Here's a bonus episode where I talked with the seasoned leaders Diego Mendes and Jessica Ko on CogX2021 Festival 2021. We discussed some of the challenges on hiring your first designers and growing your team:Should Product Design, Marketing an

Doing good by doing great with Daniela Jorge – PayPal, Chief of Design Officer (Ex: Ebay, AT&T, Intuit, Yahoo!)

Jun 7th, 2021 44m 15s

Daniela is an inspiring Brazilian leader, she led teams of hundreds at PayPal and prior at AT&T, Intuit, Ebay and Yahoo! She designs organizations that are a true reflection of the widely diverse customer base it serves while championing DEI ac

The craft of design with Danielle Kawasaki – Product Designer, Kanopy (Ex: Square)

May 11th, 2021 44m 34s

Another fun, lighthearted chat with good nuggets of positivity and self-care. Check out my conversation with Danielle Kawasaki, we talked about some nitty gritty details on her design process, documentation, designing for different devices and

Democratizing UXR, Varun Murugesan – Head of Research, Apple & Banana (BestBuy, ex-Facebook)

Apr 12th, 2021 26m 55s

What a inspiring chat with Varun from Apple and Banana. We talked about his journey from healthcare to UXR, how research can be included in your product development, from small to large organizations and some of his plans for the fruitful resea

Design, facilitation and innovation with Kai Haley – Google, UX Methods and Process (Ex: Yahoo!)

Mar 8th, 2021 37m 42s

I had so much fun chatting with Kai Haley. We talked about her journey and her incredible work educating Googlers about Design and Sprints. Kai is the go to person at Google if you want to learn the latest and greatest about the methodology, so

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Bonus: The Future of Design is African with Guidione Machava – Founder, World-Class Designer

Feb 28th, 2021 27m 45s

A conversation with Guidione Machava about the World-Class Designer organized in Moçambique, Africa. Guidione shared about his plans to make Africa the future of Design. He talked about his story and how inspired by podcasts, he decided to or

A Conversation with Lyft's Product Design+ Team – Len Yeh, Julie Celia, Dario Fidanza, Akhil Dakinedi

Feb 17th, 2021 52m 8s

Here's the video of my crazy fun convo with 4 amazing professionals at Lyft: Len Yeh, Julie Celia, Dario Fidanza and Akhil Dakinedi.How cool it was to learn more about Diversity, Safety, Bikes and Scooters, Unumute (our internal conference),

Design tools with Noah Levin – Director of Design, Figma

Nov 2nd, 2020 37m 53s

This was the final episode of the year! Yes, and I talked with Noah Levin, the Director of Design at Figma, yes! The tool that all of us love so much. Before Figma, Noah led teams at ClassPass in NYC, and the iOS Search team at Google in Mounta

Speaking Machine and Humanism with John Maeda – Author & SVP, Everbridge (Ex: RISD, MIT Media Lab, Sonos, Ebay)

Oct 27th, 2020 44m 43s

I am assuming you all know John Maeda for his many influential books on Design and Technology. From Laws of Simplicity, his classic book to How to Speak Machine, John Maeda adds humanism to technology. And our conversation was fantastic!---

The evolution of UX with Jesse James Garrett – Author, The Elements of UX (Founder of Adaptive Path, Ajax inventor, Ex: Capital One)

Oct 17th, 2020 46m 20s

I feel like this is another dream coming true. I talked with Jesse James Garrett, one of my favorite UX authors; he wrote in 2002: The Elements of User Experience. We talked about his history, from a writer to one of the founders of UX, his con

Smart devices and future of design with Lucas Hirata – Design Lead, Google (Ex: Huge, Globo.com)

Oct 11th, 2020 41m 57s

What a fantastic conversation I had with Lucas Hirata! We covered a lot in this episode. We talked about the future of design, smart displays, voice UI, and some challenges when designing for hardware and physical devices.If You Wanna Fly, Yo

Life Pivots with Joshua Taylor – Design Leader, Parrot.fm (Ex: Evernote, Credit Karma)

Oct 5th, 2020 44m 57s

Another incredible person I met via Cells and Pixels: Joshua Taylor! Joshua and I talked about some great life changes, big pivots, and how to stay true to your principles. Joshua Taylor is an experienced Design Leader (Evernote and Credit Karm

Cross-functional collaboration with Joris Van Mens – Group PM, Google

Sep 28th, 2020 21m 57s

Finally my conversation with Joris Van Mens, Group PM at Google was recorded again. Joris launched Files by Google from 0 to 500+ million downloads, Camera Go, Android TV data saver and he works on many other 0-1 products for emerging markets.

