Speakers

The complete program for our February ’21 event will be posted in early January.

Experienced Practitioners

Amanda Mohlenhoff GetYourGuide • Berlin
Amanda Mohlenhoff leads a team of talented UX Writers, User Researchers, and Product Designers at German travel startup GetYourGuide. View profile
Jeffrey Maramba Google • Mountain View
Jeffrey Maramba is a UX Writer at Google who writes UI content for web-based and mobile apps for companies like Intuit and SAP. View profile
Aishah Griffin AKQA • New York
Aishah Griffin is a UX Copywriter who creates content for finance, aerospace, media, and healthcare. View profile
Yael Ben-David Fundbox • Tel Aviv
Yael Ben-David is a UX writer who makes innovative tech accessible to mass markets through clear, helpful, data-driven microcopy. View profile
Michael Restiano Instacart • New York
Michael Restiano leads content design for the Instacart shopper app and is building a world-class content design practice at the company. View profile
Lorena Wildering OLX Group • Lisbon
Lorena Wildering started off as a copywriter, later discovering UX and the craft of saying the essential with the right words. View profile
Zenobia “Z” Redeaux CleverTap • Mountain View
Zenobia “Z” Redeaux is a technical communicator with over 25 years’ experience creating UX and online documentation for diverse software industries. View profile
Yoel Strimling CEVA Inc. • Herzelia Pituach
Yoel Strimling improves customer-facing documentation content by applying documentation quality and survey design principles. View profile
Caroline Pieracci Liip • Zurich
Caroline Pieracci has led teams of Content Strategists & UX Writers at Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Mini. She is also a university teacher. View profile
Natalya Sarana FlixBus • Berlin
Natalya Sarana was a journalist before earning a PhD in 19th century Russian Literature and becoming a UX Researcher/UX Writer. View profile
Shaine Greenwood Otherworld Games • Seattle
Shaine Greenwood moved from customer support and technical writing into a UX Writing career with a focus on one passion: people. View profile
Sadiyah Lasania CleverTap • Mumbai
Sadiyah Lasania is a UX Writer, previously a Product Content and Communications Manager at a fintech startup, Copywriter, Editor, and Language Trainer. View profile
John Collins Atlassian • Austin
John Collins has extensive experience with content strategy, technical writing, UX writing, and localization. View profile
Caitlin Thakral Uber • Seattle
Caitlin Thakral is a content designer passionate about product strategy and trying out every to-do app on the market. View profile
photo of Bruno Rodrigues Bruno Rodrigues Fundação Getulio Vargas • Rio de Janeiro
Bruno Rodrigues is a consultant and professor, author of the book 'In Search of Good Practices in UX Writing'. View profile
Alysa Yamada Avast • Prague
Alysa Yamada spent several years freelancing as both a copywriter and UX writer before becoming a UX writer at Avast. View profile
Evnisha Malani Bharti Airtel • Gurugram
Evnisha Malani is a UX Writer from India working on a music streaming app and an OTT content platform. View profile
Joshua Carpentier Opendoor • San Francisco
Joshua Carpentier is a UX Writer/Content Designer at Opendoor. He's worked national and global designs for apps, websites, and tools at Apple, Enjoy, and Essential. View profile
Keegan Swenson Soul Machines • San Francisco
Keegan Swenson is a lover of words, a writer in tech for several years with Adobe, Soul Machines, and Ongo Life. View profile
Sarah Stephens Kroger • Cincinnati
Sarah Stephens is a published author and Product Designer specializing in UX writing at The Kroger Co. View profile
Tomer Gabbai Frontitude • Tel Aviv
Tomer Gabbai has 10+ years of experience in product development, currently co-founder of Frontitude. View profile
Joe Armstrong ATB Financial • Calgary
Joe Armstrong spent 15 years in digital marketing and UX design, with expertise at the intersection of creative (design) and technical thinking. View profile
Cate McGehee Dropbox • Seattle
Cate McGehee is a UX content strategist with expertise in product design, information architecture, personalization, and cross-platform content design. View profile
Larry Swanson Elless Media • Phoenix
Larry Swanson is a content designer and information architect who hosts the Content Strategy Insights podcast. View profile
Joe Welinske Joe Welinske Welinske & Associates • Seattle
Joe Welinske is the conference program manager. View profile

Hosts, Sponsors, and Contributors

photo of Matthew Ellison Matthew Ellison UA Europe • Romsey
Based in the UK, Matthew Ellison has over 30 years of experience as a user assistance and eLearning professional in the software industry. View profile
Sandra Youssef Independent • Seattle
Sandra Youssef is a Technical Writer and Instructional Assistant, interested in UX Writing. View profile
Scott DeLoach ClickStart • Miami
Scott DeLoach is the founder of ClickStart and author of “MadCap Flare V9 Developer’s Guide” and “CSS to the Point". View profile
Christina May University of Washington • Seattle
Christina May is a Program Manager with the University of Washington’s Continuum College, overseeing professional certificate programs. View profile
Dave Gash Veteran Software Professional • California
Dave Gash is a veteran software professional with more than forty years of development, documentation, and training experience. 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
photo of Barak Simon Barak Simon Frontitude • Tel Aviv
Barak co-founded Frontitude out of a personal necessity and as a result of never finding that one tool out there to help him manage the product’s copy effectively. View profile
photo of Jolene Ma Jolena Ma Ditto • Palo Alto
Jolena is a co-founder of Ditto. She is passionate about building exceptional user experiences that educate and empower others. View profile
Jasper Platz Strings • San Francisco
Jasper Platz is the co-founder of Strings, a code-free tool to browse and edit string files. View profile
Matt Rae Adobe • Ontario
Matt Rae is a Designer Advocate and XD Instructor for Adobe, focused on equipping designers with resources to design the best experiences using Adobe XD. View profile

Conference Staff

Joe Welinske Joe Welinske Welinske & Associates • Seattle
Joe Welinske is the conference program manager. View profile
Paul Albertson Independent • Woodinville
Paul Albertson is a technical writer pursuing a second career in Technical Communication. View profile

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