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Gopikrishnan Sasikumar
Lead Product Designer at Xoxoday
- Figma
- Product Design
- User Centered Design
- User Experience
A bit about myself, a self taught Product/UX Designer with more than 8 years of experience I believe that User Experience holds the key for a more inclusive product which covers a wide variety of people from different geographies. Do what you love, Love what you do! I am doing just that, I love to design to impress myself. Over the course of my career, I've learned that it’s not only about how I feel, it's about how everyone feels - that's why experience is as important to me as visual appeal. I constantly reinvent and challenge myself to stay on the cutting edge of design, creating elegant, functional user experiences for the businesses of the future. UI/UX designer with experience in delivering large scale platform experiences for enterprises across industries. I am adept at design strategy, interaction design, team management and at various tools (Figma, Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, Invision, Principle etc.) & design trends
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Diane Bowen
User Experience Researcher at Angel Studios
- Product Design
- Sketch
- Team Building
- User Experience
I am a champion of the user and a strategic partner for the business. I study users to understand needs, motivations and behaviors through diverse research methods. I explore design solutions from prototype to release, confirming or disproving assumptions with each iteration. My work informs technical implementation and uncovers opportunities for innovation and competitive advantage.
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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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Ahmad Ali
Graphics & UI/UX Designer at Skillstodo
- Adobe
- Content Design
- Figma
- Graphic Design
🤙𝗠𝘆𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗔𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗱 𝗔𝗹𝗶, I am a skilled and ambitious 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗰 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 who fully grasps modern design techniques. I love to explore the world and get creative. As a designer, I help people to achieve their dreams and understand the art of designing.
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Darold Davis
UX Design Mentor at Interaction Design Foundation
- Product Design
- Product Development Process
- User Centered Design
- User Experience
Darold is a UI/UX | Product Designer with a decade of experience designing digital products and services. He uses a range of tools, methods and processes to generate concepts and specify designs to help organizations develop new products, improve existing ones or explore new markets.
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Adonis Tuman
Lead Designer at Toyota
- Figma
- User Experience
- User Interface
- Web Design
4+ years experience within visual design. This involves things such as but not limited to logo design, business branding, business rebranding and print design. Specific focus is within user interface/experience design. This involves website development and app development. A Cognitive Science graduate from UC Davis with a futurist mindset and passion for humanizing technology.
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Rafael Burity
Senior Design Manager at unico IDtech
- Career Advice
- Design Leadership
- Design Process
- Design Strategy
TEACHER, PODCASTER, SPEAKER, MENTOR AND Design Leader with 7 years of experience, have been working as a designer for the past 19 years. Also, helping companies to synthesize the content and context, offering the best solutions for the business. I have been helping companies to synthesize the content and context, offering the best solutions for the business and the customer experience, in addition to seeking the evolution and management of design in companies. As a designer, I have a solid understanding of the User-centric culture and this, combined with my experience in big companies for the past 7 years, has made me capable of driving and delivering good results to the company, always through design.
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Konrad Synoradzki
Development Manager at Allegro
- Design Strategy
- eCommerce
- Product Design
- User Experience
Manager with 10 years of experience in managing technology and product teams in the eCommerce area. Working at the senior management level in terms of building the value of the customer base and mobile app strategy. Currently: Leading 70+ engineers and product managers in the area of customer activation Shaping strategy for the whole Customer part of Allegro (inc. category experience, horizontal approach, technology scalability, P&L) Creating a high-performing environment with full autonomy and responsibility for results Providing best-in-class customer value due to cutting-edge technology Products: - Allegro Family (award “Quality Leader”) - Allegro Coupons - Allegro App
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Zulkifli Ghazali
Creative Graphic Designer at Garuda Telecommunication
- Branding & Identity
- Content Design
- Graphic Design
- Marketing Design
Hello, my name is Zulkifli Ghazali I am from Indonesia. Interested in Graphic Design, Brand Identity, Logo Design, Social Media Design, Motion Graphics, Photo, and Videography. All work is made through a long process, from research, sketch, and digitalization to design execution and I want to help friends in Southeast Asia not to patronize but learn together to develop better skills for future success
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Niels Koelmeyer
Freelance Senior Product Designer at Qonto
- User Centered Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
- User Research
Hi! I have experience designing products in a wide-ranging field: From Enterprise-grade B2B software to fast-paced start-up environments. I can help you design the ideal design process to solve your challenge, how to do effective research, or give tips and tricks on how to build to learn, fast.
