Meg Wilson is a former graduate student and recent graduate of Brown University. She has two masters degrees and a bachelors of science, specializing in geology and planetary science. Please everyone contact: ramblingsofadesignerpod@gmail.com Ramblings of a Designer podcast is a monthly design news and discussion podcast hosted by Laszlo Lazuer and…

Andrew Heywood has built impactful teams for disruptive companies, starting his recruitment career in Tokyo, Japan. After Japan, Andrew moved back to the Bay Area, California, and joined Google 3 months after their public offering. This started Andrew's Silicon Valley journey, and has since then been building innovative startups at various stages i…

Ryan Young is a design leader and strategic thinker who enjoys working with cross-functional teams to turn whiteboard sketches into real-world products. He’s been designing since 2011 and has been making digital apps and systems more people-focused for more than 10 years. Ryan is currently the Director of Product Design for P3+Uplift, an IT staffin…

Ramblings of a Designer podcast is a monthly design news and discussion podcast hosted by Laszlo Lazuer and Terri Rodriguez-Hong (@flaxenink, insta: flaxenink.design). Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Ramblings-of-a-Designer-Podcast-2347296798835079/ Send us feedback! ramblingsofadesignerpod@gmail.com, Support us on Patreon! patreon.com/ramblingso…

Servando Sanchez is a Creative Director at RegexSEO, known for his extensive expertise in multimedia design and illustration. Eight years ago, he embarked on his career journey by creating unique artwork and home decor. Concurrently, he honed his skills in web design, logos, and graphics. Today, as a driving force behind RegexSEO, Servando spearhea…

Patric Richardson is America’s go-to expert for laundry quandaries, author of the best-selling Laundry Love: Finding Joy in a Common Chore, and star of The Laundry Guy on HGTV and Discovery Plus. He’s featured frequently on national and international TV and radio shows, and in prominent publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Pos…

We have Luis Garotti talk about his work as a young kid to his current love for his company, 292 Co, Luis utilizes the knowledge he has gained over the past 15 + years. The loss of his uncle in 2019 due to the stresses of running a business deeply impacted Luis and motivated him to prioritize mental toughness and personal development. Additionally,…

Aloha Everyone! This is an update from Laszlo and Terri. The summer is coming to an end, and we will be back with more guests from the creative field, and even better, our email is now working. We would love to hear from you. Ramblings of a Designer podcast is a monthly design news and discussion podcast hosted by Laszlo Lazuer and Terri Rodriguez-…

Jonathan is a Senior UX Designer from New York working at a tech startup in the construction industry. He had spent the last several months working freelance while traveling the world with his wife and loves creating and working in design systems. Ramblings of a Designer podcast is a monthly design news and discussion podcast hosted by Laszlo Lazue…

Over the last 20 years, Rajeev has worked in a variety of roles spanning software engineering, sales, marketing, and most recently in the field of user experience. From 2013 onwards, he has focused his efforts on the growing field of UX, helping organizations of all sizes creatively solve complex problems in the digital space. He received his B.S. …

Finally, we can return emails. We were locked out for a long time. So if you email us, we will get back to you. Let's get back to our podcast we have Doug Levin is the small business owner and operator of JobStars USA, a career services practice providing Resume Writing and Career Coaching services for professionals of all industries and experience…

Antonio García is Head of Design at TXI. He’s also the founder of Dadwell & Co. and Board Advisor to AIGA Chicago. In addition to design leadership, Antonio is a mentor, educator, and lecturer. Ramblings of a Designer podcast is a monthly design news and discussion podcast hosted by Laszlo Lazuer and Terri Rodriguez-Hong (@flaxenink, insta: flaxeni…

Here is number three by Kevin! Kevin is currently Head of UX for Pie Insurance. Throughout his career, Kevin has offered design leadership for many well-known brands such as: GEICO, IBM, and Quicken Loans. His research has been cited in over 50+ countries. He is a Council member for the George Washington University Customer Experience Advisory Coun…

Here is number two by Kevin! Kevin is currently Head of UX for Pie Insurance. Throughout his career, Kevin has offered design leadership for many well-known brands such as: GEICO, IBM, and Quicken Loans. His research has been cited in over 50+ countries. He is a Council member for the George Washington University Customer Experience Advisory Counci…

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Here is our series with our own Kevin! More to come! Kevin is currently Head of UX for Pie Insurance. Throughout his career, Kevin has offered design leadership for many well-known brands such as: GEICO, IBM, and Quicken Loans. His research has been cited in over 50+ countries. He is a Council member for th…

This one you don't want to miss, we have Adam Sherman is a long-time San Francisco resident, graduate of San Francisco State University, environmental social justice activist, and a writer who is relatively new to the scene, having mostly done his writing on social media and public service announcements through his activism before embarking on his …

The month of August got away from us, but today we have Justin shares his experience with brand, art, and business! A great life lesson by Justin. Justin Bordeaux is an entrepreneur & strategy consultant with more than 22 years of industry experience across different industries. As a personal brand strategist, he coaches business leaders on getting…

