Leadership Collective
Leadership Collective
Andrew Hogan
12:00 - 12:45P
Leadership Collective
12:00 - 12:25P
The future of design to code in a world of AI
12:25 - 12:50P
Creativity and AI in software and fintech: PayPal’s journey
12:00 - 12:45P
Leadership Collective
Andrew Hogan
he/him
Head of Insights at Figma
Andrew leads Insights at Figma. His research focuses on the digital product and design industry and the ways the most successful teams work. Previously, Andrew spent 7 years at Forrester, a leading research firm, analyzing the intersection of design and tech.
12:00 - 12:25P
The future of design to code in a world of AI
Join Figma's Kris Rasmussen and Meredith Black to explore how a tight connection between design and code elevates companies and hear what it will take to design and build great software in the future.
Kris Rasmussen
He/Him
Chief Technology Officer at Figma
Kris Rasmussen is the Chief Technology Officer at Figma, where he leads the engineering, security and data science teams. Prior to joining Figma in 2017, Kris served as engineering lead and a technical advisor at Asana, where he co-authored many aspects of the framework and infrastructure that powers the company's realtime collaborative features. Before Asana, Kris co-founded RivalSoft Inc., a web-based application that gives companies an internal hub for market information, and served as Chief Architect at Aptana.
Meredith Black
She / her
Director of DesignOps at Figma
Meredith Black is the Director of DesignOps at Figma where she focuses her time at the crossroads of design and operations. Prior she has pioneered DesignOps at Pinterest and consulted with the New York Times. Meredith is also the the co-founder of DesignOps Assembly where her collaborative approach and innovative strategies have helped propel DesignOps Assembly into a hub for knowledge-sharing and community building within the design operations space. She also co-hosts the podcast, Reconsidering, which discusses topics on how to live a better and more fulfilled life.
Avantika Gomes
she/her
Director of Product at Figma
Avantika currently leads Figma’s efforts on Design Systems, Prototyping and Developer Tools, exploring ways to bring the worlds of code and design closer together. She has over a decade of product experience, having held product roles at Pinterest, Microsoft, Google, and Birchbox, with a particular focus on collaborative, creative products that help people visually express themselves. She was also recently featured in Product50, a list of the top 50 most innovative people in product, as a winner in the Best Design Leader category
12:25 - 12:50P
Creativity and AI in software and fintech: PayPal’s journey
Join PayPal as they share their perspective on creativity and AI in redesigning financial services.
Rachel Kobetz
she/her
Chief Design Officer at PayPal
Rachel Kobetz is the Chief Design Officer of PayPal. Previously, Rachel held prominent leadership positions at Expedia Group, Bank of America, Amazon, and Samsung. She is the founder of Design Leadership at Scale, a Founding Member of the Design Leaders Community, Fast Company Executive Board member, ADC Jury Member for The One Club For Creativity, and writes the Defining Experience newsletter.
Garrett Hope
he/him
Vice President, Consumer Product Development at PayPal
Garrett led product strategy and product management for multiple retail ads growth verticals at Google. He spent close to a decade working on marketplace product strategy and design for Expedia Group and Vrbo. Currently Garrett is responsible for end-to-end product development for consumer products and platforms and integration all common PayPal and Venmo products as consistent solutions. Products include PayPal and Venmo Apps, Shopping, Rewards, P2P and PayPal Promotions/Ads capabilities.
Andrew Hogan
he/him
Head of Insights at Figma
Andrew leads Insights at Figma. His research focuses on the digital product and design industry and the ways the most successful teams work. Previously, Andrew spent 7 years at Forrester, a leading research firm, analyzing the intersection of design and tech.
session hosts
Andrew Hogan
he/him
Head of Insights at Figma
Andrew leads Insights at Figma. His research focuses on the digital product and design industry and the ways the most successful teams work. Previously, Andrew spent 7 years at Forrester, a leading research firm, analyzing the intersection of design and tech.