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Gary Keeler
Director of User Experience at Veranex
- Design Management
- User Experience
- User Interface
Pioneer of the Enterprise Design space focused on improving workers' lives at scale. • Product Management Leader with 10+ years of experience in Software Design, Development, and Management. • Product Experience leading teams identifying, developing, and deploying 12+ software products. • Client Experience includes Amazon, Dell, Walmart, Target, UPS, FedEx, and the Department of Defense. • Manages a team with 80+ active sales opportunities and 17 active projects. • Data Science experience combining data sources for automated department reporting.
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Laksmi Pratiwi
Senior Product Designer at Pinhome
- Product Design
- Product Management
- User Research
My background is Interior Design that crashed into UI/UX Design at the 3rd year in uni; and since I then love UI/UX more than the love I could ever give. Interested in social entrepreneurship, data based design, and agile UX thinking. Click here to book my Calendar → https://calendly.com/laksmi-pratiwi/30min
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Nicholas Teo
Deputy Head of Design at Flex-Solver (part of Beyondsoft)
- Graphic Design
- Interaction Design
- User Centered Design
- User Experience
A design educator that strives to help young designers process in their careers. I've learned that my life experiences were a great teacher and I want to be able to allow others to learn from life and apply it to their careers. I love to understand the culture and ensure that we use design appropriately. Experienced Design Leader with a demonstrated history of working in the innovation, professional training, and coaching industry. Skilled in Design Management, Customer Experience, Spatial Design, User Experience (UX), and Interaction Design. Strong business development professional with a Doctor of Philosophy - Ph.D. focused in Design Anthropology from the Swinburne University of Technology.
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Manvi Singhwal
Product Designer at ClassCover
- Accessibility
- Product Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
Hola! I’m Manvi, An engineer turned self-taught designer. Over the last 2 years, I have been focused on understanding user problems and designing products that are inclusive, and solve user problems. I'm committed to sharing my knowledge of design thinking methodologies and user-centered design principles to help you with the challenges you're trying to solve. As your mentor, I can help you with UX Design , Data-Driven Design , User Research, Inclusive Design - and much, much more.
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Shivam Jaiswal
Senior Design Manager at Jio Platforms Ltd
- Design Management
- Product Design
- User Experience
Hey, I'm Shivam. I'm a product designer with a proven 10-year track record into UX combining research, strategy and technology. I work as a Sr. Design Manager at Jio Platforms Ltd. & was previously at Cyware, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Policy Bazaar & many others.
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Samarth Sinha
Sr. Product Designer at Ticketmaster
- Product Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
- User Research
I am a self-taught designer who works with B2B and B2C companies as a Product Design consultant as well as a full-time designer @ Ticketmaster. Background: Having worked as a freelancer since college (since 2014) I have had a fair bit of experience with all kinds of clients in the freelance world. Whereas as a full-time job I started as a front-end developer and later switched to a designer. I have grown as a freelancer and maintained my full-time job as well which has been one of the areas I can definitely help others if they want to explore that vertical.
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Ardavan Mirhosseini
Senior Product Designer at Intuit
- Human Computer Interaction
- Product Design
- User Experience
- Visual Design
I am a Toronto-based interdisciplinary designer. I'm interested in crafting digital experiences, but also fascinated by arts and humanities, and love expanding my knowledge on a variety of different topics outside of my own expertise. I have extensive experience in HCI, UX and visual design with great understanding in computing and web technologies. I do believe in user-centred design methodologies and have experience in variety of research methods.
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Paulina Barlik
Senior UX Researcher at Zendesk
- Product Design
- User Experience
- User Research
I listen to stories and translate them to the language of insights, data and business recommendations. From the first market research project that took me to rural Poland as I gathered insights on beet farming to foundational research that helped devise product strategy for Shopify Online Store behind every one of my projects, there are stories listened to and translated into business-friendly data set. User research advocate and creator of Guide to UXR, an educational resource for designers on UXR fundamentals.
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Muhammad Umair
Product Designer at Innowi Inc.
- Product Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
- Web Design
UX/UI designer with solid problem-solving skills. Seeking to lower the workload. through proven strengths in creativity, collaboration, and taking criticism, it also excels at several tech tools, including Adobe XD, Figma, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Sketch, responsible for daily web/mobile UI design content for a design community.
