Our Mentors

Working designers volunteering their time. Filter by what you need help with, where you are, or how you like to meet.

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    Suzanne Gause

    Senior Manager, Digital Experience Design at J&J Design at Johnson & Johnson

    • Interaction Design
    • User Experience
    • User Interface
    • User Research

    I'm a former front-end dev turned UX turned service designer and have experience with a variety of workplace and client environments. Specializing in service design, design and content strategy, qualitative research, user experience design, prototyping & usability testing

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    Ghaffar Sethar

    Head of Studio at azmx.sa

    • Design Leadership
    • Design Management
    • Design Strategy
    • Design Thinking

    I have over 19 years of experience as a Design leader specializing in User Experience Design and design and innovation Consultancy. As a design practitioner, I find it incredibly fulfilling to bring out the best in my team. I enjoy designing business and UX strategies, and working collaboratively to bring effective people-centric business results by synergizing design, innovation, and business. My personal and business focus is 'Design for People'.

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    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.

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    Jason Luna

    Senior Manager, Product Design, Growth at Redfin

    • Creative Direction
    • User Experience
    • User Research
    • Visual Design

    Offering 20 years of design experience - a unique blend of high level leadership, “hands on” creative and design solutions, growth driven design insight, and practiced talents in leading cross-functional teams to record success. I've built high value partnerships with big brands including Google, Sony, Estée Lauder, Tesla, Def Jam Records, and The Food Network, and I've led small startups to design and product greatness. World Champion Churro Eater 2001 (how many people actually read this stuff?) I believe in design and technology with purpose; I am the catalyst that blends ideas, pushes conceptual thinking and finds the best way to energize a product through stunning design solutions that matter. And quite honestly, all of the above is fluff, and I realize that. I'm pretty sure that I even made up a few words - and while it's all true, these are things I believe about myself. Nothing matters unless it's backed up by years of experience, failure and a few successes here and there. In the past decade I've realized that my accomplishments have become less about the work I'm capable of and more about the people I nurture to become better than I ever was.

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    Markus Westerberg

    Senior Designer Trail Running Footwear at Adidas AG

    • Design Leadership
    • Fashion Design
    • Graphic Design
    • Industrial Design

    I'm an industrial designer from Stockholm, Sweden, with a passion for product and user interaction. I have a long background in the arts which, combined with a great interest in social and cultural phenomena, offers a great source of inspiration for other creative work.

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    Myra Xiong

    Principal Product Designer at Birdeye

    • Design Management
    • Product Design
    • Sketch
    • User Experience

    Have been working in B2B SaaS space for the past 4 years! For those new to design, am happy to provide a bit of advice.

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    Ramin Khatibi

    Co-Founder at Hamahang

    • Product Design
    • User Experience
    • User Interface

    Willing to answer emails on UI, UX and Product design. A curios case, empowering teams, products and people through Dexign.

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    Adebola Ajose

    Creative Director at Digitas Nigeria

    • Art Direction
    • Career Advice
    • Graphic Design
    • Product Design

    I have over 17 years of experience as a designer dealing with traditional and digital designs. I am also passionate about telling the stories of brands through design. Experienced Art Director with a demonstrated history of working in the media production industry. Skilled in Print Management, Photography, Graphics, Product Design, and Logo Design. Strong arts and design professional graduated from YabaTech.

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    Bibiana Aguero

    Sr Vice President - Lead User Experience Designer at Citi

    • Design Leadership
    • Design Management
    • Illustration
    • Product Design

    Digital Product Designer in New York with over 6 years of experience. Trilingual. Fluent in English, Spanish and French. Leads Product Design by driving creative innovation and implementing research to value-added IA/UX deliverables. BFA degree from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) in Graphic Design. Minor in Photography. Enthusiastic about Blockchain and the Future of Finance. Adobe Illustrator for Vector. Adobe Illustrator, Invision Studio, Sketch for Mobile UI Design. Adobe InDesign for Layout Design and Interactive PDFs. Lightroom 5 and Photoshop CC for Photography Editing & Retouching. Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro for Motion Graphics and Video Editing. Artist. Athlete. Tennis Player. I love branding as well as UI/UX design, which has led me to work on projects such as the Sears Canada rebrand that I made. Check out that project here at

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    Munwar Khan

    Professor of Practice at Woxsen University

    • Design Leadership
    • Design Process
    • Design Sprint
    • Design Strategy

