Our Mentors

Artem Arefin

Senior Product / Advocate Designer at TemaBit

• Design Management
• Interaction Design
• Product Design
• User Experience

Product Designer and Design Manager with over 8 years of experience in fintech, e-commerce, SaaS, the metaverse, and high-load systems. Demonstrated strategic impact through UX research, design systems development, and optimizing user journeys. Successfully led design teams, implemented Agile processes, and consistently improved core business metrics. Core Achievements: • UX Optimization: Enhanced user flows, increasing payment conversion rates by 30%. • Support Reduction: Introduced interactive guidance, reducing support requests by 25%. • Unified Design System: Accelerated screen development by 20%. • Platform Efficiency: Improved multimodal interfaces, boosting productivity by 30%. • User Engagement: Interactive onboarding increased user activity by 18%. Passionate about creating user-centric products that transform industries and deliver measurable impact.

Andrew MacKenzie

Director of Product Design at Traxo

• Data Visualization
• Figma
• User Experience
• User Interface

Enterprise UX designer currently in travel tech

Peter Dennis

Investing at 1kx

• Graphic Design
• User Experience
• User Interface
• User Research

A designer focused on scaling startups, growing businesses and helping teams succeed through design.

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.

Ranjeet Tayi

Advisory Council Member - Customer Experience at California State University

• Branding & Identity
• Data Visualization
• Design Leadership
• Design Management

Ranjeet Tayi is the Director of UX at Informatica with 18 years of experience designing world-class products. His current role focuses on design-led innovation and AI Experience for data management cloud products to drive good design and good business through intelligent data. Previously he worked with SumTotal, PureIT Usability Research and co-founded MindVisions. Tayi is on several international nonprofit boards that contribute to design-led social impact. He has co-curated many design conferences, competitions, and ignite events. His talks and articles have been featured at RSA, WUC, IUI, UXPA, and UXIndia. Tayi holds two master's degrees in mass communication and advertising, a design management diploma, and five patents. He is interested in mentoring designers in product-led innovation, Design AI/ML Experience, and Design Leadership.

Justin Francisco

Graphic Designer at Compass Group

• 3D
• Branding & Identity
• Graphic Design

I began my design path from a young age as a casual artist. I followed this path through to university, attaining a bachelor of design. Now I am working my way up in the professional world through freelance and in-house experience.

Sandesh Chouhan

User Experience Designer at Aubergine Solutions Pvt. Ltd

• Figma
• Mobile Development
• User Experience

Aspiring UI/UX Product & Animation Designer with hand-on experience in Wireframing, User flow, Scaling Web, Prototyping, Mobile product, 3D Modeling, and Lighting (Arnold). Particularly solving complex product problems with easy solution, engaging user experiences, and building cohesive design.

Padmashree Shetye

UX Architect - Technical Lead at HCL America End Client at Verizon

• Design Thinking
• Graphic Design
• User Interface
• User Research

I have diversified 11+ years of experience in User Experience & User Interface Design with a focus on creating more intuitive, accessible, and easy-to-use interactions. Expert in user research, interactive prototyping, wireframes, UI mockups, collaboration with product team & developers. Also, I have advanced knowledge about the User-Centered Design processes, Design Thinking, Profile and Personas, Field Studies, Data Gathering Methods, Scenario and Task Analysis, Information Architecture.

Diego Castro

Gerente de e-commerce at Play Lojas - Consultoria em E-commerce

• Branding & Identity
• Design Thinking
• eCommerce
• Marketing Design

Profissional com experiência em liderar equipes e na criação e gestão de projetos de branding, design estratégico, inovação e e-commerce. Tem atuado há mais de dez anos prestando consultoria de branding e de cultura de inovação para marcas e produtos de empresas de variados segmentos e tamanhos, tendo já atendido clientes como: Bayer, Cargill, General Eletrics, USP, Bradesco, Santander, American Express, Amazonas Calçados, Rede Atlântica Hotels, Hotel Quality, Hotel Confort, SEBRAE, Minas Startups, Prefeitura de Araguari, Prefeitura de Uberlândia, Associação Mineira de Municípios, Klabin, Roche, ESAMC, UNITRI, UNIFRAN, entre outras. Atualmente atua como Gerente de Negócios em projetos de E-commerce e como Consultor, Palestrante e Facilitador de workshops em Inovação, Design de Serviços, Design Thinking, Modelos de Negócios, Marketing, Startups e E-commerce. Articulador e Facilitador na Khanum:lab, laboratório dedicado a realização de cursos, workshops e eventos de Inovação, Design Thinking e Design de Serviços já tendo treinado mais de 1.800 pessoas. Formado pelo EMPRETEC - Programa de Formação de Empreendedores da ONU. Membro da SBGC - Sociedade Brasileira da Gestão do Conhecimento, ABComm - Associação Brasileira de Comércio Eletrônico e ABRAWEB - Associação Brasileira de Profissionais de Internet. Diretor de Produtos & Inovação da Kaben.dss – primeira Cooperativa de Profissionais de Inovação e Tecnologia do estado de Minas Gerais com sede na cidade de Uberlândia, MG.

