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Design & Development = Better Together
Greg Raiz, Founder and CEO, Raizlabs
Raizlabs, Boston, MA
Many companies have designers and developers working together but most companies also have a company culture driven by one or the other. Developer centric companies and cultures value technical solutions (Microsoft) and design-centric cultures value design over technology (Apple). The best products however come from the combination of the two.

This talk will cover specific techniques and methodology of designers working with developers to solve problems and produce better products. The approach is integrated into an Agile/Scrum process and this has helped create products that both ship to market and push for design and usability excellence.

About Greg Raiz
Greg Raiz founded Raizlabs in 2003 with a vision to create awesome software. Greg is a leader in the Boston and SF technology and mobile community and has worked on a wide range of problems.

Greg graduated Tufts University and got his start at Microsoft as a program manager on Windows XP. After that, he moved back to Boston and founded Raizlabs with a focus on user experience.

Greg is active in the mobile and design community, in Boston, SF and beyond. He founded DrinksOnTap.org and AltConf and has spoken on mobile tech at many universities and events including MIT, MobileMonday, Harvard Business School, Bentley and Olin, as well as for companies like Microsoft, Fidelity, Staples and others. He has served on the boards of BostonCHI and the usability group, UXPA Boston. He is currently growing Raizlabs and recently spun off a mobile service called AppBlade.com.

Greg Raiz can be contacted at graiz@raizlabs.com. His personal blog, Greg’s Head, covers interface design, mobile technology and user experience topics. He can also be found on Twitter as @graiz.