IC Leadership with David Ikuye – Staff Product Designer, Lyft (Ex: Ideo, Frog Design)

Sep 28th, 2020 37m 54s

IC Leadership with David Ikuye – Staff Product Designer, LyftI had a blast with David Ikuye, he is a Staff Product Designer at Lyft, he shared a bit of his fantastic experience working in different cities with innovation and one of the most w

Interpersonal skills for designers with Arya Zarrinkelk – Training Specialist, SF City College (Ex: Peace Corps)

Sep 21st, 2020 39m 59s

Here's an inspiring conversation with Arya Zarrinkelk. Arya left some great messages to us: how to keep positive in difficult times, how to use tools to find the job you dreamed of and how to take some of your learnings to heart when you enter

Entrepreneurship and Design with Malea Gadoury – Co-founder, ILK (Ex: Google)

Sep 4th, 2020 33m 45s

I had a blast reconnecting with Malea Gadoury. Malea and I talked about her career, her transitions in life, from graphic to UX Design, from IC to management, and now as an entrepreneur.Malea is a Co-Founder at ILK, previously she was the Hea

Education, culture and research with Laith Ulaby – UXR Director, Udemy (Ex: UN, UC Berkeley, Uber, Google)

Aug 30th, 2020 34m 32s

I had so much fun reconnecting with Laith Ulaby. We talked about his Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology, his experience working at the United Nations, Udemy, and his passion for education and culture.We talked about how technology can help to increase

Inclusive Products with Joel Isaac, Accessibility Lead at Delta Dental

Aug 22nd, 2020 31m 31s

Another great learning experience! I talked with Joel Isaac who is an Accessibility Lead at Delta Dental. We talked about how his background as an engineer and designer influenced his views on accessibility, and he also shared great tips and id

Meaning and purpose on Design Teams with Audrey Liu, VP Design – Lyft

Aug 15th, 2020 35m 1s

Audrey Liu is a VP of Design at Lyft, previously she was a Design Director at Thumbtack where she helped to build the design team, I had a blast chatting with her about her style of leadership, her honesty and transparency is incredible and you

The perfect pitch with Aditi Maliwal, Partner – Upfront Ventures (Ex: Google)

Aug 12th, 2020 43m 16s

Aditi evaluates new pitches and many startups reach her to get funded every day. I learned a lot with this conversation, we talked about Venture Capital, how to attract investment, and build a great pitch for a new product. Aditi and I also tal

Designing organizations with Bruno Bergher – VP Design & Product, Gladly (Ex: Google)

Aug 3rd, 2020 25m 49s

I had a wonderful conversation with Bruno Bergher, he is the VP of Product and Design at Gladly. We talked about his experiences as a Designer, and how that influences positively on the work he does today at Gladly.Among other things we discu

Design Leadership with Jessica Ko – CEO and co-founder, Playbook (Ex: Google, YouTube, OpenDoor)

Aug 1st, 2020 33m 2s

Jessica Ko has an impressive career, from a Designer at Google to CEO, she shared some of her challenges, inspirations and two big moments where she pivoted her career. As a Leader with Design background she has a very instigating perspective a

Product Vision with Sun Park – Product Designer, Facebook (Ex: Apple, Google)

Jul 20th, 2020 34m 49s

A lighthearted conversation with Sun Park, Product Designer at Facebook, she shared some of her great habits, her strategic view on Design and some learnings she had over in her career. This is not to be missed if you're interested on Visioning

Designing conversations with Daniel Stillman – Author, Conversation Factory

Jul 18th, 2020 48m 3s

I had an inspired and inspiring conversation with Daniel Stillman where we talked about his new book "Good Talk: How to Design Conversations that Matter". Daniel has been investigating the nature of conversations and he shared a bit how he is h

Design as a role with Luke Wroblewski – Author and Product Director, Google (Ex: Yahoo!, eBay, NCSA)

Jul 10th, 2020 43m 54s

Luke W. is a Product Director at Google. He's an advisor for: Woven and LITHO. Prior to Google, he founded 2 start ups and wrote: Mobile First, Web Form Design and Site-Seeing and in the past worked at NCSA, eBay and Yahoo!Luke W. and I had a