Our Mentors

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    Lucas Mosele

    Design Engineer at Sprout Social, Inc

    • Illustration
    • User Experience
    • User Interface
    • Web Design

    I am a UX/UI Engineer with a focus on architecture, UI Design and design systems engineering. When I'm not building products with a great team, I'm a photographer, mentor & traveler. Always down to help via email for critique, direction or portfolio reviews.

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    Marc MacIntosh

    Mentor at Designed.org

    • Design Management
    • Design Strategy
    • Information Architecture
    • Product Design

    When we break things, it's easy. When we rebuild them, it takes grit. Inspiring culture, building organizations, and crafting exceptional experiences are iterative by design.

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    Ghazaleh Soroush

    Product Design Lead at Snapp!

    • Design Leadership
    • Design Thinking
    • Product Management
    • Team Building

    Product Design Manager @Snapp (Snapp.ir)

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    Begoña Hernando

    Visual Designer at Globant

    • Figma
    • Typography
    • Visual Design

    Hi there! Im here to continue learning and helping others. Have several years working as a freelance and now working as a UI Designer in a Tech company.

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    Daria Sorokina

    UI/UX Designer & Art Director at Freelance

    • Art Direction
    • User Experience
    • User Interface

    I am a UI/UX Designer and Art Director with 7+ years of experience. I create user-centric, meaningful, and engaging interface designs for clients all across the world and I provide mentorship and art direction for junior designers. My goal is to help young designers grow and provide step-by-step learning that is subtly integrated into the work process.

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    Surya Pillai

    Design Researcher at Unilever

    • Product Design
    • User Experience
    • User Interface
    • User Research

    I am a User Experience Designer and Entrepreneur with a keen inclination towards Startups and Storytelling, having 6+ years of experience. When I am not conceptualizing products, you will find me evaluating every Mobile App or Website I come across or penning my thoughts Because of my background as a NIFT Mumbai Alumna and a stint in the Design team at Hindustan Unilever Limited, I have a strong foundation of Design Thinking principles, that helps me engage audiences and add tangible value with experiences that are both immersive and thoughtful. Before we conceptualised Semly Pro, I was a Product Designer at CarWale, where I worked as the sole designer in the 'CarWale Experience' team, the product innovation division. I also worked on revamping and re-structuring the Lead Management tool, Autobiz (re-branding and re-design of the SAAS tool and Mobile App). Since founding Semly Pro, I have immersed myself in Design, Product Innovation and Digital Marketing for our clientele covering a wide variety of verticals including Clean Energy, Automotives, IOT, Fashion, Government Agencies, Digital Tools, etc. When I am not conceptualising products, you will find me evaluating every Mobile App or Website I come across or penning my thoughts and learnings in my blog Designfully Me. I am also a Contributing Author at UX Collective and have been featured in the Outlook Business and Economic Times (links in the Media section).

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    Sachin Ghegade

    Design CoE Leadership at Lentra

    • Design Leadership
    • Graphic Design
    • Product Design
    • User Experience

    A technology enthusiast with 12+ years of experience. Proposed and executing a Shared Services competency/ COE for Product and Service design. Bringing business using various innovative solutions using UX/UI and Design Thinking methodologies. Specialization is in architecting complex enterprise products and systems, envisioning innovative solutions, and realizing the solutions in the form of products. Domain expertise in the area of BFSI, Retail, E-Commerce, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Mining, Oil & Gas with futuristic models such as Smart City, AI, ML, IoT. Hands-on experience in multiple Design Paradigms. I'm very happy, excited to be a part of the Designed.org community. I’m sure I will be able to help new and practiced specialists to shape their potential. Business expansion strategy from Pre-Sales, Marketing to Post-delivery. This model has resulted in generating good ROI of downstream revenue and long-term engagements. Achieved growth in team size from 1 to multiple resources, established and led a prestigious design team as its first Designer. Specialties Design Management, Brand Strategy, Agile UX process Expertise, Creative Management, User Research, Dashboard Scheming, Brand Guidelines, Reusable Components, Client Facing, Information Visualization, and Design Style Guides. Mentorship, and ensuring customer success. Skills Design Management: Process Building, Business Decisions, Quality assurance, Design Strategies and Vision plan, Supply Chain, Resource loading, Task Analysis and estimation, Conduct training. Research: A/B Testing & Experiment, Cognitive walkthrough, Persona Interview, Information Architecture, User Journey/ Journey Mapping, Design Thinking. Prototyping: Rapid prototyping using Keynote, Invision, XD, Interactive and clickthrough flow, Task analysis & persona hypothesis. Design: User Interface design, Graphic design, User flows, Concept sketches, Wireframes & mock-ups with Sketch & Illustrator, Style guides & pattern library preparation. Tools Adobe Creative Cloud, Office 365, SketchApp, Axure, Invision, Balsamiq, Zeplin, Figma, MIRO Board, HTML (Basic), CSS (Basic), Other: JIRA Agile, Design Sprint

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    Victor M. Gonzalez

    Associate Member at UXPA International

    • Consulting Advice
    • Design Leadership
    • Design Strategy
    • Human Computer Interaction

    I am a pragmatic researcher with focus on designing innovative products and services. Love leading Sperientia [studio+lab] and developing the best professionals in the American continent. Happy to provide advice on Design Research, Innovation Strategies, UX Design, and JTBD research.

