UXPA International 2026 Conference

Speakers

Meet the speakers of UXPA International 2026

Meet the speakers of UXPA International 2026

Trevor Calabro

Vice President of User Research
Ascensus
Opening Keynote Speaker

Denise Miqueli

Director of Product Design
Zumba Fitness
Closing Keynote Speaker

Shruthi Andru

UX Designer II
Adobe

Jillian Berger

Director of Research
Workiva

Linda Borghesani

Senior UX Researcher
Think Company
and Lecturer @ Tufts University

Oscar Cariceo

Manager UX Research
Scotiabank

Sidharath Chhatani

Senior Product Designer
ParentSquare

Lou Cimaglia

Principal Content Strategist
Fidelity Investments

Ashley Connor

Principal UX Researcher
Usability Sciences

Ali Cuthbertson

Strategic Leadership
Liberty University

Sarah Deak

UX Designer
Purdue University

Rebecca Destello

Senior UX Research Manager
Meta

Jaitra Dixit

UX Researcher
Constant Contact

Koichiro Doi

Joint General Manager
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group

Nadia
Doutcheva

Senior UX Researcher
Deloitte

Lisa Eichorn

Senior Director of User Experience Design
Riskonnect

Amber Fields

Founder & CEO
Black UX Labs & Helpfulhand.ai

Jean Fox

Research Psychologist
US Bureau of Labor Statistics

Marty Gage

Vice President of Design Research
Lextant

Mary Gansallo

Senior Product Designer
Microsoft

Noel Gee

Head of
Research Partner Program
Maze
Sponsored Session Speaker

Danielle Giffort

Principal UX Researcher
Ipsos

Gladys González Quesada

Digital Solutions Director
Ciracet Corporation

Adrienne Guillory

UX Director
Usability Sciences

Claudia Gutierrez

Product and Artificial Intelligence Consultant
Claudia Gutierrez Consulting

Tommy Hemmer

Senior UX Director
Ipsos

Leo Hoar

Founder & CEO
UXR Institute

Jack Holmes

Service Designer
Jack Holmes Consultant Ltd

Li Wen Huang

Principal, User Experience Research, Consumer Insights
Discover Financial Services

Anna Janiszewska

UX / Brand Strategist
Roche

Niketa Jhaveri

Senior Manager, User Experience
Amazon

Mike Jin

UX Designer
Nutanix

Samyukta K

UI / UX Designer
Predigle

Rajesh
Kalidindi

Accessibility Coach
Independent Consultant

Matt Karakilic

Design Leader Building Agentic AI Workflows | Design Instructor | Founder
Designed Forward

Clara Kliman-Silver

Staff UX Researcher
Google

Tiffany Liaw

Senior UI / UX Designer
Harvard Medical School

Joe Lalley

Managing Partner, Head of Learning & Transformation
Arctic Blue AI

Beth Loring

Founder and Principal Consultant
Loring Human Factors

Belinda McCall

Director of UX / Product Design
Empyrean Benefit Solutions, Inc.

Shane McCormack

Senior UX / UI Designer
Riskonnect

Mrudu Lahari Malayanur

Product Manager
Mogli Technologies

Lucy Marino

Executive Director, Marketing & Creative
Robert Half

Beth Martin

Branch Chief
DHS HQ

Sara Mastro

Vice President, Operations and Product Management
Perceptronics Solutions

Gina Montgomery

Microsoft Copilot & Agents Global Lead
Kyndryl

Deborah Moyaki

Doctoral Candidate of Engineering Education and Transformative Practice
University of Georgia

Jonathan Mugmon

Principal - Wayfinding Director
Populous

Bhuvana Narayanamurthy

UX Independent Consultant

Sarah Nikkhah

Advisor, Senior Principal UX Researcher
Eli Lilly and Company

Kathleen
O’Brien

Visual Designer
IBM

Stacey Oliver

Lecturer
University of Texas, School of Information | LangXR

Janaina Pantoja

Staff UX Researcher
Google

Ramtin Ranjpour

PhD Student of Communication & Media Studies
University of Oregon

Molly Rempe

Senior Staff UX Researcher
Workiva

Jennifer Romano

Founder
UXR Coach

Shrut Kirti Saksena

Staff Experience Researcher
Adobe

Jeff Sauro

Founder
MeasuringU

Lauren
Schaefer

Director of UX
Seesaw Learning

Andrew Schall

UX Leader & Strategist
ServiceNow

David Schlossberg

Professor
Austin Community College

Mark Scott

Director of UX
Applied Systems

Twisha Shah-Brandenburg

UX Leader, Commercial
Target

Theodore (Ted) Stark

Director, UX Research
Deloitte

Jason Telner

Senior User Researcher
Qualcomm

Jon Temple

Design Principal (Emeritus)
ex-IBM

Sarah
Thompson

Senior Experience Specialist
Nielsen Norman Group

Christina Vandenoever

UX Researcher
Purdue University

Daphne Villarreal

Principal UX Researcher Independent Consultant

Thomas Watkins

Principal UX Architect
3Leaf Consulting

Max Wechsler-Azen

Senior UXR
Workiva

Guthrie Weinschenk

COO
The Team W

Johanna Weitbrecht

Research Assistant
Stuttgart Media University

Basil White

ACT-IAC Federal Innovation Council

Kenny Wilson

Director of AI and Automation
Purdue University

Natalie Wright

Senior UX Designer
Riskonnect

Xiao Yu

PhD Student in Human Factors and Applied Cognition
Department of Psychology, North Carolina State University