Abdul Suleiman
Abdul Suleiman is Founder and Chief Experience Officer of UX 4Sight, a Chicago-based digital user experience (UX) company that specializes in making websites and applications easier to use and more profitable. Abdul has led in the creation of valuable, compelling, meaningful, and seamlessly executable digital experiences for Fortune 500 brands like AT&T, Citi, SeaWorld, and Verizon Wireless. As an Adjunct Professor, Abdul has taught students in the Masters and Doctoral programs of DePaul University’s graduate user experience (UX) program. He has also taught UX best practices globally for prominent companies like Disney, Intel, Visa, and Intuit. Abdul has been interviewing candidates for UX roles since 2008.Jason Brownewell
Jason Brownewell is an award-winning UX leader and seasoned digital strategist with over 25 years of leadership and consulting experience. Jason’s an expert at recruiting and developing the talent and practices to deliver phenomenal digital experiences. He’s built dozens of UX teams and digital practices across a wide range of industries and companies, including: Fortune 500, internet startups, B2B and B2C e-commerce teams. From 2008-11, Jason helped lead and develop Aquent’s Interactive Design and UX Practices. Jason enjoys working with all levels of UX candidates to help them land that next gig. He’s an expert at helping refine resumes, portfolios and storytelling so that they work together and hone in on most marketable (and unique) skillsets, competencies and experiences. He also offers valuable feedback to address potential issues and skill gaps. You’ll find Jason an enthusiastic partner and advisor in your UX freelancing journey.Mehran Mozaffari
Mehran Mozaffari is a Sydney based UX Designer with over 15 years of experience successfully leading teams to drive innovation, create new ideas, and deliver great work. Mehran has developed solutions in Banking, Finance, Healthcare, Media, TV, Gaming and Entertainment. In addition to his field practice leading project teams and mentoring junior designers, Mehran is also a part time UX Lead Instructor at General Assembly and frequent guest lecturer on the subject of information architecture and user interaction design. Currently User Experience Design Program Lead at Tabcorp, managing a 15 strong design team in two cities of Sydney and Melbourne. Reach across the enterprise to build relationships that help the User Experience Design effort succeed.Katie Osborne
Katie Osborne is a Design Leader with 20 years of industry experience spanning across the USA, UK and Australia who firmly believe in data-driven design! As well as managing experience teams (UX, UI, CX, Research) spanning e-commerce, loyalty and FinTech products and experiences. She has a passion for building high-functioning teams through synergistic culture and collaboration and spent six months as the Acting Head of Design at WooliesX, managing a team of 50. Katie feels strongly and coaches teams that design is more than making things look pretty. It's about creating a user-centred intuitive experience that solves the problem at hand by combining research insights to influence how a product functions, feels and looks. In her current role, Katie manages the experienced team for Australia's most significant loyalty brand.Aaron Houssian
Aaron Houssian is a seasoned UX Researcher and Leader in the UX space. He’s led UXR teams at Indeed, Macmillan Learning, and State Farm as well as managing them. He enjoys growing his own research craft so he can grow the research craft in organizations. His personal research style is collaborative, hands-on, and empathy-driven.