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Aparna Gopal edited this page Nov 8, 2024 · 61 revisions

Potential Speakers

To be Invited Speakers

  • Consider speakers from different industries: healthcare, gaming, e-commerce, finance, AI, Automotive (EV), Aircraft (example: Boeing)
  • Consider speakers from career transitioners & UX alternate/adjacent careers for more options in industry roles
  • Alyssa Randall
  • Employer: Director of Product, ALTIS LABS
  • Date: To make contact
  • Topic: Health tech - Harnessing AI applied to medical imaging (how do health tech products work & what can UX'ers learn from it/contribute to it)
  • Kezie Todd
  • Employer: IDEO Play Lab, Senior Interaction Designer
  • Date: To make contact
  • Topic: Working at IDEO (consulting)
  • Amanda (Mandi) H.
  • Employer: Microsoft Research, Senior UX/CX Health Research Lead
  • Date: To make contact
  • Topic: UX health research
  • Eunjoo Kim
  • Employer: Google, Sr. Staff UX Design Lead
  • Date: To make contact
  • Topic: Leading a team at Google
  • Rachel Simon
  • Employer: IBM, Lead UX Designer
  • Date: To make contact
  • Topic: Working at IBM
  • Torin Edwards
  • Employer: Adobe, Sr. UX Lead
  • Date: To make contact
  • Topic: Working at Adobe
  • Stephen Hassard PhD
  • Employer: Google, UX Research Manager
  • Date: To make contact
  • Topic: How to lead a team of UXRs
  • Morgan (Velarde) Romero
  • Employer: Riot Games
  • Date: To make contact
  • Topic: UX in Gaming Industry
  • Alina A.
  • Employer: Riot Games
  • Date: To make contact
  • Topic: UX in Gaming Industry
  • Julio Castellano
  • Employer: Canva, Lead Product Designer (Focus: AI design experience)
  • Date: To make contact
  • Topic: UX in AI
  • Maggie Ciarcia
  • Employer: Google, Senior Design Recruiter
  • Date: To make contact
  • Topic: Portfolio/Interview Advice
  • Jamie Borcheres
  • Employer: Amazon, Design & Tech Recruiter (all UX profiles)
  • Date: To make contact
  • Topic: Portfolio/Interview Advice
  • Jyoti Pundir
  • Employer: Amazon, Design Recruiter (Sr. UX Designer, UX Designer, Design Technologist)
  • Date: To make contact
  • Topic: Portfolio/Interview Advice
  • Jami Hoffman Barretieri
  • Employer: Apple, Senior Design Recruiter / Senior Creative Recruiter
  • Date: To make contact
  • Topic: Portfolio/Interview Advice
  • Emma B.
  • Employer: DoorDash, Product Design Recruiter
  • Date: To make contact
  • Topic: Portfolio/Interview Advice
  • Michelle Carney
  • Employer: Google, Sr. UX Researcher, Machine Learning + AI
  • Date: To make contact
  • Topic: UX in Machine Learning + AI
  • Kylie Hansen
  • Employer: Microsoft, Director of Design for AI Experience Strategy
  • Date: To make contact
  • Topic: UX of AI
  • Sarah Kessler
  • Employer: Gympass
  • Date: To make contact
  • Topic: UX Writer - Journey, job search & day-to-day
  • Khaliya McCall
  • Employer: Creative People
  • Date: To make contact
  • Topic: UX Recruiter
  • Jared Tredly
  • Employer: Bamboo Crowd
  • Date: To make contact
  • Topic: Recruiter: UX Design/Product Design
  • Ryan Curtis (Hack for LA Alumni)
  • Employer: Microsoft
  • Date: to make contact
  • Topic: Transitioning to UX Design from a non-design background/different profession
  • MERL Center,GitHub Social Impact (Contact Bonnie W to initiate contact within MERL)
  • Employer: Civic Tech Structure
  • Date: to make contact (review list in link & make contact)
  • Topic: Open Source Data Analysis tools that UX Researchers can use
  • Notes: A community of MERL professionals The monitoring, evaluation, research and learning (MERL) Center is a community creating resources about the intersection of MERL and open source, data science and human-centered design, for people of any technology capacity. https://merlcenter.org

Invited Speakers

  • Laura Costantino
  • Employer: Google
  • Date: 2022-06-02 (first contact made via emails, speaker unable to make it )
  • Topic: Working and developing skills as a UX Writer
  • Misel Marusic
  • Employer: Caplena: Analyze free text comments through AI
  • Date: to make contact (does not align with HfLA non-profit goals)
  • Topic: Demo, text analysis tool for customer experience feedback.
  • Founders of Wonsulting
  • Employer: Wonsulting
  • Date: To make contact (does not align with HfLA non-profit goals)
  • Topic: Resume & Interview support, using AI
  • Susan Farrell
  • Employer: mmhmm.app, previously NN/g & All Turtles
  • Date: May 2023, declined
  • Topic: Exploring Artificial Intelligence in UX, maybe specifically UX research or AI products
  • John Holleman
  • Employer: ServiceNow Senior Product Design Manager
  • Date: April 2023, Invited, No response
  • Topic: Recruiting UX/UI
  • Jessica Scherer
  • Employer: ServiceNow Sr. Technical Recruiter
  • Date: April 2023, Invited, No response
  • Topic: Recruiting UX/UI
  • Emily Lok
  • Employer: N/A, Specializes in XR (extended reality) and AI (artificial intelligence), Udemy course maker
  • Date: Emailed 07/11/23, No response
  • Topic: Product Design in AI
  • Alyssa Perel
  • Employer: Product Designer at Ticketmaster. Hack for LA Alum
  • Date: Messaged on LinkedIn September 27, 2023, Emailed October 5, 2023
  • Topic: Product Design in Entertainment/Live Events Industry
  • Alvin L.
  • Employer: Product Designer at Disney
  • Date: Messaged on LinkedIn October 4, 2023
  • Topic: Product Design in Media & Entertainment
  • Brent Nuñez
  • Employer: Product Designer at Instagram
  • Date: Emailed on October 6, 2023
  • Topic: Product Design in Social Media
  • James Appleby
  • Employer: Senior Product Designer at Instagram
  • Date: Emailed on October 9, 2023
  • Topic: Product Design in Social Media
  • Taylor Baer
  • Employer: Senior Product Designer at Duolingo
  • Date: Messaged on LinkedIn on October 30, 2023
  • Topic: Product Design in Education Tech
  • Sara Gabriele
  • Employer: UX Research Manager at Coursera
  • Date: Messaged on LinkedIn on October 30, 2023
  • Topic: UX Research in Education Tech
  • Kara Pernice
  • Employer: Senior Vice President at Nielsen Norman Group
  • Date: In March 2023, Speaker responded, but not available to give talk until Fall. Sent follow up invite 9/1/23.
  • Topic: Research Ops Author of NN/g Article:Research Repositories for Tracking UX Research and Growing Your ResearchOps NN/g Page: https://www.nngroup.com/articles/author/kara-pernice/
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