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Join Toast at our Boston headquarters for an evening of networking and panel conversation with other design leaders! Panelists will discuss the challenges of growing a design team when sales, revenue, and product reach grow exponentially, as well as the ways experienced designers can make an impact as companies scale.

Agenda:
6:00-7:00pm Attendees arrive, network & eat

7:00-8:00pm Panel discussion, followed by Q&A

8:00-9:00pm More networking!


Panelists:
Vanessa Cho is a product design leader with Google Ventures\, who builds products for consumer and enterprise customers across the globe. She has started and grown design teams in industries ranging from cloud and productivity software, to e-commerce, to hardware.

Prior to joining GV, Vanessa led a team of 180 at Google as head of UX for GSuite. She delivered communication and collaboration experiences for products like Gmail, Hangouts, Calendar, and Drive. Previously, Vanessa was head of UX at GoPro and Walmart Labs where she scaled their product design and research teams.

Alyssa Boehm is the Head of Experience at edX, a Harvard and MIT-backed start-up that is bringing affordable access to high-quality education to the world. She has established UX practices and built high-performing\, cross-functional teams in a variety of spaces including customer science\, healthcare, financial services, and education.

Eniola Oluwole is Senior Director of Product Design at TripAdvisor, owning the user experience and visual design of traveler experiences. Prior to his role at TripAdvisor, Eniola spent his career at agencies building supporting and in-house teams. Through much of his career, Eniola has created impact for a variety of clients by ensuring strategy, execution approach, and talent mix are in place and nurtured.

Christine Perfetti is the Founding Principal of Perfetti Media, a Boston-based Product Management and UX consulting company. She has built and managed UX teams at two successful startups, Carbonite and Acquia. Prior to that, Christine worked as Head of Product and Managing Director at User Interface Engineering, a leading UX think tank.

Christine loves to teach. She is passionate about teaching designers, product managers, and engineers how to tackle their biggest product and organizational challenges. She has been a featured speaker at dozens of conferences, including Webstock New Zealand, Lean UX NYC, and the User Interface Conference.