UXPA Boston Conference 2018

I lead a team of exceptional Experience Professionals at edX, and together we are working to bring affordable, accessible education to the world. Also, I'm into cats and Italian horror films.

As Chief Design Officer at Mad*Pow Mike leverages his background in interaction design, usability, and design strategy to lead a diverse team of talented experience designers through the process of creating engaging, interactive experiences. You might also call him “chief air traffic... Read More →

I am a user researcher and interaction designer who has recently changed careers from software quality assurance. | | Talk to me about career changing, the challenges of getting your first UX position, or UX research!

Josh Ledwell is an experience designer who creates efficient, satisfying, and delightful software workflows at Autodesk. He pioneered the Customers in Sprint Reviews collaboration method used by over a dozen development teams. Josh has a master’s degree in Human Factors and Information... Read More →

I've been working in UX since before I knew that was what it was called, first with IBM, then with Vistaprint and now with Fidelity. I'm a big fan of Design Thinking, Agile and Lean practices and especially how they can impact enterprise software where the users don't have as much... Read More →

Design Systems, persona character sheets, Agile UX, design thinking, knitting.

Mahima is a UX Designer on the Big Picture Data Visualization Group at Google AI, which specializes in information visualization to make complex data accessible, useful, and even fun. | | She tends to wear many hats – UI/UX, visual design, strategy and design research - to... Read More →

juhan@mit.edu, 617.504.3390Creative Sandpaper, Digital Shipper, Healthcare Wonk

Amanda Stockwell is President of Stockwell Strategy, a UX research practice focused on lean research methods and integrating user knowledge with business goals to create holistic product strategies. She has spent most of the last decade focused on finding innovative ways to understand... Read More →

Carol is President of Clear Point Consultants, Inc. and has been placing UX Designers, Researchers, Directors for over 10 years. In this lunch session, she will be sharing job search insights and answer questions on resumes, portfolios, interview best practices, and how to move... Read More →