Meet Our Mentors

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William Cole

Innovation can be the by-product of constraint and often what your product doesn't do can make the best experience.

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Carlo van der Pluijm

Doers get what they want, everyone else gets what they get.

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Tobias Treppmann

Be the person you wish you had by your side when you started out in the field.

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Jeremy Schweitzer

I think it's important to keep UX fun and down to earth!

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Pia Klancar

In the end everything connects ... the more you learn, the more you earn.

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Linn Vizard

It's not what you do, it's not even what you make, it's what you facilitate!

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Danielle Reid

As a design lead, I identify talent and execute on the result with a smart process that allows for rapid iteration to meet product-market fit.

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Khaled Gomaa

Be the person you needed when you were young

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Paola Palencia

It is not enough to only do great work, designers that know how to sell design are much more desired.

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Parth Naliwar

Design is the art and science of creation and evolution.

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Margarida Carvalho

For me mentoring is a two-way street. We need to be objective, open-minded and have the ability to ask pertinent questions that make the students think. Their answers will foster our own learning too.

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Alexia Samut-Tagliaferro

I'm an advocate of user-centred design and a believer of 'design thinking' in that how you frame or think about user needs directly affects the solution!

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Abhi Bhattacharya

Imagination is more important than knowledge - Albert Einstein. I quote him a lot, and I think this one is applicable to anyone who wants to build a product from the ground up, because that's why we do what we do in the first place!

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Paddy Donnelly

Mentoring with CareerFoundry has been an eye-opening experience for me. As my students question why we do certain things certain ways, it's made me rethink a lot of the automatic design decisions I make, which is healthy to do every so often.

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Dana Lynn

Design collaboration leads to innovation.

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Hannah Niebla

What I’ve enjoyed most about being a Tutor is the passion my students have shown for UI design, it made me fall in love with my career all over again! I feel so committed to help them reach their full potential.

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Evan Verdoia

Good design makes the world a better place and I have always been driven to create that world.

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Hesham Abd-Elmegid

Prioritize focusing on what matters over all distractions and you will get there faster than most.

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Zubair Shams

Mentoring is a key for successful career change. Having a good mentor that knows how to motivate and guide during the difficult phase leads to ultimate success.

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Brian Cheung

Be a sponge: ready to give a little information when poked; a bit more when squeezed; and able to absorb more.

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Ahmad Al-Huwwari

Understanding the user is the most important factor in creating a successful application.

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Chava Canolli

Design a solution.

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Eric An

There's no faster route to expertise than repetition.

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Ali El Zoheiry

Gain the power to turn your thoughts into reality.

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Joe Spadafora

It's never too late to not know what you want to be when you grow up.

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Fabio Cantoni

Programming is 10% learning and 90% practicing. Aim to learn something new every day, and put it into practice as soon as possible.

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Samantha Iovino

We rise by lifting others.

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Steffen Schilb

In UX design, there is no right or wrong, but there is better or worse. Being a well-trained UX designer means that you chose the better options by instinct.

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Laurence Bricker

I love teaching. It is rewarding on many levels. I am able to share my knowledge and I learn so much interacting with students.

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Wojciech Hupert

The idea of having a mentor is huge! A good mentor is worth his or her weight in gold.

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Leah Kay Simons Fidas

If you passionately want to be in UX, I will fight for you all the way toward reaching your dream. No mentee left behind.

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Tara-Lee York

As a UX/UI designer, the decisions that we make affect real people. We have a responsibility to do it wisely.

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Alexander Munck af Rosenschöld

Never give up!

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Luca Longo

Design is how it works.

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Ben Bagley

Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will.

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Muwuso Mkochi

Work on projects that go beyond the artist's ego and acknowledge consumers' needs first. Take on work that can make you laugh and that encourages design as a way to solve complex as well as simple problems.

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Diego Ostrovsky

I always encourage my students to understand the reasons behind a project. It's not always about making things more beautiful but also functional from the design as well as marketing perspective and technology.