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20+ Years of designing, building and launching digital products - Mentor, Product Designer. Former @Google @Microsoft @Cisco. Startup founder, advisor, and investor.

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BS$5/min per minute(51)Product and Design : User Experience & Interaction DesignBen Sykes • Austin, TexasCreated 12 years ago in Product & Design / User Experience20+ Years of designing, building, and launching digital products - Mentor, Product Designer. Former @Google @Microsoft @Cisco. Startup founder, advisor, and investor.Ben Sykes Austin, Texas(51)
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BS$5/min per minute(51)Google Search Engine Marketing - (PPC, SEM, Display)Ben Sykes • Austin, TexasCreated 12 years ago in Sales & Marketing / Search Engine MarketingI was a design lead on the Google AdWords team and was instrumental in both the creation of the Display Targeting as well as the alerts for opportunities. I have a track record of success managing & optimizing campaigns from a system that I helped design.Ben Sykes Austin, Texas(51)
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BS$5/min per minute(51)Career Advice : Getting Hired as a User Experience DesignerBen Sykes • Austin, TexasCreated 11 years ago in Business / Getting StartedCome away with the following understanding: Perception is reality: How are you perceived online? How & Where Look For A Job UX Interviewing 101 Getting The Job: Salary, Expectations & Demonstrating Value Week One On the Job: Plan of AttackBen Sykes Austin, Texas(51)
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BS$5/min per minute(51)Product InnovationBen Sykes • Austin, TexasCreated 11 years ago in Product & Design / Lean StartupDetailed, hands on 'how-to's' to get the most out of team brainstorming. This is a workshop that I have taught at UX Singapore, General Assembly and many other places. It gets results instantly to solve for feature, product and idea freeze.Ben Sykes Austin, Texas(51)
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BS$5/min per minute(51)Design Portfolio ReviewBen Sykes • Austin, TexasCreated 10 years ago in Product & Design / User ExperienceNeed feedback on your design portfolio? I'm happy to help. What to expect: 1. Introductions & goal setting 2. Portfolio & Linkedin review using best practices to create / optimize your portfolio to best demonstrate your skills, personality and ultimately getting you interviews.Ben Sykes Austin, Texas(51)
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Very good insight in a short period of time. Ben was very responsive and quickly grasped our needs, then provided actionable solutions.
Source: Clarity Tim Bertelsman Jun 29, 2023Ben's input was very insightful.
Source: Clarity Grey Campus Mar 27, 2023Great call as always! He is really smart. I learn so much!
Source: Clarity Naissa Scott Aug 5, 2022I've been struggling with a customer journey map we use in the startup I work in. Ben gave me a larger point of view on the problem and came up with ideas and actionable steps to move forward. Highly recommended!
Source: Clarity Jan Gemerle Aug 1, 2022Got amazing insights from Ben regarding the startup Im working on. Thanks a ton!
Source: Clarity John Crestani Jul 25, 2022He did a good job. He gave me good advice and was very patient with me even though I asked stupid questions lols. He is really good at what he does. Very smart guy and very accomplished. I was worried about my conversion rates going in, but I feel so much better now. I will recommend him to anyone. You won't regret it.
Source: Clarity Naissa Scott Jul 24, 2022I'm the type of person to build the roof of the house before the foundation is laid. Ben helped me breakdown the very first steps I needed to take with my business, dispelling fallacies around branding and website building I thought were legitimate. If you're feeling overwhelmed, Ben can help simplify your course of action before you get lost in the weeds. Thanks Ben!
Source: Clarity Emma Power Oct 18, 2021Excellent call! Ben immediately understood the issues and clearly had the expertise to address our questions. He provided actionable insights and very thoughtful suggestions that will save us hundreds of hours in product design and development time. Highly recommended!
Source: Clarity Lorne Eisen Apr 20, 2021Ben was excellent in our call -- took his time to really understand our problems to ensure that the advice he was giving was relevant and valuable. It's clear he's an expert in design and this call gave us great insight in how to best move forward.
