Speakers

This is our preliminary slate. Join our speakers on July 19–20, 2022.

Experienced Practitioners

photo of Carrie Cousins Carrie Cousins LeadPoint Digital • Roanoke, Virginia
Carrie Cousins is the Director of Digital Marketing for LeadPoint Digital and also a freelance writer and designer, specializing in creating amazing experiences online. View profile
photo of Sarah Kessler Sarah Kessler Gympass • Bronx, New York
Sarah Kessler is a senior UX writer at Gympass where she designs copy solutions for B2B and B2C products. View profile
photo of Eeshita Grover Eeshita Grover Cisco • San Francisco Bay Area
With 20+ years working with Product Marketing and Engineering, Eeshita has built knowledge and insights that enable content operations across boundaries. View profile
photo of Tanja Matic Tanja Matic Booking.com • Amsterdam, Netherlands
My second career - swimming through the UX Writing world has been a smooth and enjoyable ride. View profile
photo of James McGrath James McGrath Monash University • Melbourne, Australia
James McGrath is a UX writer, CX practitioner, and sometimes journalist. View profile
photo of Carole Balawender Carole Balawender Crowdstrike • Denver, Colorado
Carole Balawender recently moved back to the world of high tech as a Senior UX writer at CrowdStrike. View profile
Zehra Ahsan Independent • San Francisco, California
Zehra has worked on major site migrations, mobile experience design, process design and governance, and her client list includes Autodesk, Western Union, and Apple. View profile
photo of Tori Clark Tori Clark Digital A11ies • Newark, Delaware
Tori Clark has been working in the accessibility field for nearly a decade as a way to bring her lifelong passion for disability rights to the worldwide web. View profile
photo of Wojciech Aleksander Wojtek Aleksander DocPlanner • Gdynia, Poland
Wojtek is currently the lead content designer at DocPlanner. View profile
photo of Lucía Alcayde Lucía Alcayde RocheDiabetes Care • Barcelona, Spain
Lucía Alcayde is a content designer working at RocheDiabetes Care creating healthcare solutions that bring value to society. View profile
photo of Dorothy Lindman Dorothy Lindman HBO Max • Seattle
I’m a UX writer for HBO Max, where the user experience is the product. View profile
photo of Bill Kurland Bill Kurland The Zebra • Austin, Texas
Bill Kurland is a UX content design leader, ADPList "super mentor," and misfit. View profile
photo of Bridget Khursheed Bridget Khursheed KAL • Edinburgh, Scotland
Bridget Khursheed is Global Head of Documentation Documentation at KAL. View profile
photo of Cynthia Gelper Cynthia Gelper MRM • Chicago, Illinois
Cynthia Gelper has practiced content strategy across industries from health care to real estate to education to automotive.  View profile
photo of Carston Johannsen Carston Johannsen Google • San Francisco, California
Since leaving graduate school, I’ve been a content designer / strategist and UX writer for several years now and have spent the majority of my career at Google. View profile
Joe Welinske Joe Welinske Welinske & Associates • Vashon, Washington
Joe is the conference program manager and Accessibility Director at Blink. View profile
photo of Janet Ausbury Janet Ausbury Google • San Francisco Bay Area
I'm currently at Google, having worked first in Ads and then Payments. View profile
photo of Alan Porter Alan Porter Hyland • Pflugerville, Texas
Alan J. Porter is a recognized industry thought leader, balancing both tactical and strategic knowledge and a gift for storytelling in white papers, articles, and blog posts. View profile

Hosts, Sponsors, and Contributors

Larry Asher Larry Asher School of Visual Concepts • Seattle
Larry is the director of the School of Visual Concepts, leading its professional development workshops and several UX certificate programs. View profile
Tomer Gabbai Tomer Gabbai Frontitude • Tel Aviv
Tomer Gabbai has 10+ years of experience in product development, currently co-founder of Frontitude. View profile
photo of Anil Kumar Anil Kumar Krishnashetty Lokalise • Berlin, Germany
Anil Kumar is a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Lokalise. View profile
Photo of Cedric Ouaga Cedric Ouaga Lokalise • Italy
Cedric Ouaga is a Senior Customer Success Manager at Lokalise. View profile
photo of Jillian Freidus Jillian Freidus Writer • New York, New York
Jillian Freidus leads Partnerships at Writer, the AI writing assistant for teams. View profile
photo of Jessica Ouyang Jessica Ouyang Ditto • Palo Alto
Jessica is the co-founders of Ditto, a tool for teams to collaborate on copy from design to production. View profile
Joe Welinske Joe Welinske Welinske & Associates • Vashon, Washington
Joe is the conference program manager and Accessibility Director at Blink. View profile
Paul Albertson Independent • Woodinville
Paul is a technical writer pursuing a second career in Technical Communication. View profile

Conference Staff

Joe Welinske Joe Welinske Welinske & Associates • Vashon, Washington
Joe is the conference program manager and Accessibility Director at Blink. View profile
Paul Albertson Independent • Woodinville
Paul is a technical writer pursuing a second career in Technical Communication. View profile

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