Speakers

Join our speakers on June 8-9 ’21.

Experienced Practitioners

Melissa Mapes Facebook • Seattle
A lifelong writer, Melissa is a content designer for virtual reality platforms at Facebook and the founder of Real Big Words. View profile

Warren Reinhart Samsung Mobile • Gyeonggi
Warren Reinhart is a senior content strategist, who had worked as a technical writer, a UX writer, and helped create remote support sites and online games. View profile

Candi Williams Bumble • Bristol
Candi is a content leader who solves complex ContentOps challenges and supports inclusive design. She is also a published author of four books. View profile

Kateryna Prokhorenko airSlate • Kyiv
Kateryna Prokhorenko is a UX writer asking questions and translating the answers into clear, useful and human microcopy. View profile

Fionna Gan Microsoft Teams • Seattle
Fionna Gan writes a weekly newsletter about product, design and productivity at "The Creative Outlet". View profile

Charlotte Claussen Self-Employed Content Designer • London
Charlotte Claussen enjoys the challenge of reducing the cognitive load for users while meeting business needs. View profile

Katrin Sütterlin Sapera • Berlin
Katrin is a UX and Copywriter with a background in Marketing and PR. She is especially passionate about ethical and inclusive design. View profile

Joe Welinske

Joe Welinske Welinske & Associates • Seattle
Joe Welinske is the conference program manager. View profile

Carolina Rayo LATAM Airlines • Santiago
Carolina is a Journalist, UX Writer, and Content Strategist with a passion for words and traveling. View profile

Lee Turner PAS • Houston
Lee is a technical communicator with diverse experiences developing user experiences and technical information. View profile

Kendra Ralston Spotify • New York
Kendra Ralston is a content strategist and UX Writer who developed content strategies at The New York Public Library, College Board, and Stash. View profile

Mary Ann Dalangin Userpeek • Luzon
Mary Ann Dalangin has 15 years of experience in digital marketing and writing. She founded CEO Mom, a platform for inspiring career-oriented women. View profile

Jennifer McKnight Jenn Marie Writing & Marketing • Tacoma
Jennifer McKnight is an information scientist dedicated to bridging the gap between technology and underserved communities. View profile

Don Seidenberg Adidas • Amsterdam
Don is a UX writer who enjoys making digital products easy to understand and fun to use. View profile

Beatriz Marte Preply • Barcelona
Beatriz Marte studied Classical Literature, Advertising, and Copywriting before becoming discovering UX Design. View profile

Steven Wakabayashi Stranger Creative • New York
Steven is the founder of QTBIPOC Design, dedicating himself to bring more diversity and equity to creative teams around the world. View profile

Francesca Catanuso Booking.com • Amsterdam
Francesca Catanuso is a copywriter and content strategist who carefully crafts words using data and research. View profile

Hosts, Sponsors, and Contributors

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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

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

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

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

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

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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

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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

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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

Conference Staff

Joe Welinske

Joe Welinske Welinske & Associates • Seattle
Joe Welinske is the conference program manager. View profile

Sandra Youssef Independent • Seattle
Sandra Youssef is a Technical Writer and Instructional Assistant, interested in UX Writing. 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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