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Michael Senkow
Senior Product Designer at Meta
- Interaction Design
- Product Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
Specifically at Meta.on internal tools, love more tool centric UX. As a Product Designer, I have over 8 years of experience servicing several industries (Technology, IT, Software, Cloud, Enterprise, Engineering, Analytics, Mobile, Research, Artificial Intelligence, AI, Consumer Electronics, Architecture, and AR/VR-related work, etc.) in which I have successfully taken projects from conception to ideation to visualization to completion resulting in continuous design improvement. I have experience supporting and managing design projects and I specialize in design thinking, research, interface design, and engineering, interaction design, user experience design, human-computer interaction, 3D modeling, information architecture, visualization, software engineering, graphics design, animation, web development, ios development, mechanical testing, and architectural design. As a Product Designer / Manager, I also focus on planning, time management, stakeholder management, and critical thinking.
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Anrick Bregman
Founder at Studio ANRK
- Animation
- Art Direction
- Creative Direction
- Motion Design
I have 15+ years of experience making award-winning creative digital and interactive experiences, both commissioned and self-initiated, working for many organizations and brands all over the world. I run an R&D lab making immersive games and films in Virtual and Augmented Reality. I am an award-winning director and creator, running an R&D studio to explore the future of spatial immersive entertainment by creating experiences built with virtual and augmented reality, computer vision, and machine learning. My mission is to explore new and emerging technologies and incorporate them into the interactive experience workflow. I have been working with virtual production processes for the greater part of two decades. Since 2014, I have focused exclusively on Virtual and Augmented Reality, often running world-class team teams, and creating the vision and ideal circumstances for that team to make a challenging, groundbreaking work happen.
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James Caruso
Product Designer at Meta
- Graphic Design
- Product Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
Hey everyone! I'm a designer who's passionate about building experiences that bring people closer together and help them make meaningful progress in their lives. I'm big into theory and research, especially in the areas where sociology, design, and writing intersect. I enjoy prototyping, photography, and reading.
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Ray Killebrew
Experience Design Strategy and Solutions Practice Leader at Onward Imagine
- Career Advice
- Design Leadership
- Design Management
- Enterprise Design
Ray is a strategic advisor, consultant, workshop facilitator, skilled coach, and servant leader to numerous design and professional organizations.
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Aditya Sharma
Product Designer at Preimage · Internship
- 3D
- Graphic Design
- Motion Design
- User Experience
Experienced Visual Designer with a demonstrated history of working in the IT & internet industry. Skilled in creating User Centered Designs with amazing user experiences, aesthetic design approach with competent industry standards, exhibit good collaborative, communication and Leadership skills.
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Puja Garbyal
Interaction Designer at Cabinet Office
- Accessibility
- eCommerce
- User Experience
I'm Puja, a user experience designer with over a decade long experience in design. Over the years I have worked in multiple domains ranging from e-commerce, recruitment, education to media tech. I am currently focused on designing accessible services for public sector in the UK.
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Kim Morrow
Director, Enterprise Strategic Performance Consultant - UX Design at Fidelity Investments
- Content Design
- Design Strategy
- Diversity & Inclusion
- Learning Design
I have 20+ years of experience creating accessible, inclusive digital products and experiences as a user experience (UX) designer, content designer, information architect, visual designer, and front-end developer. In addition to being an enterprise-level design strategy leader at Fidelity Investments and a design mentor for ADPList, I'm also a design and innovation consultant. I facilitate and coach VTS (Visual Thinking Strategies) to help teams and individuals improve active listening and other communication competencies, build leadership skills, identify and mitigate biases, and boost psychological safety needed for learning, innovation, and inclusion. I have my Graduate Certificate in Learning Design & Technology from Harvard and my BA in Professional Writing with a minor in Art Studio from the University of New Mexico. My superpowers are strategically navigating complexity, creatively pushing boundaries, calmly traversing change, and empathetically building bridges. I'm also a Boymom, children's book author-illustrator, web 3.0/crypto nerd, and singer.
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George Karian
Director of Product Design at Contentstack
- Accessibility
- Career Advice
- Design Critique
- Design Process
As a UX design mentor, with over 20 years of industry experience, I would love to provide guidance, support, and inspiration to aspiring designers. I believe in fostering a positive and nurturing environment where individuals can grow and develop their skills in the field of UX design.
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Daniel Martinez
Mentor at Designed.org
- Design Leadership
- DesignOps
- Design Process
- Design Strategy
With 27+ years in the industry, I am poised to offer mentorship in design leadership, design systems, digital transformation, FinTech, and design strategy, empowering aspiring designers to excel and make a lasting impact in their respective fields.
