Executive Design + UX Leader | Advisor | Speaker
Talks
In addition to speaking at large conferences such as Atlanta AI Week, CXO 2.0, Avant South, HOW Design Live (3x Guest Speaker), Google Design Sprint Conference, UX Strat, The Digital Innovation Summit, The Mobile Innovation Summit and Masterclassing (2x Keynote), I have delivered customized talks and coaching about design leadership, creativity, career development, personal branding and culture to companies and universities like UPS, UserTesting, Lowe's and Georgia Tech.
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If you’re interested in having me speak at your company, see how I can help coach your team, or speak at an upcoming event, please contact me so we can discuss booking and pricing.
Atlanta AI Week
AI Week is a community-powered ‘unconference’ dedicated to to exploring the future of artificial intelligence in the Greater Atlanta Region - and beyond. Attendees will have plenty of opportunities to network, learn, share, and explore with local, regional, and national leaders in AI/GenAI over three days of events — online and offline.
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In my panel talk, we will cover why AI isn’t just a tool—it’s reshaping how businesses operate, compete, and grow. As an AI-first leader, your role isn’t to code models but to drive AI adoption, navigate disruption, and make strategic decisions that unlock real value. This session will break down the essential skills and mindsets today’s leaders need to stay ahead. Learn how to spot AI opportunities, build AI-literate teams, and make informed technology choices that align with business goals.
Attendee Spotlight
In this video, I take you inside the CXO 2.0 Conference in Las Vegas (March 4-6, 2025), where top minds in leadership and innovation gathered to spark new ideas. I also share highlights from the panel I moderated on building and sustaining creative cultures—exploring how organizations can cultivate creativity that thrives.
CXO 2.0 Conference
CXO 2.0 Conference is a business leadership summit that brings together top executives to discuss leadership, business development, and innovation, with a focus on helping leaders drive growth and navigate the evolving business landscape. The three day, in-person leadership conference was filled with insightful discussions on shaping tomorrow’s vision through innovation, steering through change with agility, and cultivating insights for robust work-life balance at the senior level.
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At the March, 2025 conference in Las Vegas, I moderated a panel about "Building & Sustaining A Creative Organizational Culture." In this clip, I discuss what creative culture is and what it means, especially post-pandemic. Culture is a feeling and how your stomach feels on a Sunday night before you go back to work.
3x Guest Speaker
HOW is a creative community that embraces every attendee, validates your work, and empowers you to do great things.
Word On The Street
Below are highlights of the some of the talks I have given at major conferences, events and podcasts over the past few years.
HOW Creative Leadership Summit
Rethinking retention strategies needs to be a primary focus for teams in 2022. Resignations are at a record-breaking pace with more and more people leaving to explore new career paths, finding work from home opportunities or taking a pay jump. In this talk, I provide strategies to keeping design teams balanced, productive, motivated and satisfied in addition to catering to the needs and wants of today’s workforce.
Brave UX
In this podcast with Brave UX and Brendan Jarvis, I share some of the lessons I've learned in leading design teams at large companies, including the essential ingredients for enabling innovation in corporate environments and breaking through corporate obstructionism.
Human Insights, UserTesting.com
On this podcast, I join UserTesting's CEO, Andy MacMillan, and Chief Insights Officer, Janelle Estes, to discuss harnessing customer emotion to create meaningful experiences.
Digital Innovation Summit
In this interview following my presentation with Innovation Enterprise, I provide my thoughts on the future of digital strategy, social media and the Internet of Things.
