Speakers

Join our speakers on February 21-22, 2023.

Experienced Practitioners

Elly Searle Principal Content Strategist • CrowdStrike
Elly fiercely advocates for writing, design, research, and engineering as equals, in product development and career growth. View profile
photo of Willian Magalhães Willian Magalhães Willian Magalhães has been working with UX Writing since 2017. Currently, he is a Senior Content Designer at Quandoo in Berlin, Germany. View profile
Katelynn Simmons UX Writer & Content Strategist • AT&T
Katelynn has published two novels — "The Empath" and "Spiraling" — and is working on two more. View profile
photo of Autumn Kotsiuba Autumn Kotsiuba Autumn worked in freelance roles for several years before writing for Wix, and now acts as a the first UX Writer for Quantive. View profile
Larry Kunz Information Architect • Extreme Networks
Larry has taught and presented on various topics related to technical communication. View profile
Joanna Hofer Senior UX Copyeditor • NWEA
Joanna writes a blog called Word Wabbit, collaborates on an elder fraud app, and studies languages on DuoLingo. View profile
Melissa Geissinger Neurodivergent Sr. Content Designer • H&R Block
Melissa is an advocate and mentor for freelancers in tech and UX writers. View profile
photo of Darin Walsh Darin Walsh Darin has more than 25 years’ experience developing and managing product content and information. He studied UX design at DePaul University and developed a deep understanding of content management and strategy. View profile
Claudia Müller Principal UX Content Design & Localisation • Trusted Shops
Claudia co-runs [with Sarah Sandführ] copy and localization processes for 15 languages. View profile
Sarah Sandführ Team Lead UX Content & Localization • Trusted Shops
Sarah co-runs [with Claudia Müller] copy and localization processes for 15 languages. View profile
Joe Welinske Joe Welinske Producer • Welinske & Associates
Joe is the conference program manager; he is also the Accessibility Director at Blink. View profile
Laura Reinas UX Writer • Entain
Laura works writing content for technology and the entertainment field. View profile
Rachel Moorhead Lead Content Designer • Target
Rachel is a Lead Content Designer at Target, focusing on their product details page and search features. View profile
Maggie Wilson Content Designer • WillowTree
Maggie has 10 years of experience driving digital strategy, design, and communications. View profile
Silvia Döhnert UX Writer • PayFit France
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photo of Nicky Bleiel Nicky Bleiel Nicky Bleiel has more than 20 years of experience writing and designing content for software products in a variety of industries. View profile
Elodie Veysseyre UX Writer • PayFit France
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photo of Rashmi Singh Rashmi Singh Rashmi Singh is currently serving as the Head of Strategy, Content, and Marketing at Flits, a Shopify app that helps merchants create a comprehensive customer account page. View profile

Sponsors and Contributors

Larry Asher Larry Asher Director • School of Visual Concepts
Larry leads SVC's professional development workshops and UX certificate programs. View profile
Tomer Gabbai Co-Founder & CEO • Frontitude
Tomer has 10+ years of experience in product development, currently co-founder of Frontitude. View profile
photo of Kurt Sahl Kurt Sahl Kurt Sahl works at the UW Continuum College in the Professional and Continuing Education program. View profile
photo of Claire Robinson Claire Robinson Claire is Ditto's Head of Customer Success. With a background in nonprofits, Claire is passionate about bringing a customer-minded, empathetic, and upbeat perspective to customer success. View profile

Conference Staff

Joe Welinske Joe Welinske Producer • Welinske & Associates
Joe is the conference program manager; he is also the Accessibility Director at Blink. View profile
Paul Albertson Editor & Technical Writer • Albertson edits
Paul specializes in corporate communications. View profile