design and test the first solution(s) to improve by iteration. As a User Experience designer, my approach to design is all about caring for people, identifying their needs, understanding them, and creating the solution that will help them to have a better life. Create a product/service which has a meaning for the future.

sana kachwalla

Senior Product Designer at Beyond Design

• Career Transitions
• Design Management
• Design Process
• Figma

I am senior Ux designer at Beyond in Mumbai. I'm passionate to enhance the experience for users in FinTech Industry, Legal Saas and prop tech. I've ~5 years of experience in the UX industry with an masters in product design from Rubika, France. Coming from a background in both engineering and design, I love connecting the dots between business goals, technical constraints and user satisfaction. Going forward in the pursuit of my ambitions, I seek to continue learning and growing. Apart from my UX Skills, I highly advocate for inclusivity and accessibility whenever I'm designing or in general. Primarily, I care about building products that fulfill human needs and shape a world I want to be a part of. Being a big believer in paying it forward, I have been helped in my transition from an industrial product design background to Ux design, I know the struggle of learning from the ground up. For quite some time now, I have had conversations with designers and juniors looking to break into Ux on career advice, portfolio feedback, mock-up interviews and now am looking to meet and get inspired by these conversations on designed.org I have decided that this year, I want to actively give back to the community. My linkedin Profile : https://www.linkedin.com/in/sana-kachwalla-575825117/

Kate Stanchak

Service Designer at Philips

• Design Thinking
• Industrial Design
• Product Design
• User Experience

I am a designer, researcher, and strategist with over a decade of experience applying human-centered design to a variety of products, services, and experiences. I have honed my design, communication, and leadership skills by managing cross-functional teams and stakeholders, often unfamiliar with design methods, through a process to implement creative solutions they didn’t think were possible.

Daniel Sanchez Griborio

Group Digital Product Designer at Scotiabank

• Design Leadership
• Design Strategy
• User Experience

“Creative by nature, Innovative by passion” With over 15 years of experience delivering impactful digital products, I specialize in leading cross-functional teams to create innovative, user-centered experiences. My expertise lies in translating complex business goals into design solutions that drive engagement and success. I balance strategic vision with hands-on leadership, fostering collaboration between design, technology, and strategy to achieve meaningful outcomes. As a design leader, I’m passionate about fostering innovation, delivering impactful design, and mentoring the next generation of UX professionals.

Ankush S

Senior Product Designer at Tide

• Product Design
• Product Management
• User Experience
• User Research

I'm a designer and ex-product manager. I've worked across user research, quality assurance, community building and customer support. Happy to help with portfolio reviews and questions about switching to UX from other fields. I help people do their work easier and faster. I'm a multidisciplinary designer and user advocate with a background in product management and quality assurance. I enjoy building products and experiences that aim to solve meaningful problems. I've worked through all stages of the product lifecycle from inception to sunset. In my journey from quality assurance to product and now design, I have developed a strong customer focus. The aim is to get a user from A to B in the fastest and most delightful way through user-centric, accessible and data-informed design. To summarise - I help teams and businesses build better experiences that drive growth and value while leading to a delightful user experience, leveraging User Research, Design Thinking, Interaction Design, Visual Design, Prototyping, UX Strategy, Storytelling and collaborative Design Management processes for continuous improvement. Industries I've worked in so far - chat, calling, gaming, ecommerce, fintech

Govind Mohandas

Design Leader at Thoughtworks

• Design Leadership
• Illustration
• Interaction Design
• User Experience

Led design teams from different geographies & designed products, strategies, systems & services for some of the world's biggest companies across diverse verticals. He brings a rare mix of competencies with strong credentials in Business, Design, Sport & Music. With great instincts and straddles, Technology and Strategy & People challenge equally well. He's adept at driving the digital transformation of businesses with product thinking & no-nonsense design, excellent communication & people skills, he is well-traveled, empathetic, and loves to conceive & execute big ideas.

Al Power

Lead Brand Designer & Illustrator | Visual Stimulator at Shortcut

• Illustration
• Product Design
• Visual Design

Lead Brand Designer // Illustrator // Visual Stimulator Spent whole life living in Dublin, Ireland. Although a severe lack of talent cut short a promising football career, he fell back on a life as a professional designer, lurking in the dark and using his design skills as a way to stimulate unknown spectators.