    Munwar Khan is the India Design Head, OPPO Mobiles. A design post graduate from IIT Bombay with more than 12 years of working experience in UX domain. Previously he worked with Samsung Mobiles, Huawei Mobiles, Honeywell innovation lab & ADP. His areas of interest are design thinking, design sprint and creative confidence. He got the opportunity to work with Noble prize winner Dr. Eric Allin Cornell. Munwar Khan also holds 12 design patents in India, South Korea & USA. Areas of Intrest: UX Design, Design Sprint, Design Process , Design Thinking

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    Anjana Singh

    Senior User Experience Designer at Volvo Cars

    • Interaction Design
    • User Experience
    • User Interface
    • User Research

    I’m Senior UX designer with over 8 years of experience working for companies like Volvo, IKEA, BMW, Cisco, Bombardier, Vodafone, and Daimler. I help companies develop user-centric products, write about UX, and mentor the future generation of designers as often as possible. Since it wasn't easy path to join UX industry few years ago, I feel now that I have lot of knowledge/tips of how to get in UX industry, I'd love to share it with future UX designers. I've been working as mentor before springboard academy too.

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    Fabio Sirna

    Lead Designer at Symphony

    • Interaction Design
    • Product Design
    • Sketch
    • User Experience

    I am a User Experience Designer and Interaction Designer based in French Riviera and employed by Symphony.With over 13 years experience, I know how to make beautiful, simple and functional design. My current focus is about new technology on digital payments, bitcoin, blockchain, e-commerce, strong customer authentication and smart contracts.

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    Milad Moqaddam

    Product Design Director at Miare

    • Design Thinking
    • Product Design
    • Product Management
    • Service Design

    With a background in architecture, I initially immersed myself in designing physical products, ranging from furniture and appliances to urban design projects and interior architecture. However, as I delved into the realm of startups and digital products, I found myself drawn to a new career path. Throughout my professional journey, I have been fortunate to engage in diverse projects, each presenting its own unique attributes and challenges. My approach has always been rooted in finding solutions that are not only profitable for the business but also cater to the users' needs. Additionally, I have successfully created customer-centric sections for traditional businesses, placing a strong emphasis on enhancing the overall customer experience.

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    Nikhil Kataria

    Senior Manager, Creative Services at Protiviti

    • Adobe
    • Creative Direction
    • Design Leadership
    • Graphic Design

    I connect with design through aesthetics. I absolutely love minimalism. The skill of putting across a message strongly with minimum elements is very powerful. Having a management background is truly an advantage, but design comes straight from the heart to me. Let's have fun with these together! Experienced Creative Services Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the management consulting industry. Strong marketing professional skilled in branding, advertising, UX/UI and graphic design. Strong believer in the art of minimalism.

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    Yuvaraj Muthu

    Creative Design Manager at Kissflow

    • Design Critique
    • Design Leadership
    • Design Management
    • DesignOps

    I was lucky enough to build a creative team from scratch at Kissflow, one of India's leading SaaS companies. With over 14 years of experience, I now lead the creative team at Kissflow. On top of that, I have mentored 500+ designers overall, helping them transition from zero to one, and taught them to think 10X bigger than most. This is what keeps us to stay ahead of the curve! My goal is to unleash design leaders to reach their full potential through mentorship. I want to help them become the best version of themselves. By providing the right mindset mentorship, and support, I believe that design leaders can create an impact in the design industry.

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    Natan Santolo

    Academic Advisory Board at CuriousCore

    • Career Advice
    • eCommerce
    • Product Design
    • Service Design

    I advocate for responsible, data-driven, and human-centered design. I am an expert in user experience design, and service design with a specific focus on elevating and managing high-performance, multidisciplinary, and distributed teams. I guide professionals and companies on design practice, specifically on service design, user research, design strategy, and innovation.

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    Mariusz Ciesla

    Lead Product Designer at Lilt.com

    • Design Leadership
    • Design Management
    • Design Systems
    • Interaction Design

    Product design generalist with over a decade of experience. Currently focusing on design operations (or designops, for y'all who love buzzwords) and design leadership. I tend to cross the boundaries between design, business, code and product a lot and I really enjoy it. Boundaries are stupid anyway. Skills I use daily: - customer development - product strategy & product management - UX strategy & user-centered design - user interface design — from flowcharts to prototypes - user testing, user research, market research - measuring design success & linking design activity to business KPIs - visual identity design - designing, building and managing style guides & design systems - leading, mentoring and managing design teams

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    Nnamdi Awili

    Product Lead - Design at Korapay

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

    I'm a product design leader and a scrabble ninja :) I love creating simple, meaningful and delightful experiences through design. I'm committed to sharing my product design knowledge and ideas with individuals and groups interested in creating value through design.