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    Jerry Qin

    UX Designer at Gartner

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

    Product Designer with a trained eye for what actually works — and the track record to back it up: one recently shipped product drove a 52% YoY increase in engagement. Increasingly focused on building the systems behind design that scales, not just the screens. ────────── • I've looked at enough good and bad design to spot the difference fast: in a product, a flow, or a system. That instinct started early; I've spent years training it sharper, the same patient way anyone trains a model: examples, correction, repeat. In the AI era, anyone can generate design work, but judgment like that is rare. • Relentlessly curious about what's underneath a good outcome: the mechanics, the data, the decision that quietly made it work. I don't just admire it from the front end; I go find out, and let it reshape how I work and live. • Turn dry, unglamorous business requirements into design that converts: prototyping fast, testing early, cutting anything that doesn't earn its place. One example: a feature from early discovery work drove a 52% YoY increase in engagement. That's the bar: not just a clean interface, a measurable result. • None of this happens alone. In practice: co-defining success metrics and hypotheses with product partners, pressure-testing ideas with engineering and research, and explaining the reasoning clearly enough that non-technical stakeholders can champion it too. I'd rather make the people around me sharper than just make my own screens shine — including other designers I mentor along the way. These days, I think the real work isn't designing one screen; it's designing the system underneath it: the framework and patterns that let a team ship good work consistently, and that other teams can pick up and reuse instead of starting from zero. That's the question I ask on every project now: not just "does this work," but "does this scale beyond me." And that's where I want to keep growing. Always learning — happy to compare notes.

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    Anindya Bhanja Chowdhury

    Product Manager at Coastr

    • Product Design
    • Product Management
    • User Experience
    • User Research

    I firmly believe that the foundation of any successful design process lies in meticulously defining the problem and establishing realistic goals. My approach to assisting clients in achieving their objectives revolves around a thorough understanding of their needs. I engage in extensive questioning to grasp the challenges my clients aim to address and the goals they aspire to reach. As a designer, I recognize the inevitability of compromise and consider it an integral part of my role. The ability to navigate compromise when necessary while staying focused on the essentials is paramount. With a rich professional background spanning over two decades, I bring expertise in Project/Product Management, UI/UX Design, Product Design, Pre-Sales, Service Delivery, and Team Management. Currently serving as a Product Manager, I leverage this multifaceted experience to drive successful outcomes in my present role.

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    Sarah Davies

    Creative Director at Studio 81

    • Art Direction
    • eCommerce
    • Graphic Design
    • Product Design

    12+ years as a creative, 6 as a mentor to other designers in the UI/UX field. Always looking to help and learn with others! My experience in psychology, marketing, human factors, and consumer behavior provides me with a unique approach and understanding of user behaviors and motivations, using evidence-driven design approaches balancing qualitative and quantitative techniques and storytelling methods to design sustainable solutions to solve complex problems. For me, the design process is a tool to bridge knowledge gaps, strengthen relationships, and increase cohesion. I’m passionate about creating clean, contemporary designs and interfaces with a pop of personality that put user experiences and brand identity first to help clients meet their goals and achieve their creative visions.

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    Mohammed Shaheen

    UX Designer at Amazon.com

    • Mobile Development
    • Product Design
    • Sketch
    • User Research

    I believe design can solve complex problems that make a difference in people's lives. Design-thinking is simply a structured way to solve a problem. Lead Product Designer @Amazon

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    Irfan Khan

    Art Director at Publicis Sapient

    • Product Design
    • User Experience
    • User Interface
    • Visual Design

    👋🏻 Hey! I am a product designer, trying to understand the people's emotions on the empathetic approach and converting that experience into a valuable product. Learning to understand the WHY before starting work on any product or design. and I believe collaboration is the KEY. I am helping my Organisation to Build an Effective UI/UX for it's Client. - Enjoy Learning UX Methodology - Working (Yes! Still Learning) User Centered Design Methodology. - Competitive Analysis (This really helps me to to improve UX of the product, i am working on..) - Websites, Responsive Website, Mobile Websites, (Personal, Corporate, Agency, Startups, etc..) - Brand Building - Social Media Campaign (Graphical, Conceptual) - Enjoying Helping to HTML5/CSS3/JQuery Developers to Create better Interaction between Elements. - Mobile Application and Mobile User Experience - Logo's - Admin Panels (Dashboard) - Basic's of Wordpress CMS, Enjoy Working with Developer's - Pleasure to work with Creative leaders.

