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Nilesh Rasane
Usability Engineer at Siemens
- Development
- Interaction Design
- User Testing
- Wireframing
As an interaction designer, I specialize in crafting intuitive digital experiences that blend creativity with technical expertise. With a background in Computer engineering I excel in wireframing, prototyping, and user testing to create impactful designs. I thrive in collaborative environments, leveraging cross-disciplinary teamwork to innovate solutions. My passion lies in solving complex problems and making a meaningful impact through user-centric design. Outside of work, I enjoy staying updated on the latest industry trends and indulging in creative pursuits like photography and traveling.
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Shiva Sah
Product Designer at AppDynamics
- Career Transitions
- Design Critique
- Design Process
- Design Thinking
As a product designer, I am passionate about creating user-centric designs that solve complex problems and improve people's lives. With a background in architecture, I bring a unique perspective to UX design, as architecture and UX are closely related. Both require an understanding of people's needs, behaviours, and environments to create functional and aesthetically pleasing designs. Throughout my career, I have followed appropriate design processes and design thinking at each stage of the design process. I believe that a deep understanding of the user and their context is key to creating successful designs. By conducting user research, prototyping, and testing, I ensure that the end product is not only beautiful but also functional and intuitive. Beyond my career, I am committed to improving the understanding of UX in the youth. I conduct talks and sessions to spread information about UX design, and as a TED speaker, I have shared my insights on the importance of user-centred design. I believe that educating the younger generation about UX can create a better future where design is more empathetic and inclusive.
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David onyemaenu
Lead Product Design Facilitator at The Bluvard Education Initiative
- Product Design
- Product Management
- User Experience
- User Research
David is an agile product designer and product manager with 10 years of experience designing products that simplify human lives. He is a certified designer, software engineer, entrepreneur, teacher and fintech strategist who loves to help others thrive in learning and experiencing design at all levels through mentoring. He's a tech practitioner oscillating between product design, product management, software engineering, communications and everything in between. I help product teams realise their potential by developing effective user experiences that accurately respond to the needs of users through UX research. I utilise processes, tools, and methodologies to ensure growth and scale are achievable throughout the software development life cycle. I also leverage information technology to maximise impact for businesses of all sizes. I am very passionate about deploying technology as a tool for sustainable development with a focus on design and strategy.
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Fraser Louden
Product Designer at TravelPerk
- 3D
- Graphic Design
- Product Design
- User Experience
Hello, I'm Fraser a Product Designer at TravelPerk where we are fixing business travel. I previously lead design at two small seed-funded startups. Worked for a CRO agency focused on using data-driven design to optimise global e-commerce platforms, and launched internal sales tools at the UK's largest telecom business. I have a varied and diverse background in design, having made the move from 3D design after University. I'm passionate about helping others and giving back to the community.
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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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Tarzine Jackson
UX/UI Design Manager at Acuant
- User Centered Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
- Wireframing
My name is Tarzine Jackson, I'm the CEO and Founder of Koalesce Designs. We are a UX creative design agency with a purpose. Our focus is on design and strategy planning to build production-ready solutions - not promises.
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Lucas Toledo
TokenScript UX Lead at Smart Token Labs
- Art Direction
- Graphic Design
- Illustration
- User Interface
UX & Product Designer helping build better products people really want to use. Products that empower people and contribute to better living.
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Andra Voinea
Freelance Visual Designer at https://www.behance.net/lightscapesUI
- Graphic Design
- Visual Design
- Web Design
Hi there! I bring 8 years of combined expertise in graphic design and front-end development (~4 years full-time in design, mostly web, and prior to that, 4 years full-time in front-end development) As other people helped me have the courage to follow this passion when I thought you need to be able to draw to have any real chance in graphic design, I would like to do the same and inspire others. I am also now training in coaching with compassion and focus on the importance of positive thinking, enthusiasm and hope.
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Aref Ahmadi Araghi
Product Designer at Happeo
- Graphic Design
- Illustration
- Instructional Design
- Product Design
Aref Araghi is a product designer & experience engineer I have 5 years of experience designing digital products. I have helped companies of all sizes create digital products and define their product strategies.
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Saber Naeemi
Graphic Designer at Freelance
- Graphic Design
- Motion Design
- User Interface
- Web Design
Saber is a Graphic Designer with years of professional work experience. He has worked freelance and had full time jobs as a Digital Content Creator, Visual Communication Designer, UI Designer, and Motion Designer. He would like to provide help in this areas and share the experience and knowledge he has gained so far.
