Gina DeConti Gina started her art training early in life when her mother taught her to draw before she could barely hold a pencil. Since then she’s continued to love all things related to art and design. Her formal education...
Alex W. Castellanos Alex is a veteran political strategist turned UX researcher who has a love for technology and design. He has deep experience in project management, qualitative research and loves the opportunity to empathize with User stories. He is...
Jeff Eaton Jeff Eaton helps large organizations understand, model, and manage their content. For 25 years, heଁs tackled digital publishing, web development, and content strategy problems for organizations large and small. Whether he’s fixing problems with CMS architecture or editorial...
Jamila Parham Jamila is very active in Chicago’s Tech Community as a STEM Advocate and Diversity and Inclusion champion. You will find her speaking on panels, working with teachers and students and uplifting her community. One of her many passions...
Fei Ren Fei is a UX designer and researcher at Cappex in the Chicago area. He likes to hear and share stories and tips regarding UX. Fei has worked with a variety of large companies, small businesses, startups, and non-profits...
Stacy Kvernmo With over 15 years of experience, Stacy takes the lead at OddBird on interface design and development, architecting accessible and maintainable front-end code using a styleguide-first process. She enjoys experimenting with new design processes and tools as well...
Daniel Orbach Daniel brings an affinity for math and science to his process as designer. He takes a systemic, strategic approach to solving digital design problems, and the variety of projects he worked on before joining Moment – from warehouse...
Amanda Weller Amanda has over 10 years of experience designing and executing custom projects that deliver creative, insightful solutions to complex problems to create intuitive, innovative, useful, fun experiences for people around the world. Fluent in various methodologies to deeply...
Hope for the Day Suicide is a preventable mental health crisis. The primary obstacle to suicide prevention is the silence of stigma. Stigmas are social and cultural factors that try to dictate how we express ourselves and compel individuals to...
Katie Swindler Katie leads the experience strategy for Allstate online marketing products including the Allstate.com quoting experiences and My Account. Originally educated as a theatre director, she brings a unique perspective to digital work. She believes if brands wish to...