Source: Clarity Sam Glover Apr 5, 2021Related experts
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AMAbbas MoallemSan Francisco Bay AreaOffer extensive and diverse experience designing, developing and delivering successful, innovative and user-friendly products to market. Passionate leader and coach with a track record of success establishing highly talented and motivated user experience design teams that push the boundaries of simplicity, elegance and ease-of-use. n. Specialties: Usability Testing, Heuristic Evaluation, Low and High Fidelity Prototyping, Wireframes, UI Specifications, User Interface Design, Information Architecture, Agile Methodologies, Mobile Application Design, User Research, Task Analysis, User centered Design, Wireframes, Contextual Inquires, User Profiling,Data Visualization.User Experience • User Interface Design • Information Architecture • Usability Testing • Human Computer Interaction • Heuristic Evaluation • Human Factors • Usability Engineering • Ergonomics •$2/min per minuteNew Arrival— — 8
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ELErin LimanTransformer. Accelerator. Strategist. • San Francisco Bay AreaExecutive & Team Coach @ Innovation is Social, LLC. Coach I excel at partnering with leaders navigating "I don't know how to do this" challenges, and transforming "yeah, but" cultures into scrappy, entrepreneurial ones. I have 25+ years of experience in tech and 15 other industries, as Product and user experience strategist, design researcher, vision guide / corporate storyteller, and innovation coach. Worked with execs at SAP, Intuit, Infosys, Autodesk and dozens of startups. Are you next?Entrepreneurship • Start-ups • Product Strategy • User Experience • Mobile applications • Design Thinking • User-centered Design • Experience Design • Design Research • Organizational Change •$10/min per minuteNew Arrival— — 16
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DRDavid RoseCEO at Ditto • Greater Boston AreaInstructor at MIT Media Lab and 5X entrepreneur in connected health, consumer electronics, and consumer internet. Interested in Internet of Things, ambient displays, gesture, wearables, smart urban furniture.User Experience • Tech startups and entrepreneurship • Consumer Products • Product Innovation • Internet of Things • M&A due diligence • Product Road Mapping • Information Visualization • Wireless Sensor Networks •$1.67/min per minute(1)4.5 1 9
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AMAbbas MoallemSan Francisco Bay AreaOffer extensive and diverse experience designing, developing and delivering successful, innovative and user-friendly products to market. Passionate leader and coach with a track record of success establishing highly talented and motivated user experience design teams that push the boundaries of simplicity, elegance and ease-of-use. n. Specialties: Usability Testing, Heuristic Evaluation, Low and High Fidelity Prototyping, Wireframes, UI Specifications, User Interface Design, Information Architecture, Agile Methodologies, Mobile Application Design, User Research, Task Analysis, User centered Design, Wireframes, Contextual Inquires, User Profiling,Data Visualization.User Experience • User Interface Design • Information Architecture • Usability Testing • Human Computer Interaction • Heuristic Evaluation • Human Factors • Usability Engineering • Ergonomics •$2/min per minuteNew Arrival— — 8
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ELErin LimanTransformer. Accelerator. Strategist. • San Francisco Bay AreaExecutive & Team Coach @ Innovation is Social, LLC. Coach I excel at partnering with leaders navigating "I don't know how to do this" challenges, and transforming "yeah, but" cultures into scrappy, entrepreneurial ones. I have 25+ years of experience in tech and 15 other industries, as Product and user experience strategist, design researcher, vision guide / corporate storyteller, and innovation coach. Worked with execs at SAP, Intuit, Infosys, Autodesk and dozens of startups. Are you next?Entrepreneurship • Start-ups • Product Strategy • User Experience • Mobile applications • Design Thinking • User-centered Design • Experience Design • Design Research • Organizational Change •$10/min per minuteNew Arrival— — 16
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