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.

Shareni De la Rosa Xochitiotzi

Consultant in Social Innovation and Social Design at Labmex de Justicia

• Industrial Design

Shareni is an Industrial Designer from Mexico. Her career has had a social focus on exploring new ways to improve people’s lives through design, using it as an effective tool to find creative solutions to social problems in Mexico and Latin America. She has experience in researching and developing products and services for social innovation, as well as in applying user-centered methodologies. She has collaborated with both private and social companies, as well as international organizations. Her work has been exhibited at the Museo del Objeto (MODO) in Mexico City and the Museo Franz Mayer as part of the Ibero-American Design Biennial (BID).

Diane Seaver

Senior Service Designer, Senior Experience Lead at Philips Design

• Design Thinking
• Service Design
• Sustainable Design
• User Centered Design

Across my 10+ years of experience, I have supported multi-million and billion dollar global and national companies as they've undergone radical transformation. In working with these companies to develop superior experiences, I engage cross-functional teams to define and deliver envisioned solutions. Throughout the duration of each project, I assist teams, program areas, and business groups in building the necessary capacity to achieve sustainable postliminary success. Across my 10+ years of experience, I have supported multi-million and billion dollar global or national companies as they've undergone radical transformation. In working with these companies to develop superior service experiences, I engage cross-functional teams to define and deliver envisioned solutions to market. Throughout the duration of each project, I assist teams, program areas, and business groups in building the necessary capacity to achieve sustainable postliminary success. Industry Experience Global | Commercial | Consumer | Healthcare | Social Impact | Service Design | Digital Design | Design for Sustainability | Spatial Design | Exhibit Design | Industrial Design Specialties Business Industry Analysis | Strategic Innovation | Market Opportunity Identification | Platform Development | Customer Experience | Evaluation Design & Analysis | Workshop Development & Facilitation | Project-Team Leadership | Program & Portfolio Management | Knowledge Management | Client Management | Professional Presenting | Concept Ideation & Prototyping | User Research

Joyce Paulo

UX Designer at Infor

• Interaction Design
• Product Design
• User Experience
• User Interface

Aduramigba Olayinka

Create an Media Associate at The Elevation Church

• Branding & Identity
• Career Advice
• Consulting Advice
• Creative Direction

Aduramigba Olayinka is a perfect blend of passion for humanity, creativity, digital innovation, multidimensional self-awareness and an incredible acknowledgement of God’s goodness and mercy progressing to favour. As a creative and digital media technologist, I'm driven to harness modern technologies to create innovative solutions that foster work-life balance for creative, media, and tech professionals. My mission is to empower individuals to thrive in the gig economy, unlocking flexible and fulfilling careers that harmonize productivity and well-being.

Erik Bullen

Chief Operating Officer (Fractional) at Guidely, LLC

• 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).

Krati Gupta

Product Designer at Atlassian

• Graphic Design
• Interaction Design
• Product Design
• User Interface

I lead subscription and payment user experience for India’s largest OTT. I strongly believe in marrying business goals with seamless user experience. As a Product Designer, I enjoy collaborating with the Product, Business, Research and Tech teams and solving problems together.

William Ntim

Senior UX Designer at PayPal

• Art Direction
• Figma
• Graphic Design
• User Experience

Senior Design and Development Specialist with 9+ years of experience in the management of the complete design process, from conceptualization to delivery of web applications, user interfaces (UI) and experience. I am able to adapt at all phases of a project life-cycle, including requirements gathering and user analysis to information architecture (IA), testing, graphic user interface (GUI) design, and implementation.

Labake Odushegun

Founder at Tech-Driven Private Security Services

• Consulting Advice
• Creative Direction
• Design Strategy
• Entrepreneurship

PhD from University of Dundee. Business Owner (Web Design Agency and Private Security Company). 15+ Years Experience in Design, Development and Streamlining Business Operations.