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Rama Krishna Panguluri
Senior Principal Software Engineer at CBRE Inc
- Architecture
- Development
- Product Design
- Product Development Process
I possesses over 18 years of experience as a Sr. Principal Software Engineer, specializing in the design and development of scalable, multi-tiered, distributed software applications for enterprises within the Security/SIEM, financial, and Real Estate sectors. His expertise spans microservices architecture, high-availability applications, cloud migration, and security. My focus lies in offering mentoring services that center on ElasticSearch, Kafka, and Golang technologies. Leveraging my extensive knowledge in these domains, my objective is to provide guidance and assistance to individuals aiming to enhance their proficiency in utilizing these tools effectively. Embracing the role of a mentor, I am committed to offering valuable insights, practical illustrations, and tailored direction to aid mentees in comprehending concepts, overcoming challenges, and honing their expertise in these technologies. Together, we can embark on a journey to explore the immense potential of various cutting-edge technologies.
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Ashique Ukkadan
Lead UI/UX Designer at saudidigitalbank
- Interaction Design
- Product Design
- Typography
- User Experience
I’m a self-taught Sr. UI/UX Designer & Front-End Developer with more than 9 years of design experience. Passionate about designing digital experiences that leave a positive impact on people, environment and the society. Professional Skills UI/UX Design, Front-End Development, Products design, Branding Design, Visual design, Interactions - Develop functional and appealing web- and mobile-based applications based on usability - Use a combination of markup languages to write web pages - Write functional requirement documents and specifications - Create quality mockups and prototypes on tight timelines - Assist back-end developers with coding and troubleshooting - Create cascading style sheets (CSS) that are consistent across all browsers and platforms - Maintain graphic standards and branding throughout the product’s interface - Stay up-to-date on emerging technologies - Develop new user-facing features - Build reusable code and libraries for future use - Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs - Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability - Assure that all user input is validated before submitting to the back-end - Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders Technical Skills Adobe Creative Suite Invision XD (Experience Design) Figma Illustrator Photoshop Aftereffect Dreamweaver Visual Studio Code Html5, XHTML, CSS3 & Sass, Javascript, Jquery. Key Areas of Experience Professional Web & UI/UX Development/Designing, Branding Designing, Layout, design, and typographic skills were demonstrated through developing concepts and design for various clients, corporate identity, stationery/annual reports, advertising/promotional materials, application design for mobile and desktop, responsive web design and more... Expert HTML Transitional Markup (W3C valid), table less using the latest CSS standards with SEO friendly HTML coding, and image replacement techniques. Hand coded HTML Transitional markup Light-weight table less CSS layout Clean W3C Valid HTML / CSS Commented and shorthand CSS Identical to the original design
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Adebowale Adewale
UX Academy Mentor at Designlab
- Adobe
- User Experience
- User Interface
I am a senior digital product/ux designer with more than seven years of experience in brand, web, mobile, and digital products. I participate in and lead all project areas, from primary and secondary research through ideation, design, prototyping, implementation, and commercialization. My mission is to solve challenging problems in a way that has a positive impact on consumers and businesses. My specialities: User Interface & User Experience Design, Prototyping and Testing, Front-end Development, Hiring, Design System & Operations, and Project Management. My Tools: Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, Webflow, Google Workspace, Notion, HTML, CSS, Full Story, Amplitude, JavaScript, and open to many more.
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Deeksha Somaiya
Assistant Professor at Unitedworld Institute of Design (UID)
- Interior Design
Hello, I'm Deeksha Somaiya, an architect-interior designer with a Bachelor's degree from NMIMS University and an International Master's from CEPT University and Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart. Throughout my career, I've been involved in diverse projects spanning institutional, commercial, and residential domains, including a significant contribution to a Government design project focusing on court design. Currently, I serve as an Assistant Professor at UID, Karnavati University Gandhinagar, where I bring my expertise to the design process of technology and future speculation. Alongside my teaching role, I am pursuing doctoral studies in speculative design. My research interests revolve around the convergence of art and architecture, artificial intelligence, and design processes. I am passionate about exploring innovative approaches at the intersection of these fields.
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Vedprakash Arya
Graphic Designer at Cognitus Consulting
- Branding & Identity
- Design Thinking
- Graphic Design
- Visual Design
With a background in Aeronautical Engineering, a field known for problem-solving and innovative designs, I’ve seamlessly transitioned into a creative designer. With diversified experiences during the span of 8 years, I bridge innovation from Aeronautics and sustainability from nature.
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Mahshid Rostami
Product Designer at PodroCo
- Design Systems
- Product Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
Mahshid is an intelligent person with a strong desire for reaching her goals. Her passion for making valuable impacts on the products is very stunning. Her strong communication skills were one of her brightest abilities. She always aims excellence in improving products and user experiences.