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Nikita Mukherjee
UX Designer at Infosys
- User Centered Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
Nikita is a multidisciplinary designer with an inquisitive mind who enjoys meeting new people and learning how they solve problems. This is one of the reasons why she spends her time attending meet-ups ranging from design workshops and everything related to design (research, design thinking, design system, etc.) to chit-chat and tell-a-tale over coffee, as there is always an opportunity to learn something new every time people talk to someone. When she’s designing user-experience solutions based on the use cases, she sees it as an opportunity to grow as a professional and an individual and put things into regular practice. She has worked on a variety of projects in different processes and stages ranging from research to production, including iOS, Android, web, B2B, B2C, user research, data visualization, and marketing design, throughout the course of the last four years. In all her projects, she tries to make the interface between people and the interactive products they use as simple as possible while keeping in mind the corporate objectives and technology limits. She has gained her creative and UI/UX working experiences in designing web & mobile based responsive designs for Customer and Internal Service portals (ie., Indian Customs Portal), Education platforms, Financial Services, Oil and Energy Corporation portals, Home Electrical Solutions, and automation portal, Logistics, Automotive Corporation portal, Employee Services portal, and Soccer’s Governing Body’s internal p
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Ariane Ayumi
UX Designer at Alone
- User Experience
I'm Brazilian, but I'm currently living in Berlin. I'm currently studying UX, but I'm getting ready to offer a lot to the community soon.
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Jonathon Colman
Senior Design Manager at HubSpot
- Content Design
- Design Leadership
- Design Management
- Information Architecture
Jonathon Colman (@jcolman) leads global content design at HubSpot. He's a Webby Award-winning designer and keynote speaker who’s built and led design and content teams at Facebook, Intercom, IBM, REI, and The Nature Conservancy.
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Qais Hweidi
Co-founder & Product Manager at Easy App
- AI
- Engineering
I’m Qais Hweidi, a software engineer and entrepreneur specializing in AI agents, automation, and product development. I build systems that replace expensive manual work and turn complex workflows into practical products. My experience includes working as an early engineer at Paraito, an AI legal-tech and proptech company, founding the consumer marketplace Easy App, and building B2B SaaS products. I also write about practical AI-assisted software development and share lessons from building real products with AI.
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Karlie Chung
Product & Brand Designer at Freelance
- User Centered Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
I am a diverse passionate product designer for over 6 years. My first very designer job was in a digital agency. This is how I started my product design journey. Since then, I just can't leave it, go beyond design and build something from scratch. I also do brand and advertising designs which expand my capabilities and think a bigger picture. I love meeting and connecting people. I am lucky enough to have great mentors in my career journey. I have been freelancing and working remotely for the last couples of years. The journey isn't easy. I am still learning everyday. I'd love to share my experiences and answering your questions. Also, I have been living aboard, if you are in the same shoes, I am here with you.
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Tomi Akinade
Head of Design at Ripe Creatives
- Graphic Design
- Product Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
My name is Tomi Akinade. I currently live in Lagos, Nigeria. Although I have a background in Urban and Regional Planning, my passion for design drew me into learning more about building brands and products using technology. This has fueled my passion for designing data-driven products for a better human experience. I've worked with employers and clients across different sectors from Financial Technology to Real Estate, Agriculture, Transportation, Entertainment, and automobiles.
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Erik Bullen
Chief Operating Officer (Fractional) at Three Sages
- Consulting Advice
- eCommerce
- Entrepreneurship
I work with startups, venture/PE firms, and corporate innovators to drive growth, shape the future, and make stuff that matters. I do so by serving as a coach, advisor, consultant, interim executive, board member, or angel investor (or a combination thereof).
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Sid Ramnarace
Vice President Of Product Development at Cuisinart
- Design Leadership
- Design Management
- Design Strategy
- Product Design
I have had the privilege of implementing design-led changes for both globally recognized brands as well as brands whose latent potential was ready to be uncovered. This includes work in the areas of Design & Brand Development. I have been a featured speaker at the International Housewares Association, the FUSE Design & Culture Conference, the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, and the Automotive Design Symposium amongst others.
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Marcello Povoa
Professor at PUC-Rio
- Career Advice
- Creative Direction
- Design Process
- Human Computer Interaction
I can help others as a mentor in Digital Product Design, a field in which I have successfully worked for over 20 years. I have led the strategy, design, and development of digital products used by millions of people across industries including media, telecom, retail, technology, healthcare, and education. I also bring many years of general management experience, including recruiting and building multidisciplinary teams, managing people, and overseeing financial operations. Selected Experience CEO & Founder, MPP Interativa — an innovative digital product agency with offices in São Paulo and Rio, focused on strategy, UX design, and software development for large-scale, complex digital transformation initiatives for leading corporations in their sectors. Clients: Claro, Ipiranga, Globo, Renner, Bradesco, Coca-Cola, SKY, Oi Telecom, and others. Board Member of Gênesis, a startup ecosystem. Board Advisor to startups. Professor & Academic Coordinator at IAG Business School, PUC-Rio. Director at Globo.com, the digital company of Globo Group — the largest media conglomerate in Latin America. I was hired to structure and launch Globo.com, from its inception through its emergence as a leader in the Brazilian digital market. Director at IconMediaLab (New York). During my tenure, the company was named one of the three best digital agencies in the world by Advertising Age.