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    Humza Multanwala

    User Experience Researcher at Tata Consultancy Services

    • Design Process
    • User Centered Design
    • User Experience

    An always curious mind with a decade of experience in Advertising, Content and Design. I am currently working as a User Experience Researcher at TCS. I collaborate with products and services to create better User Experiences. I have always believed sharing knowledge, helps you grow, mentorship is one such way to do so.

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    Donka Todorova

    Senior UX Designer at OpenTag

    • Design Critique
    • Enterprise Design
    • Interaction Design
    • Product Design

    User Experience designer with more than a decade of experience in the design field, including eight years dedicated to digital transformation and product development as a UX/Product designer. I have had the privilege of assuming diverse roles such as leading a small development team and acting as a Product owner. I have gained experience in various fields - e-commerce, start-ups, various projects for global companies, and ERP systems optimization projects. Drawing from my experience as a Product owner, I bring a unique perspective to my role. As a UX designer, I tackle intricate problems and strive to distill them into user-centric solutions. Design mentor

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    Zach Freed

    Senior Product Designer at Klaviyo

    • Product Design
    • User Experience
    • User Interface

    I'm Zach — a senior product designer based in CT, USA. I focus on crafting thoughtful and scalable design systems, practical design tooling, building accessible experiences that center around real people of all colors, shapes, and sizes, and partnering with engineers to author complex front-end solutions. Previously I crafted thoughtful purchasing and spend visibility experiences with the team @Negotiatus, went beyond camping @Tentrr, built best in class travel experiences @priceline, and pushed pixel performance @Digital Surgeons. I live in the nexus between design and technology. My passion is to create synergy in the design process and improve design-engineering experiences.

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    Rhythm Bhatnagar

    Senior User Experience Designer at Hike

    • Adobe
    • Sketch
    • User Centered Design
    • User Experience

    With 5+ years of professional experience in Experience and Interaction design, I command a strong hold on the core UX Design concepts and research methodologies. I regularly update myself with the latest UI trends and am constantly testing my skills while working as a Game UX Designer at Zynga. Key to a good product is ample user centric research, the ability to derive insightful conclusions from it and design optimal solutions, while doing it all within your client's budget. With 6+ years of professional experience in Experience and Interaction design, I command a strong hold on the core UX Design concepts and research methodologies. I regularly update myself with the latest UI trends and am constantly testing my skills while working as a Game UX Designer, looking after the Game Experience in Mobile games (iPhone, iPad and Android).

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    Ranjith G

    Senior User Experience Designer at Smartapp

    • Design Leadership
    • Design Thinking
    • Product Design
    • User Experience

    Experienced Product Designer (UX/UI) with 13 years of professional experience in creating, managing, and coordinating design deliverables. I'm passionate about problem-solving, complex challenges, user experience, studying user behavior, and providing design solutions to applications. I believe in the power of design to improve the human-centered experience in the technology-driven world. Specialization includes Heuristic Analysis, Researching, Define & Execute Design Strategy, Information Architecture, User & Work Flow Analysis, Usability Testing, Prototype, Wire-framing and UI/interaction design.

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    Kevin Boezennec

    Director, Business Planning & Execution, Nextgen Segment at Bank of Singapore, Asia's Global Private Bank

    • Design Leadership
    • Product Design
    • User Experience
    • User Interface

    Determined and results driven, business facing designer with 13 years of experience in customer experience, digital products & innovation with end to end execution. With previous experiences in Start ups and consultancy firms, Kevin's focus today is to help organisations being truly customer focused and agile following the best practices learned. Active contributor to the APAC startup ecosystem, he co-lead www.​FutureFinTech.io​, the Open Collaboration platform hosted by INSEAD business school.

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    Rifat Najmi

    Design Lead at Tech startup

    • Accessibility
    • Design Leadership
    • Visual Design

    With over 15 years of design experience, including more than 10 in leadership, I’m the founder of Radikal Studio, an accessibility consulting studio helping teams build inclusive digital products. We provide WCAG compliance audits, accessibility design consultation, and upskilling programs grounded in accessibility and disability fundamentals. I hold a CPACC certification and I’m driven by one mission, Making Accessibility Accessible: helping professionals and organizations embrace global accessibility standards and turn inclusion into practice.