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Vanessa Bruce
VP of Social Impact, Women-Owned at Juniper by IMC
- Art Direction
- Product Design
- Product Management
- Typography
Passionate about empowering women in UX and product design. Up for chatting on Slack or over an ice cream at FoMu. Vanessa’s passionate about commerce as a force for good and access to entrepreneurship, a vision she's helmed at Dough—driving dollars to 1,000+ women-owned businesses. Her work has been featured in Fortune, Glossy, and Business Insider as well as recognized by the Stevie Awards, Adobe, and W3 – just to name a few. Before Dough, Vanessa was a co-founder and partner at Six Things—an award-winning, woman-owned plus operated, creative agency. She has worked with 50+ clients including JetBlue, Disney, and Target. Vanessa believes in building a more inclusive, compassionate, and equitable community. She volunteers as a mentor at Hack.Diversity and advises early stage DTC founders. She’s a first generation college graduate, an alumni of Simmons University, a women's college in the heart of Boston, where she studied Communications.
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Ahmad Alhuwwari
UX/UI Manager at Orange Jordan
- Creative Direction
- Game Design
- Graphic Design
- User Experience
I'm a UX Mentor | Evangelist | Consultant with more than 20 years of experience in UX, Multimedia & IT fields, based now in Jordan. UX Consultant, that is a fancy way of saying he plans how to present the things you see on your computer screen so that they are easy to understand & engaging. Strong experience with User Experience Design with over 14 years of dedicated focus in information architecture, visual design, and interface design. Specialties: Solid Background in Web Design principles and concepts, can teach and manage everything about web design from scratch
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Ifeoluwa Oduse
Senior UI/UX Designer at ShortPoint · Full-time
- Branding & Identity
- Interaction Design
- User Interface
- User Research
I'm a Product designer and UX engineer with a strong passion for aesthetics and sublime User experience. I strongly believe good design drives positive emotions. I'm a Multi-Disciplinary designer based in Lagos, Nigeria, with a passion for building delightful and engaging user experiences I am passionate about building and designing intuitive seamless interfaces and experiences that spark delight! Currently Senior Product Designer at ShortPoint and building ideas at Idera.
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Tolulope Ogunjuyigbe
UX Designer at Tesco Mobile
- Design Process
- Design Sprint
- Figma
- Portfolio Review
As a product designer, I am dedicated to shaping the future of the design industry and creating user-centric, enjoyable, and human experiences. Throughout my five years of experience, I have had the pleasure of designing products in various industries including finance, education, data, health, agriculture, and retail.
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Aladdin Alsayed
Senior Product Design Specialist at Protecmedia
- Branding & Identity
- Design Critique
- Enterprise Design
- Product Design
Hi, I’m Aladdin, a Product Designer and Researcher based in Madrid, Spain who loves to work on smart Products, Solutions, Systems, Websites, and Apps for Enterprises and consumers with the latest technologies such as Artificial intelligence, Machine learning, and deep learning, and more. Right now, I'm working on various digital products that help my clients to reach their business goals in different industries: Media, Banking, Chatbot, Virtual assistants, ERP, CRM, CMS, and more. Skills: Product Design (Digital and Physical), User Experience, User Interface, User-centered design, Conversational UX design, Branding, Design Sprint, Illustrations, and visual design.
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Jenny Kang
Sr. Product Designer at Turo
- Career Transitions
- Design Critique
- Design Process
- Interaction Design
👋 Product Designer | Daily learning | Life is 50% art, 50% tech | Mission driven | I’m a mission driven designer with a passion for developing delightful and powerful solutions. I believe that good design can be force for good for the world and deepen our human experiences. Today I get to design for Getty and iStock by helping our clients find their greatest visuals and ultimately tell amazing stories to the world. Whether it's being a women in tech, the first job hunt, or crafting a presentation to stakeholders, I love meeting other problem solves that come together to discuss our different tips, approaches and perspectives. I love hearing and sharing career experiences and insights through our different journeys- Let's connect!
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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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Adewole Ampitan
CIO & Chairman at Descinder
- Design Leadership
- Design Management
- Interaction Design
- Mobile Design
I am a product builder and technical project leader passionate about creating tools that bring design, development, and AI together. With a background in digital transformation for the NHS and experience building an open-source UX automation toolkit, I thrive at the intersection of people, process, and technology. My work spans from hands-on development with React and AI integrations to guiding teams through Agile workflows and strategic project delivery. I believe in building not just products, but also communities whether through open-source contribution, mentorship, or collaborative problem solving. At my core, I am driven by clarity, empowerment, and meaningful impact helping individuals and teams work smarter, design intentionally, and leverage technology with purpose.