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.

Vedanti Bhat

Interior designer at Daeralife.com

• Design Management
• Furniture Design
• Industrial Design
• Interior Design

A detail-oriented, dynamic and self-driven designer with 1.5+ years of experience in delivering innovative, functional and client-centric design solutions across residential, commercial and workplace projects. Adept at combining creativity with strategic thinking and eager to leverage my expertise in design to drive transformative solutions in the industry.

Anurag Srivastava

Designer at Sudrania Fund Services

• Adobe
• eCommerce
• Figma
• Product Management

6+ years of UX, UI design, and digital product experience. Particularly adept with Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and Photoshop applications in both educational and commercial settings. Seeking a position in an environment that emphasizes teamwork and encourages learning by doing. I have been involved in many stages of the product design process, from user research and initial concepts through to production-ready design & also comfortable producing everything from early-stage sketches to production-ready UX mock-ups. Good understanding of business processes, the ability to align UX with the visual identity of the brand & experience with designing self-serve sass products.

Vasanthakumar Kumar

Creative Lead at Indegene

• Creative Direction
• Graphic Design
• Visual Design

I am a creative director with more than 15 years in various positions. I started my career as Software Engineer in TCS, Working there for 5 years with stint in onsite . The love for creativity made me moved to Graphic designing with my own interest. I was instrumental in Dreamapp Innovative solution

Mohd Nadeem

Product Designer at Gojek

• Art Direction
• Interaction Design
• Product Design
• Visual Design

A self-learned UX designer, my strengths include Interaction Design while experimenting and understanding the user’s psychology. I spend enough time to untangle each thread to understand the user needs, behaviors and business objectives in order to deliver a spontaneous design solution. A self-learned UX designer, my strengths include Interaction Design while experimenting and understanding the user’s psychology. I spend enough time to untangle each thread to understand the user needs, behavior and business objectives in order to deliver a spontaneous design solution. Currently, I'm working with Gojek as Product Designer. When I'm not designing, I am outdoors, either hiking or climbing a hill I randomly happen to discover. Aparts, biking is one of the activities that opens the doors of creativity to me.

Majid Valizadeh

Product (UI/UX) Designer at Freelance Remote

• Design Systems
• Figma
• User Experience
• User Interface

Hey, it's Majid I can help you to improve your skills in Interaction Design, User Interface Design (UI), User Experience Design (UX), and Figma. Let's be in touch

Mehul Savani

Director - Corporate Development and Investor Relations at Tridhya Tech Limited

• Adobe
• Design Leadership
• Design Process
• Design Strategy

I am the Director and Founder of an IT venture- InfiRaise. At InfiRaise, I am responsible to built businesses in a diverse sector such as Technology, Education, Pharma, Media & Entertainment, and Design. At InfiRaise, I am associated with digital transformation, Services delivery and Product Development. We are building a portal Ezihire.co to help businesses connect with tech experts quickly with use of automation and machine learning. I am also the creative head of the UI/UX department at Infibeam. I carry 21 years of experience in Designing, building brands, planning the products, and prototyping. With a deep understanding of different business models, I assist Infibeam Avenues with brand promotion and acquisition. I have been with Infibeam Avenues since its inception and I wear multiple hats. I have built a strong network of tech professionals and SMEs in my career.

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.

Jan Zheng

Bioinformatics Engineer at The Westmead Institute for Medical Research

• Design Systems
• Information Architecture
• Mobile Development
• User Experience

I’m Jan, a product designer who combines code, user research, and lean startup methods to tackle complex issues and difficult projects. I have experience with information architecture, data-heavy UX design, and front-end development. I prefer to use Vue or Svelte on top of Express/Fauna on Vercel. My goal is to work with a team to create engaging interactive experiences, either virtual, augmented, or location-based spaces. Since I have experience in both development and user experience/interaction design, I am willing to work both in development teams as well as information architecture and user interaction/experience research and design teams. Specialties: human-computer interaction, interaction design, user experience design, software development

