Gretchen Anderson completes the lineup for CanUX 2018

The final keynote of 2018 is revealed.

 Secrets of Successful Collaboration
} Nov 4, 2018   9:15am / 35 MINUTES

As designers, we seek to hear our users’ stories, and put our work through critique after critique. We know that without the engineers and product managers and QA team members on our teams our work remains a shadow on the wall of the cave instead of living in reality. But also, all that collaborating is damn hard. We can make the work we do in close quarters with others easier, and managing stakeholders less painful, by understanding how working together works, and reminding ourselves of the simple secrets of success.

 Speaker Bio: Gretchen Anderson

Gretchen is an independent consultant who helps clients to inform their product strategy and improve team collaboration skills. She spent the first part of her career in design consulting for firms like frog design, Cooper, and LUNAR. Recently, she was head of design at PG&E, California’s largest energy company. Previously, she led the design of the hardware and software of a next-generation surgical system and was VP of Product at GreatSchools.org where she was in charge of design, product management and engineering.

She has also previously lectured at Stanford on UX design and its intersection with industrial design.

Her past clients include Virgin Records, Samsung, Johnson & Johnson, and Intel. Gretchen is a Bay Area native who left only long enough to get a bachelor’s degree from Harvard in History & Literature. You can find out more about Gretchen on her personal site at gretchenanderson.com .

For more info, you can also follow Gretchen on Twitter @gretared

*Image credit: Gretchen Anderson