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Lorraine Randell
Instructor at Wilfrid Laurier University
- Design Strategy
- Design Thinking
- Interaction Design
- Service Design
I'm a Foresight Practitioner and Systemic Designer who works to develop interventions that help shape new possibilities for the future(s) and that support doing better for multiple generations forward. I have worked as a designer for over 20 years, and have been focused on collaborative creativity and facilitation of group systemic design processes for the last 6 years. I also teach Strategy as an adjunct Professor at OCAD University in Toronto, ON, Canada. Strategic Designer with a demonstrated history of working in social service consulting, non profit, public sector and NGO program development, and executive education. Skilled in community engagement strategy, program development, management, organizational design and communications, group facilitation, research, and Systems Thinking. Strong drive to create value through co-design and human centred approaches. Master’s Degree focused in Strategic Foresight and Innovation from OCAD University.
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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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Christy Dunwoodie
User Experience Researcher at Meta
- Career Advice
- User Experience
- User Research
I've been creating meaningful, data-driven product experiences for 15+ years. My work as a UX designer & researcher gives me opportunities to solve difficult problems, which I love, as well as mentor and equip the next generation of product designers & researchers. Happy to be here!
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Milan Guenther
Founder at Teamenu
- Cartography (Map Making)
- Design Strategy
- Enterprise Design
- Information Architecture
I co-founded Intersection Group (not for profit) and Enterprise Design Associates (consultancy), and more recently Teamenu (digital workplace SAAS startup). 12 years back, I launched a social software startup and designed a patented innovation for commercial flight decks. Today I work with enterprises of all shapes and sizes, to make them deliver and useful to people - like Google, SAP, Toyota, ThoughtWorks, OECD and the UN. My first book Intersection introduces this Enterprise Design approach, and I'm co-organising the Intersection conference series since 2014. I also contributed the book Enterprise Design Patterns and curate EDGY, an Open Source tool for co-creating better enterprises.
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Eduardo Feo
Senior Staff UX Designer - Firefox Mobile at Mozilla
- Design Process
- Design Strategy
- Design Thinking
- User Centered Design
For more than 15 years, I've helped organizations transform bold ideas into products that create meaningful business impact and lasting customer value. My work sits at the intersection of product strategy, AI, human-centered design, and exceptional visual craft, creating experiences that are intuitive, trusted, and thoughtfully crafted. Throughout my career, I've partnered with global organizations across consumer, enterprise, healthcare, retail, and privacy-focused industries, helping shape products used by millions of people worldwide. Whether leading design strategy, scaling teams, or driving AI-powered innovation, I believe great design should strengthen both business outcomes and human connections. Having worked across cultures and multidisciplinary teams, I bring a multicultural perspective that helps create products that resonate with people, not just markets. I believe the best ideas emerge from curiosity, empathy, collaboration, and a relentless pursuit of quality. Beyond building products, I'm passionate about building people. I enjoy mentoring designers, speaking at conferences, teaching, and helping the next generation of design leaders grow. Whether collaborating with executive stakeholders, facilitating workshops, or sharing lessons with the design community, I'm driven by a simple belief: great products are created by empowered teams with a shared vision.
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Roberts Baltins
Product Manager at bld.ai
- Creative Direction
- Design Thinking
- User Experience
Design is what I eat & breathe. I do things my way and if you will pass on us it's going to be your miss. I believe in killer design vs. genial ideas. I have built a football school and a couple of corporate applications, facelifting existing business leader and arguing with those who are doing shit work or being lazy-stupid. My strength is the strategy, validation, value definition, and motivation. Hell yeah! Most of the time I have to fight to break the rules and self-owned digital service will be the thing which will let me fly. Data analytics is gold and will be! A mix of responsibilities in domains of digital product development, business, IT, and marketing. Helping individuals, teams and companies enable change management through design thinking.
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Ira Mendelson
Product Designer at planckdata.com
- Design Systems
- Figma
- Interaction Design
- Product Design
I'm sole Product Designer with 4+ years of experience, working at Israeli start up that creates AI solutions for insurance market. I am self-educated, so I can help with tips for junior designers: - where to start from, when building Design career - which skills to master first and which in second place, what to practice - share books, courses and resources I found the most helpful and more. I can also provide insights into what it's like to work in a startup, including: - share my experience of being sole designer, - how to communicate with different departments - how to talk to stakeholders - how to build and maintain design system - how to deliver assets to the dev team, and more I have also experience in freelance, so I can answer questions about that a well. And of course I can just review your portfolio and give my feedback on it. So let's catch up and start shaping your design career:)
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George D'Cruz
Senior UX Designer at Contentstack
- Design Management
- Product Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
A Digital Product Designer with extensive experience working with clients across the globe. I'm currently helping startups realise their business ideas and youngsters understand the value of design. With an educational background in Computer Engineering, Business Administration & Design, and the industry experience working along with companies of various sizes, I've cultivated a unique set of skills which allows me to transform user needs and business requirements into invaluable products.
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