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Houshang Livian
Senior Director of UX and Design at Oracle
- Design Leadership
- Design Management
- Enterprise Design
- User Experience
I am the User Experience(UX) Lead for Clearwell, an enterprise eDiscovery product that is known for having the best-in-class user experience. Usability was a key reason we were acquired by Symantec for half a billion dollars. I have continued to evangelize design into the culture of Symantec, where I have one of the best reputations for being successful with UX. I manage the UX deliverables for 200+ feature backlogs, for 120 engineers across 12 scrum teams. In comparison, most UX professionals manage a maximum of 3 scrum teams. I do this by having a strong design foundation built by defining the business goals, personas and product design principles so decision-making is fast and easy.
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Prashant Bhandare
UX Speacialist | HFI - CUA™ | PGP in UX from IITB at InfoCepts
- Career Advice
- Data Visualization
- User Experience
- User Research
A certified usability analyst by HFI (CUA-HFI) having 12+ years of experience in designing digital applications for mobiles, websites, and interfaces for products, solving complex user problems and turning them into simple solutions for users which are clean and minimal. A highly motivated, solution-oriented, focused on creating meaningful experiences through design by combining, UX thinking with design execution, to produce usable and intuitive user interfaces. Skilled in having hands-on experience in user research, wireframing, visual design, information architecture, low/ high fidelity designs and prototyping, usability testing, design strategy, design thinking, and customer experiences. Passionate about art, music, and travel with a knack for freehand sketching, typography, doodling, and illustrations Passion for Web & Mobile User Interface Design, ability to work well independently or in a team, willing to learn, flexible and reliable, excellent work ethic, excellent attention to detail, well-developed language and communication skills, dedication and enthusiasm for user interface design, web/mobile app design. Skills: ------ Adobe Creative Suite, Material Design Sketch, Figma, Wireframes, Mockups, Prototypes, InVision, UI/UX/Visual Design, StyleGuide Design, Material Design, Responsive Web/Mobile App Design for iOS / Android and Hybrid Application, HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, Cross-Platform/Browser Compatibility, Team Player, Skills in creating User-Centric Product B2B
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Snehal Ghag
UX Lead at PharmEasy
- User Experience
- User Interface
- Visual Design
Customer-obsessed Lead UX designer with 13+ years of experience, I help the consumer business team define the future for PharmEasy experience. My primary focus is to create elegant and customer-focused designs that provide a superior experience working in close collaboration with business, product, technology, and design teams across international locations. Skilled in Design Management, User Experience, Storyboarding, Data Visualisation, Prototyping and sketching. I have worked across different domains (E-commerce, Automation, Human resources, Enterprise, Analytics, and Hospitality) & platforms (Mobile, Web, Desktop)
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Oyindamola Ajibike
Visual Designer at Stears
- Visual Design
I’m Oyindamola, a designer focused on solving business problems through design. My approach is based on the conviction that creating global-aware products and simplifying experiences are fundamental. I am experienced in being hands on with the design process from ideation, research to final shipping, using industry standard design tools. I would love to mentor in product design, user research, product management and visual design.
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Stephen Hathaway
Staff Product Designer at SimpleTexting
- Product Design
- Sketch
- User Research
- Visual Design
I am a Sr. Experience Designer at Slalom in Denver, CO with 5+ years of experience. I strive to build unified user experiences across a variety of mediums by infusing design with core development principles. When not designing you can find me at a coffee shop or playing in Colorado's mountains.
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Subhendra Tripathy
First Vice President at United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB)
- Consulting Advice
- Design Leadership
- Design Thinking
- eCommerce
I want to increase my Design Thinking knowledge and competency by sharing my knowledge and best practices with others in the field. I am passionate about applying design thinking concepts in everyday work. 23 Years of IT Portfolio, Program, and Project Management Leadership experiences across Banking, Engineering, Telecom, and IT Consulting industries. Managed global strategic transformation programs as well as led global IT Strategy, IT Governance, Enterprise Architecture, and Organizational Change initiatives. Engaged and influenced Senior Executives (CXOs/MDs) and managed global multi-functional and cross-cultural teams, strategic vendors, and significant Budgets/P&Ls across the APAC region
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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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Sushaantu S
Head of Product & Design at Imille
- Design Thinking
- User Experience
- Web Design
Design + Technology + Business Strategy Hi! I am Sushaantu and I like to work at the interjunction of design + technology + business strategy
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Jason Silver
Staff Product Designer at ServiceNow
- Design Leadership
- Design Thinking
- Interaction Design
- Product Design
I'm passionate about creating experiences that bring benefits to customers and achieve business goals. I can assist you with your design thinking toolkit or how you approach interaction design. Looking forward to helping you grow in your career! Jason is a design leader who thrives at creating experiences that people both love and play a vital role in their day to day life. He has over 20 years of experience crafting products and services at large companies including Intuit, Microsoft and PayPal as well as in smaller companies and startups. He enjoys teaching teams about design thinking and building empathy in order to create meaningful and impactful experiences.