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Michael Dumaine
UX Design Engineer at Perspecta
- Interaction Design
- User Centered Design
- User Interface
- Visual Design
My name is Michael, I am currently a working professional in UX Design and Strategy for a company called Revenue River out of Denver Colorado. I began my career as an Industrial Designer and slowly evolved into ergonomics and human factor design, which inevitably evolved into User Experience design!
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Srishti Bajaj
Founder at Designbait
- Design Leadership
- Design Systems
- User Research
I am a designer, educator, mentor with 20 years of work experience across design disciplines. Strengths in design research, systems design, speculative design, design culture & craft. Pursuing a PhD focused on leadership and management of designers. I want to mentor & coach design - aspirants, students, professionals to help them gain a macro & micro perspective on their work and career.
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Luca Longo
UX Director at User Experience Studio
- Information Architecture
- Interaction Design
- Sketch
- User Experience
9 years of experience in UX, web technologies, design and marketing. I help the company to reduce costs and increase revenue by solving complex system-level design and marketing issues/problems, understanding a variety of user types and developing creative solutions that increase customer conversio 10 years of experience in UX, web technologies, design and marketing. I help the company to reduce costs and increase revenue by solving complex system-level design and marketing issues/problems, understanding a variety of user types and developing creative solutions that increase customer conversions, loyalty and satisfaction. Working with brands like Easyjet, TUI Group, Barclays, Harrods, Sony, Iberostar, Hotelbeds and more. Mentoring design for the most important online UX Academies. Portfolio: https://uxstudio.design
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Makrand Patwardhan
UX Architect at Concentrix
- Design Leadership
- User Centered Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
UX Architect with 13+ years of experience across Design and Business Analytics functions. Worked on B2B apps, enterprise apps, websites, and dashboards. Primarily focused on User Research, Information Architecture, and UI Design. In earlier roles, I managed multiple ad-hoc research projects across organizations to provide ways to identify areas of improvement for marketing and customer service functions. I also managed the end-to-end lifecycle of 4+ dashboards. Portfolio: https://www.makrand-ux.design/ Specialties: Design & Dev Tools: Sketch, Axure RP, Adobe XD, Figma, Illustrator, Photoshop, HTML BI Tools: Tableau, Excel (Advanced & VBA), SQL Industries: Retailing, CPG / FMCG, Defense & Aerospace, Life Sciences
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Prateek Solanki
Sr. User Experience Designer at Siemens Healthineers
- Interaction Design
- Product Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
Portfolio -> https://www.prateeksolanki.com/ With 6+ years of experience in a medical/product-driven technology company, I’ve helped design award-winning products executing the end-to-end design process, and led several strategic efforts to scale the UX operations at Siemens Healthineers. I enjoy complex problems, understanding them systematically and holistically to create alignment with collaborators and drive human-centered solutions.
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Gaurav Mathur
Associate Design Director at IBM
- Portfolio Review
- Product Design
- User Experience
- User Research
I am a User Interface and Visual Thinker who loves to build meaningful, beautiful, and user-friendly Mobile and Web Products. As an Experience and Visual Designer, I specialize in Conceptualizing and Wireframing Applications for SmartPhones and Tablets as well as Responsive Websites. A firm follower of the User-Centric Design Process, I bring with myself relevant experience to shape the best Product within the timeline laid in front of me. From my experience, I have learned about the User Needs, Behaviors, and Attitudes to making simple, beautiful, clean, easy-to-use, and intuitive interfaces resulting in not only meeting the user's needs but surpassing their expectations. I believe in a hands-on approach to Designing, and the fastest route possible towards the delivery of realistic Visual Designs. When not pushing pixels, I am usually found admiring Minimalistic Designs, visiting Photography Exhibits, Reading Articles, and Writing Blogs. Specialties: Pixel Perfect Design, Visual Design, Ideation, and Brainstorming, Mobile (iOS, Android, Responsive) Design, Web Design, Usability Testing, Interactive Prototyping, Wireframing, Competitor Analysis, A/B Testing, Benchmarking.
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Kailash B
Product Designer at Unacademy
- Graphic Design
- Interaction Design
- Product Design
- User Experience
A young passionate bloke who loves to design and build crazy products to solve customer problems.
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