Aloha Everyone, Life happens and here is a short update. More next month! Ramblings of a Designer podcast is a monthly design news and discussion podcast hosted by Laszlo Lazuer and Terri Rodriguez-Hong (@flaxenink, insta: flaxenink.design). Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Ramblings-of-a-Designer-Podcast-2347296798835079/ Send us feedback! rambli…

Today we are talking Kevin and more about...Kevin is currently Head of UX for Pie Insurance. Throughout his career, Kevin has offered design leadership for many well-known brands such as: GEICO, IBM, and Quicken Loans. His research has been cite in over 50+ countries. He is a Council member for the George Washington University Customer Experience A…

We have our own 'Adan' back to the show, and he will let us know what he has been doing. Adan's Bio: Adan Zepeda is a graphic designer from the San Francisco Bay Area. He considers himself a true generalist in the industry he has been in the past 15 years. Lately Adam has been going a more traditional route and learning old school painting and prin…

Michael Arndt is an award-winning graphic designer and author and illustrator of several books including Cat Says Meow and other animalopoeia, My Heart Grows, Minimal New York City: Graphic, Gritty, and Witty, One Yellow Sun, Thoughts Are Air, and rAinbowZ. His love of language and typography inspired this book. Michael lives in New York City with …

George is from Texas and he is a lawyer. He shares his stories and got started in his career! Ramblings of a Designer podcast is a monthly design news and discussion podcast hosted by Laszlo Lazuer and Terri Rodriguez-Hong (@flaxenink, insta: flaxenink.design). Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Ramblings-of-a-Designer-Podcast-2347296798835079/ Send…

As a kid, he drew everything he could think of, hung out with the designers at the advertising agency where his mom worked, and constantly took things apart to better understand them. Always looking for new ways to solve problems, Jeremy was the kid, and later the adult, to whom people turned to when they needed help expressing themselves and their…

Josh Bakken is your friendly neighborhood game designer who founded ZU Studios in 2019 to self publish his game ZU Tiles: Hime. And by hook and by crook and with no help from Covid he launched ZU Tiles: Hime in Nov 2020, just in time for the holidays. Other things to add: ZU Tiles (Facebook); zu_tiles (Instagram); available on Amazon but please che…

Alexander is an accomplished Creative and Technical Recruiter based in Southern CA with a passion for activism, mental health, and all things beauty & makeup. He spent most of his career recruiting Design talent for some of the countries most impactful and recognized brands/companies, and has seen the best and worst of design portfolios. Staying on…

Thomas Girard is a Canadian scholar. Girard was accepted to attend the University of Oxford in lectures equivalent to graduate coursework. Girard has received several Emerging Scholar awards, first at the Design Principles and Practices conference in Barcelona, Spain at the prestigious ELISAVA. At Emily Carr University of Art and Design he received…

This is a short podcast, we will be back in a few weeks with more interviews! Ramblings of a Designer podcast is bi-weekly design news and discussion podcast hosted by Laszlo Lazuer and Terri Rodriguez-Hong (@flaxenink, insta: flaxenink.design). Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Ramblings-of-a-Designer-Podcast-2347296798835079/ Send us feedback! ra…

Today we talk to Anci Sun, a former recruiting professional turned Product Designer, working at a startup that builds software to improve the eRegulatory process for clinical research sites. She's committed to advocating for the importance of not abstracting human needs from emerging technologies, and plans to attend graduate school to pursue this …

Tolu Garcia is the Founder of UI Narrative, which provides online learning for Product Design (UI, UX, IxD, and Research) through the podcast, mentorship, and future online courses/products. She's also a Senior Product Designer at NotDev, a small design studio in Dallas, TX, working with clients ranging from startups to large corporations like Toyo…

Today we talk to John and I have to tell you this a good one to listen to! So John have a long-term interest in Natural Language learning and Technology. He has lived, studied or worked in Madagascar, Japan and Mexico. John was born in Massachusetts and moved with my family to Florida, where his father worked supporting the early space program. He …

Desmond Chan leads product management at Zumigo building the next generations of Zumigo products. Desmond is an innovative product leader with 20 years of increasing responsibility in global product management in Mobile Identity, Online Payment, E-Commerce, and Fraud Management. Prior to Zumigo, Desmond had spent 9 years as Director of Product Mana…

Szymon Adamiak is a self-taught software developer. He abandoned a career as a lawyer to pursue his childhood dream to create software. In the last five years, he co-founded a design-centered software house and wrote a Frontend Unicorn ebook to help other programmers master their craft. Ramblings of a Designer podcast is bi-weekly design news and d…

Aloha Everyone, We are taking a short break, we will be next time. Ramblings of a Designer podcast is bi-weekly design news and discussion podcast hosted by Laszlo Lazuer and Terri Rodriguez-Hong (@flaxenink, insta: flaxenink.design). Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Ramblings-of-a-Designer-Podcast-2347296798835079/ Send us feedback! ramblingsofad…

