Speakers

Join our speakers on February 1–2, 2022.

Experienced Practitioners

Doug Kim Microsoft • Seattle
Doug's guiding principle is that clarity makes everything better. View profile
Susan Reoch Susan Reoch Copywriter • Sydney
Susan leads a UX & copywriting consultancy that helps new writers through mentoring and her ebook The UX Writer's Guide. View profile
Jonathan McFadden Red Ventures • Charlotte
Jonathan builds a better UX across branded web experiences, and is the founder of Jon Writes, LLC. View profile
Lisa Sookraj Sun Life • Toronto
Lisa's passion for words has taken her from creative writing and music journalism to developing marketing, technical, and UX content. View profile
Jack Murray Surfshark • Vilnius
Jack is a UX Writer and English teacher who finds it awkward to write in the third person. View profile
Michele Schell OutSystems • Rotterdam
Michele is passionate about social innovation through design, and believes language plays a huge role in it. View profile
Oline Schøler Copy That • Copenhagen
Oline championed UX writing by making it an integrated part of the design process, later co-founding Copy That. View profile
Yossi Nachemi Google • Tel Aviv
Yossi leads a group developing UX writing metrics, so writers can accurately gauge the effectiveness of their writing. View profile
Michelle de Marée Copy That • Copenhagen
Michelle gets to dive under the hood and write useful, meaningful copy that helps users navigate their way around a product, later co-founding Copy That. View profile
Natalia Petrosky QuintoAndar • São Paulo
Natalia uses her abilities with words to advocate for content as a strategic part of product design. View profile
Ahmed-Tosin Abayomi Sterling Bank • Lagos
Tosin is a tech creative and UX Writer with a background in Law, who is passionate about humanizing technology. View profile
Merav Levkowitz MeravWrites • Tel Aviv
Merav is the content strategist behind MeravWrites, a boutique content consultancy helping teams communicate with users better. View profile
Jessica Terashima ServiceTitan • Los Angeles
Jessica works with tech companies to help them elevate their marketing communications and product UX. View profile
Anastasiya Myasnikova Xsolla • Perm
Anastasiya is a UX writer team lead, translator, and localization manager. View profile
Saurabh Malkar CleverTap • Mumbai
Saurabh is a UX writer with extensive experience in writing for app and web interfaces for SaaS products. View profile
Ping-Yuan Wang CloudBees • Bellevue
Ping-Yuan is a technical communicator and a localization specialist in the software, gaming, and consumer hardware space. View profile
Anukriti Sharma VMware • New York
Anukriti has a background in publishing, user experience design and research, and content strategy. View profile
Heather Miller Google Contractor • Ontario
Heather is known for her ability to simplify complex concepts into simple language. She is a tech-to-human translator who also speaks engineer. View profile
Andrea Warschun Tata Consultancy Services • Montevideo
Andrea is a bilingual copywriter, senior UX writer and works in IT support. View profile
Andrew Astleford RingCentral • Atlanta
Andrew transitioned to UX writing after a decade in sports journalism, and is now a UX Writing Hub mentor. View profile
Rebecca Cassity Rocket Mortgage • USA
Rebecca crafts compelling content for multi-channel user experiences through UX writing, copywriting, content strategy, and product design. View profile
Nicky Bleiel Innovative Systems, Inc. • Pittsburgh
Nicky is an STC Fellow and Past President with 20+ years of experience writing and designing content for software products. View profile
Asher Miller Alaska Airlines • Portland
Asher Miller is a Senior UX Writer at Alaska Airlines. View profile
Hadas Khen Fiverr • Tel Aviv
Hadas loves to dig into what users need and puzzle together clear and effective UX copy. View profile
photo of Kit Kit Brown-Hoekstra Comgenesis, LLC • Evergreen
As the Content Operations lead, Kit works with the Content Strategists and Content Engineers to help create global-ready content. View profile
photo of Beth Beth Weaving Simple [A] • Dallas
Beth leads [A]’s effort to bridge the gap between strategy and implementation with [A]’s Content Intelligence methodology. View profile
Mary Jean Babic Goldman Sachs • Brooklyn
Mary Jean is a UX writer for Goldman Sachs' Private Wealth Management. View profile
Roberta Cadenas Claro Brasil • São Paulo
Roberta has experience in Conversational Interfaces and is now focused on developing clear and friendly solutions to e-commerce. View profile
Besma Bihnam Experian • Phoenix
Besma has a passion for writing effective product content for the software industry and financial sector. View profile
Joe Welinske Joe Welinske Welinske & Associates • Seattle
Joe is the conference program manager and Accessibility Director at Blink. View profile

Hosts, Sponsors, and Contributors

Alan Houser Group Wellesley, Inc. • Pittsburgh
Alan is a technical communication consultant, fellow and former president of the STC. View profile
Dave Gash Veteran Software Professional • California
Dave is a veteran software professional with more than forty years of development, documentation, and training experience. View profile
Teresa Floreano Goertz Jungle Scout • Redmond
Teresa is a UX writer and content strategist, and founder of her own consultancy Excellence In Communications. View profile
photo of Matthew Ellison Matthew Ellison UA Europe • Romsey
Based in the UK, Matthew has over 30 years of experience as a user assistance and eLearning professional in the software industry. View profile
Christina May University of Washington • Seattle
Christina is a Program Manager with the University of Washington’s Continuum College, overseeing professional certificate programs. View profile
Tomer Gabbai Frontitude • Tel Aviv
Tomer Gabbai has 10+ years of experience in product development, currently co-founder of Frontitude. 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
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
Eran Soroka CoCoHub • Tel Aviv
Eran is Head of Marketing Operations for fast-growing startup cocohub.ai. View profile

Conference Staff

Joe Welinske Joe Welinske Welinske & Associates • Seattle
Joe is the conference program manager and Accessibility Director at Blink. View profile
Sandra Youssef Independent • Seattle
Sandra is a Marketing Content Manager and Technical Writer, interested in UX Writing and Design. View profile
Paul Albertson Independent • Woodinville
Paul is a technical writer pursuing a second career in Technical Communication. View profile

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