Hillel Cooperman
Senior Vice President, UX Design, Oracle

"Creating a thriving design culture where designers love their work is no small challenge. "

Hillel is Senior Vice President of UX Design at Oracle where he is leading a design renaissance to transform and elevate Oracle's user experiences for customers. He was previously Design Director on Microsoft's Azure Data and Machine Learning Platform, co-founder of Seattle creative agency Jackson Fish Market, and led the Windows User Experience team at Microsoft. Hillel is the co-author of a series of design books called Making Things Special. He is also the author of a series of middle-grade novels called The Madrona Heroes Register. He has served on the board and as a technical advisor for blackpast.org – the largest internet historical resource of African-American history. Hillel was also the first food blogger to ever be nominated for a James Beard award for his writing.

Jenny Lam
Senior Vice President, UX Design Leadership, Oracle

"Find the best possible way, without compromise, to be you."

Jenny is the Senior Vice President of UX Design at Oracle where she is leading a design renaissance to transform and elevate Oracle's user experiences for customers. She was previously Design Director of Alexa Devices at Amazon, co-founder of Seattle creative agency Jackson Fish Market, and Creative Director at Microsoft for Windows. Jenny is the co-author of a series of design books called Making Things Special.Jenny has served on the national board of directors for the AIGA and mentors national & local organizations to foster the next generation of creative design talent headed for the tech industry. She was named one of the Top 100 Most Influential Women in Technology by the Puget Sound Business Journal and was honored on the 40 under 40 list of Seattle Business Leaders.

Victor M. Gonzalez
Director and Founder at Sperientia [studio+lab]

"In the design of digital products as in life: The fear of proving you are wrong should overcome your resistance to validate your assumptions"

Víctor M. González (Ph.D., MSc, Cert. Eng) is an international consultant and expert in human-computer interaction and in the design of optimal user experiences for interactive digital products. He is the founder and director of Sperientia [studio + lab], a consulting agency that helps companies in Mexico and Latin America design and create better digital products and services. Based in Mexico City, Sperientia serves organizations in sectors such as retail, logistics, health, government, telecommunications, and finance. He is a professor at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) and teaches innovation, design thinking, product design and strategic technology management. Dr. Gonzalez received degrees of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) and Master of Science in the areas of Information Sciences and Computer Science at the University of California at Irvine (USA).