Today we have Dillon Chi, he is graduating in three months. He has organized two hackathons, the last awarded scholarships to south-la high schoolers to attend ArtCenter College of Design where he is currently a student. Ramblings of a Designer podcast is bi-weekly design news and discussion podcast hosted by Laszlo Lazuer and Terri Rodriguez-Hong …

Today we talk about development, design and product. Zane, a former game designer, made the transition back to web development 11 years ago. He has spent most of his middle career helping Fortune 25 companies upgrade their digital experiences, and bridging the gap between design agencies and technology teams. He has recently focused on looking at t…

Today we talk to Suhas all Product! He is originally from India but grew up in Singapore and Texas. He studied Computer Science at UT and started out his career as a Software Engineer. Started out at HP. After HP, he moved to GM where he was working on brand websites across GM's vast portfolio. While at GM, I was working towards my MBA from UT Aust…

Charlie Brewer is a user experience design leader with over 20 years of experience in enterprise and consumer software, startups, and media. He helps grow companies by engaging customers with great digital experiences. His compass for good design is a passion for insights into the user’s world plus creating software products that are empowering, ea…

Trip's work leading design at companies such as Adobe, Microsoft, and Amazon has touched the lives people around the world. His past work includes the design of video games for the Chicago Field Museum, childhood health initiatives for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, vehicular interfaces at Audible, IOT, Shopping, communications and voice Sk…

Dr. Abiodun Yusuf (PhD) is what can only be described as an extreme geek and an entrepreneur with a big heart. With a wide-ranging experience cutting across Eye-tracking, Computer Science and Human Factors, Aerospace Engineering, Business Intelligence systems, Cyber Security, Hyper-automation, Engineering Design and Robotics, you can be sure you wi…

We have Ash Thomas with us today, he is a Design Engineer with 3 years of professional experience with a passion for creating things that are as pleasurable to use as they are useful. Ramblings of a Designer podcast is bi-weekly design news and discussion podcast hosted by Laszlo Lazuer and Terri Rodriguez-Hong (@flaxenink, insta: flaxenink.design)…

Jason Silver is a senior lead UX designer who most recently joined Netgear to support their Connected Home Products group. He has been honing his craft in the industry for the last 20 years; for the past 10 or so, his focus was primarily in Fintech at companies like Intuit, PayPal, and Clover. His passion centers around helping teams develop custom…

Marlon McKenney is a San Francisco-based author, illustrator, and creative director with over 20 years of professional advertising experience working in San Francisco’s top ad agencies. Marlon has worked with Fortune 500 brands like Apple, Sony, Suzuki, EA, Motown, Universal Records, and Chase Bank, and continues to push creative boundaries. In 201…

We had Josh back to share more about his pre launch with his game board. Josh Bakken is just your friendly neighborhood game designer who founded ZU Studios in 2019 in order to self publish his game ZU Tiles: Hime. And by hook and by crook and with no help from Covid he was able to launch ZU Tiles: Hime in Nov 2020, just in time for the holidays. O…

Xavier Vazquez is a sophomore at Stanford University studying Product Design, Computer Science, and Human Rights. As a student invested in the design process, Xavier has taken the president position in the Design For America Stanford Chapter and continues to seek other opportunities within and out of industry to hone his design skills. Ramblings of…

Today we talk to Ryan design and much much more! Ryan Frederick is a Founder and product person at heart. Ryan has had the privilege of being part of starting and growing several software and service companies. He has helped companies grow from inception, to viability, through to sustainability. Ryan has authored a book on increasing the odds of su…

With 15 years of experience in art direction and design, Shajeel has spent countless hours strenuously perfecting his craft, and learned how to apply his creativity in various capacities. Over the years, Shajeel has fine-tuned his skill set by collaborating with other talented teams, and learned various new skills from the creative minds he has wor…

Customer Service to a UX Designer, Norman will share his story. He was born and raised in Southern California, with Jamaican and Belizean roots, that enjoys talking about cars and astrophysics. Over the years, he worked in multiple positions and gained a diverse skill set from Sales and Customer Experience, which helped to further my ability to fin…

Jimmy is a creative storyteller and a UX researcher. After he graduated CareerFoundry, he co-founded Heist UX Research and Design Solutions. Ramblings of a Designer podcast is a bi-weekly design news and discussion podcast hosted by Lazslo Lazuer and Terri Rodriguez-Hong (@flaxenink, insta: flaxenink.design). Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Rambl…

Michica Provato is a Product Design Manager and Innovation Catalyst at Intuit based in Toronto, Canada. She leads a team of designers who identify and help solve the biggest problems for small businesses, accounting professionals, and self-employed. She has been practicing UX for 20 years at companies like IBM, points.com, Algorithmics, and AOL and…

Kaleve has services on a team of many: Non-Profit, Government, A Community Builder, Board of Directors VP level, Serving two internships with President Regan, and Present Bush. Kaleve hails from Hawaii with a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from the University of Hawaii. The connections are relentless to help drive all simple solutions. We t…