Gizem Öncü

UX Designer at Booking.com

• Design Thinking
• Interaction Design
• Product Design
• Service Design

I'm an empathizer, dot connector and designer, who believes a designer's mission is being a philosophical catalyst, which makes people think effectively, helps them articulate their purpose, creates meaning, and does it. I graduated with an Industrial (Product) Design Bachelor Degree from Middle East Technical University in 2015; then, I'm enjoying my life as an experience designer, trainer, and facilitator. I encountered various business models like B2B, B2C, and B2E in a wide range of subjects from predictive technologies to finance within different organization types like startups, NGOs, and corporate companies. I'm co-creator of UX Folks, which is a designer community and event series. Besides that, I also give mentorships on design thinking, user experience design and service design, etc. Recently, I work as a UX designer at Booking.com and UX Tutor at Career Foundry. I'm co-creator of UX Folks, which is a designer community and event series. Besides that, I also give mentorships on design thinking, user experience design and service design, etc.

Chelsea Reyes

Principal Designer/Owner at Pencil & Mouse

• Accessibility
• Design Critique
• Design Process
• Product Design

Nicolette Tran

Design Director at McKinsey & Company

• Graphic Design
• Mobile Development
• Product Design
• User Interface

Nicolette has expertise in visual design, design systems, product design, and design team operations/management. Her work has been honored by numerous Webby awards and has been featured on CNN International and The Wall Street Journal. She specializes in real estate (commercial, residential) and financial services (payments, credit cards) user experience design. Design of all things mobile -- apps, AR, VR, chat bots, and more! I specialize in visual design, and am happy to do portfolio reviews. Currently at McKinsey & Company, previously at Marcus by Goldman Sachs.

Dave Robson

Senior UX Designer at Ripjar

• Design Systems
• Figma
• User Experience
• User Interface

Hi, I'm Dave and I'm a senior UX designer based on the south coast of the UK. I've been designing for over 20 years and specifically as a product designer for the last 8 years. Over that time I've experienced working in agencies, freelance and in-house, so have gained a broad range of experience and insights. I love helping other designers who are at earlier stages of their careers and am always looking to learn more myself and expand my skillset and knowledge base.

Umanga Shrestha

Director of UI/UX at PortPro at PortPro

• Graphic Design
• User Interface
• Web Design
• Wireframing

With more than 5 years of experience, I have enjoyed expanding my focus and skills in working and designing for both web and mobile. Expert knowledge in Website Design, User Interface, User Experience Design, Javascript, HTML/CSS.

Robert Merrell

Director of Product Management at Lucem Health

• Development
• Product Development Process
• Product Management

Product Innovation | Strategic Product Leader | Transforming SaaS with Insight-Driven Solutions A forward-thinking product executive specializing in SaaS and services, with a strong track record in driving innovation and delivering market-leading solutions that elevate user engagement and improve patient outcomes. Skilled at leading cross-functional teams to develop, launch, and scale products that align with both business objectives and regulatory requirements. Highly adept in strategic planning, market analysis, and fostering key stakeholder relationships to create impactful, compliant, and sustainable solutions. Recognized for a results-oriented approach and dedication to advancing healthcare through data-driven, user-centered product development.

Elle Levy

Graphic Designer at Denver Art Museum

• Adobe
• Creative Direction
• Design Systems
• Illustration

I am a designer and an illustrator, I've worked for many brands both in digital and in print. I love working on projects that make me try new things I've never done before. Brands and campaigns with humor and a lot of personality are my favorite.

Diego Guerra

Designer de experiência do usuário at XLZ

• 3D
• Adobe
• Design Thinking
• Industrial Design

27 yo brazilian, recent graduated at Product design. Worked as lab director for MIT's act directors, Nomeda&Gedimina Urbonas in biodesign processes. I already worked as photographer for magazines and many other medias, but nowdays I work as Furniture Designer at Artefacto / Beach & Country

Shannon Wendelken

Digital Product & Marketing Design at Google Fiber

• Branding & Identity
• eCommerce
• Product Design
• User Experience

Digital CD // UX Designer specializing in e-commerce + cross-platform marketing, product, service, and brand design with 10+ years experience.