Heather James

Creative Director at Heather James Creative Director

• Adobe
• Branding & Identity
• Career Advice
• Creative Direction

Hi, I'm Heather, based in Sydney, Australia. Over my 20+ year career in design and marketing, I've collaborated with renowed global corporations, local businesses, and solo entrepreneurs. My multidisciplinary skills include translating ideas into powerful visuals and compelling communications, driving brand awareness, influencing decisions, education, and ultimately, sales and profits.

Dennis Amstein

Design Director at elmeunebot

• Art Direction
• Design Management
• Typography
• User Experience

Digital Product Design & Art Direction. Over 14 years of experience in design and advertising. Some of my skills are Design Strategy, User Experience Design, Concept Development, and Art and Design direction. I have worked for LaLiga, Istobal, Oxfam, Ford, MediaPro, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia Plaza, Consum, Credexia, Luderna and many more. Check some of my work at www.damstein.com

Pablo Boerr

Senior Product Designer — Commerce Intelligence at Shopify

• Interaction Design
• Product Design
• User Centered Design
• User Experience

I’m an experienced senior product designer at Shopify.
 I specialize in human-centered and data-driven design, I’ve lead and worked on projects that provide impactful, engaging experiences and drive meaningful retention for our users. I have an extensive background in Design thinking, design systems, user research, and UX and UI design for mobile and web applications.

I believe in collaboration and the sharing of knowledge. I look forward to hearing from you. I'm a Montreal based UX Product Designer currently working at Shopify on the commerce-Intelligence team, with a strong focus on User-centered Design and interaction design, with over 12 years of experience. I specialize in building user-friendly, creative & functional solutions. I enjoy being part of a team and collaborating on finding solutions to complex problems that have an impact on people's life. ____ Some very old work https://www.behance.net/pablo_flia Specializing in: User Experience, Product Design, IA, UI Design, Interactive Art Director, Interaction Design, Front End Development React, Javascript, Sass...

Nick Leaf

Director of Expansion Marketing at Expedient

• Creative Direction
• User Experience
• User Interface
• Web Design

At the very essence of my being I am a creative entrepreneurial hard working designer/developer. I am built with the work ethic that the job is not complete until the customer is satisfied.

Olivier Cottin

Strategy & Service Design at Shell

• eCommerce
• Information Architecture
• Product Design
• Service Design

12 years of commercial experience for Consumer and Enterprise facing products/services. - Responsive/Adaptive Web Services, Native Mobile Apps - E-commerce, Utilities, and B2B SaaS platforms I have the ability and skills to envision the bigger picture, imagine the bigger potential of what we call "small ideas/projects" and accelerate their development to bring them to life. Understanding Business first, simplifying its complexities through Design to articulate the desired intent and draw a clear path and directions to explore solutions that solve real human problems. I design products/services by putting user needs first at the core of what we do and to inform, and shape business strategy supported by insights and customer feedback. I manage experiences around the Customer lifecycle through cross-functional collaboration around the customer life stages and its lifetime with a brand. --- I offer the following: Design Leadership and Management, Strategic Design, Organisational Design Co-creation Workshop Facilitation Human / User-Centered Design User Experience Design, Customer Experience Management, Service Design, Product Design, User Research & Insights (Qualitative / Quantitative), and Testing Information Architecture and Content Strategy Design Systems Agile incremental, Lean UX, Design Sprint

Yujin Han

Senior Design Manager, Assistant at Google

• Design Management
• Interaction Design
• Product Design
• User Experience

With over 23 years of design experience, Yujin specializes in building design systems, digital products, brands and managing multi-cultural creative teams. - 20+ years of experience in Digital Design - Multi-cultural and globalization understanding: launched products for global brands across different continents, languages, and cultures, while living and working in Asia, Europe and America - Managing Design Teams for 8+ years - Experienced in end-to-end product lifecycle including workshops, brand, research and design (UX UI/Prototype/production design) - Led 4 different large scale design systems (Google, Twitter, Spotify, and Airbnb) - Solid foundation skills in Visual Design and craft across multiple platforms: Web / iOS / Android / Wearables / iTV / Inflight system / Home control pad [Public Talk] The RED: How to become a UX designer, 그때도 알았더라면 좋았을 디자이너로서의 팁 - Seoul (Webinar) Wanted Con. Creative & Design: Designing for Growth, 디자이너의 성장 - Seoul (Webinar) Head of X series: Head of Design conference -San Francisco (Webinar) CACON 86 Design System - Seoul UX 2016, Emotions & Trust - Copenhagen IxDA Interaction design for TV interfaces - London [Public Workshop] Women In Tech 2016 - University of Nottingham Visual Design Bootcamp - John Moores University Design Thinking workshop - Hyper island university

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.