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Noufal Rasheed
Systems Engineer at Confidential
- Accessibility
- Design Leadership
- Design Thinking
- User Centered Design
Experienced UX architect with 15+ years of experience with corporate environments, specialised in User experience and design thinking
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Amit Jain
Zoho at Authorised Partner
- Design Strategy
- Mobile Design
- Product Design
- User Experience
With 15+ years of experience in UI/UX design, 8+ years of running as UI/UX company “Interface Sense” says my success story. Today, we own a product platform - PAAS, letting people make mobile apps in just a few days. Now its our time to give back to the UI/UX community & make young designer grow. Entrepreneur/professional with a deep passion for technology-driven business with an overall experience of 15 years and 7 years in PAAS, SAAS, NoCode, LowCode & technology space. Founder of 2 companies and consultant and partner at multiple companies. Loves infusing modern tools and emerging technologies into compelling technological products and services. Expert in designing usability experiences (UX) for Mobile and Web. Experienced in managing all aspects of product development. Proficient in translating requirements into functional requirements with the help of technical experts and consultants. Ability to visualize user journey experiences and convert them into high/low fidelity wireframes, prototypes & designs.
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Hilde Cronjé
Senior Manager: Group Design Systems at Standard Bank Group
- Design Systems
- Product Design
- Visual Design
I help build design systems with my team in the financial services industry. Based in South Africa
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Ashwini Solanki
Associate General Manager at HCL Technologies
- Interaction Design
- User Centered Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
Ashwini Solanki is a passionate User Experience Design professional working at the intersection of people, business & technology. He is Solving strategic and complex business problems with a lens of design thinking. Ashwini has more than a decade of experience in leading and managing digital product/project user experiences for domains like Manufacturing, IT, Travel, Telecom, Banking -Finance for their B2B, B2B2C & B2C consumers. He brings versatile design experience spanning across design strategy, UX Management, User Psychology, contextual research & interaction design. In his last organization, he has fostered research-driven, design-led development culture and led the design for digital transformation. He set-up the design studio in his last organization which is functioning as a “Synergia Studio”. He nurtured a scalable design system for the product in his last organization that helps reduce development and design time and increased consistency across all platforms. His focus areas are to establish empathy for user archetypes & stakeholders in the organization by devising coordinated research activities to envision & conceptualize digital experiences.
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Bhaarath Vijay Ramesh
Design Fellow at Coho
- Career Advice
- Design Leadership
- Design Systems
- Product Design
I started as an HTML/CSS Developer and found love for design in 2014. Since then, it's been about learning, unlearning, and re-learning with great emotional moments, memories and experiences! I love startups and have helped them widely scale their products on user experience and visual design. My breakthrough was when I went through an entire SDLC process for a product (6 years), where I learnt a lot about product thinking, users and their needs. With my experience and learning so far, I can confidently help you with the topics below. Hiring the right designer for your company (Startup vs Corporate | Product vs Service) Designing for B2B - SAAS Products Understanding the difference between Product Designer and User Experience Designer. Handling Imposter Syndrome. How to do a better Design handoff to Developers. How can a designer have healthy relationships with your stakeholders (Product Managers/Owners, Developers, QAs) How to follow a design process in a startup culture? How can a Young Designer start their career in Design (Focused on College Students/Freshers)? Switching career from another field to design. OFF TOPICS I WOULD LOVE TO TALK ABOUT : Travel | Gaming | Gentle Parenting | Unschooling | Volunteering
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Abhishek Gore
User Experience Designer at Moonraft Innovation Labs
- Branding & Identity
- Design Thinking
- User Interface
Hi, I am Abhishek Gore, a Designer by heart and a UX designer by profession. Design has been a self-exploratory journey for me and it still is. My love for design existed even before I understood the word design. In the race of multiple entrance exams post 12th, I realised that I liked to know how things work and why they work the way they do. That is when I came across the field of design and when I read about it, it felt as if someone articulated exactly what I wanted to do. Something practical, in tandem with real life, that made an impact on people's life. Eventually, I got into IIT Guwahati with an AIR 21 and my journey into the field of design took off. This new field slowly became a way of thinking until it was a philosophy that fit into all aspects of life and business. With this knowledge, I set steps into the industry with the onset of the pandemic and got an opportunity to learn what the industry had to offer. Lucky to have joined a startup that launched its product a week before I joined, I got to notice how a product grows in a year.
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