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Scott Ellis
Director of Brand and Creative at Daon
- 3D
- Animation
- Development
- Graphic Design
I'm an international Creative Director who came up through the ranks of Corporate America, starting out as a web designer back when the web was shiny and new and spending the majority of my time as a creative leader in the marketing space. My skillset is fairly broad, covering graphic design, web design, video/animation, copywriting, front-end web development, 3D modeling, and pretty much anything else you can think of that applies to marketing creative. I'm not the best at the room in any of those things, but I'm functional in all and can teach at least elements of most. I've had the pleasure, throughout my career, of hiring and mentoring a number of different designers and writers. Most of the people I've worked with have been early in their careers, so I've put a lot of focus into helping them grow and succeed.
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Hamza Ishaq
Senior Product Designer at Ceridian
- Product Design
- User Experience
- User Research
- User Testing
Over 6 years of experience in encouraging and promoting human-centred design through constant user research, thorough user testing, and meaningful user advocacy. Worked with notable brands including Ceridian, Securitas, Walmart, ATCO, Government of Alberta, Canada Pacific Railway and others.
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Maria Pereda
Director of Product Design at HubSpot
- eCommerce
- Product Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
Experienced design leader and mentor with over 15 years of experience in settings including large, mature product organizations, high-growth SaaS start-ups, and agencies. Deep domain experience in fintech, ecommerce, and edtech Demonstrated track record of managing and scaling teams, while developing research practices to enhance customer understanding and drive an efficient Agile product development process. Well known for a continual focus on team building, collaboration, and inclusive culture by building strong relationships between design, product, and engineering organizations.
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Marjorie Otterson
Digital Health Innovation/Product Design at Boston Scientific Corporation
- Design Leadership
- Design Management
- Product Design
- User Centered Design
I love tackling tough problems and partnering actively with clients, stakeholders, designers, and cross-functional teams to understand problems—exploring them fully, down to their roots—and then working together to help companies meet strategic goals and provide better products, experiences, and communications for their customers.
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Makoto Kern
Founder | UX Principal & Software Product Designer at IIIMPACT, Inc.
- DesignOps
- Product Design
- User Experience
I'm the UX Principal & founder of IIIMPACT, Inc. which is a digital product design and development agency focusing on creating great software products for our clients. The team I lead is made up of change management, strategy, DesignOps & DevOps heavy-hitters. We help companies with product/business
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Taimur Israr
Creative Technical Lead at DIJINATION LLC
- Branding & Identity
- Career Advice
- Design Critique
- Interaction Design
I am a creative and detail-oriented UI/UX Designer with a passion for solving complex design problems. With 3 years of professional experience in the field, I have honed my skills in branding, interaction design, prototyping, user research, and product designing. My design philosophy is rooted in user-centered design, and I believe that great design should not only be aesthetically pleasing but also functional and intuitive. I am always seeking to learn and grow in my field, and I am excited to share my knowledge and experience with aspiring designers. As a mentor, I believe in a hands-on approach that involves active collaboration with my mentees. I strive to create a supportive and inclusive learning environment where mentees can feel comfortable asking questions, sharing their ideas, and experimenting with new techniques. My approach is tailored to each mentee's individual needs and goals, and I aim to provide constructive feedback and guidance to help them reach their full potential. Whether it's providing design critiques, sharing industry insights, or offering career advice, I am committed to helping my mentees succeed in their design careers.
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Thiago Silvestre
Product Design Manager at Nubank
- Information Architecture
- Interaction Design
- Product Design
- User Experience
With over 14+ years of experience with digital design, I can definitely say that it is my work passion. Having the ability to design products to help people achieving their goals is what makes me sleep well every night.
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Vishal Panchal
UX/UI Designer at Think.Design
- Career Transitions
- Design Systems
- Portfolio Review
- User Experience
Hello! I'm Vishal, who's educated as an engineer, started as a developer, and continued full-time as a designer. At the heart, I am a problem solver and a storyteller driven by curiosity. One of my strengths is converting visionary ideas into tangible designs but by also considering technical feasibility. I have a combined work experience of 4.5+ years and in this journey, I have worked on various projects like end-to-end insurance site, EV app, e-commerce site, enterprise apps & dashboards, fuel station management app, business performance management app. I'm committed to sharing my knowledge of design thinking methodologies and the processes I follow while designing applications and websites for Fortune 500 companies. As your mentor, I can help you with the design process, UX design, UI design, design systems, portfolio & resume reviews, and much more. Let's connect over a coffee and solve your challenges.
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Ali Aslam
UI/UX Mentor at Designed.org
- Product Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
- Web Design
Product designer with 5+ years experience and specialisation in complex web/mobile application design. Successfully achieved user satisfaction by delivering user-centred designs, which resulted in higher revenue for the respective industry.
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