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    Muhammad Fahad

    User Interface Designer at SwishTag (Shopify Plus Agency)

    • Accessibility
    • Branding & Identity
    • UI Development
    • User Experience

    UI/UX Designer with 5+ Years of Experience. I specialize in creating clean, intuitive, and conversion-focused interfaces for Shopify and SaaS products. With a strong command of the design systems like MUI, Polaris & user-centered design, and CRO principles, I help DTC and e-commerce brands deliver seamless digital experiences that drive real business growth.

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    Rachel Smith

    Product Designer at Meta

    • Product Design

    Latina Designer. I Founded a 2000+ global design incubator that solves pandemic problems. I specialize in building awesome communities, shopping experiences, and designing for impact.

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    Jamie Umak

    Service Designer (Principal, IT Business Systems) at American Red Cross

    • Product Design
    • Service Design
    • User Experience
    • User Interface

    Service and Product Design Lead and User Experience Designer with 17 years of interactive design experience working throughout user journeys from discovery to implementation using holistic design thinking to advocate for users and solve business obstacles. Energized by creating meaningful, human-centered designs that increase value and standards to achieve key business metrics and user goals for measurable impact. 13 years experience working remotely as a user experience designer, formulating diverse methods to enrich businesses through evidence-based design driven by strategy. My passion is designing for real people and processes to create positive impact through design. The best user experiences begin with discovery, research, and an intentional, results-driven strategy. Let's work together to transform your user experience and discover the magic of strategic design. I'm Always Learning and Giving Back to the UX Design Community: • UX Certified through Nielsen Norman Group with UX Management Specialty • Chapter Leader of Interaction Design Foundation - Baltimore, MD • Completed 1,000+ hours (and counting!) of additional specialized UX training

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    Audrey Charneux

    User Experience Lead at Neeka Health

    • Career Transitions
    • Psychology
    • User Experience

    Hi there! I am a product designer and UX researcher working in the healthcare/tech industry. I've transitioned to UX from psychology and I'd be happy to help folks you are looking to take this leap, transitioning and interested in working in UX design.

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    Shivansh Kumar

    Product Designer at LimeTray

    • Design Thinking
    • Illustration
    • Product Design
    • User Experience

    A seasoned product design professional thriving in diverse, inclusive, and human-centered environments. As a creative person, I greatly value the frugal innovation approach to address economic, systemic, and societal challenges. Particularly interested in behaviorism, product design, sound design, product management. Always interested in multi-platform products, design evangelism.

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    Neil Henderson

    Product Design Director - UX&D Ops, Design System at FanDuel

    • Creative Direction
    • Graphic Design
    • Product Design
    • Product Management

    From building websites in tables to working with full stack dev teams shipping products to millions of people

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    Pin-Bo Tsai

    Senior Product Designer II at Wistia

    • Art Direction
    • Creative Direction
    • Product Design
    • Visual Design

    As a multidisciplinary designer I strive to find the best solution regardless of medium. I have experience designing content heavy websites, mobile applications, producing video content, motion design, print design and branding. I work closely with Marketers, Product Managers, Sales personnel, engineers and other designers.

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    Suresh Kumar Veeramachaneni

    Senior Design Manager at f1Studioz

    • Design Leadership
    • Design Strategy
    • Design Systems
    • Service Design

    I am a designer, mentor, problem solver, and photographer. I love to see the bigger picture in more minor details. I have good experience in instrumental products in B2B and B2C.

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    Sagar Shintre

    Vice President - UI/UX at NeoSOFT

    • Branding & Identity
    • Color Theory
    • Design Thinking
    • Human Computer Interaction

    16 years of experience in the Creative field, readily translating business requirements into effective UI/UX and front-end technologies. Partner cross-functionality to build and ensure projects meet all milestones. Intuitively adapt to new technology and innovative process. I would like to help others in all UI UX and collaborate on it in front-end technologies.

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    Andrés Laplace Kellogg

    Product Design at GeneXus

    • Development
    • User Experience
    • User Interface
    • Visual Design

    I am a visual designer specialized in user interfaces (UI), user experience (UX) and frontend/backend developer with extensive experience in the development of digital products focused on results, which allows me to carry out high value-added projects.

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    Pablo Iturra

    UX/UI Designer at GoFrendly

    • Design Management
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Interaction Design
    • User Centered Design

    Hi! I'm a UI/UX Designer from Chile I have worked creating great experiences, services and companies since 2010; It’s my passion and what I love to do. I lived and worked in different countries Chile, Canada, and now, Sweden. Always on cross-functional and multicultural teams. I like to make an impact on the users and personas who use them, for this reason, I love to try different ideas with my team, finding what the real problem of the people is and which innovative solutions we can bring to them.

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    Kim Li

    Entrepreneur at XKL

    • Entrepreneurship
    • Game Design
    • Product Design
    • User Interface