United States

UX Design

Product Design

UX Research

Master of Science - MS

Bachelor of Science with Distinction (Top 10%)

Gloria Chua

Design Manager

Communication

Problem-solving

Critical-thinking

Figma

Introduce yourself, define mentoring expectations and goals. Learn and grow together.

General mentorship

Making remote and globally distributed teams work for you and your needs.

Working remotely

Learn essential burnout prevention techniques and replenish physical and emotional energy.

Managing burnout

Talk to people who have learned to manage their imposter syndrome.

Dealing with imposter syndrome

Navigating micro-aggression, getting paid what you are worth and finding a community.

Being a woman in tech

Best practices for running productive design critiques.

Running effective design critiques

How to define and execute a successful launch and managing stakeholders expectations. (eg. MVP)

Launching new products or features

Manage team expectations and get the most out of your meetings.

Running effective meetings

Identify and define potential product problems and generating possible solutions.

Identifying problems vs solutions

Learn how to properly present your work and share ideas and opinions.

Presenting your work with impact

Tips on how to work and collaborate with designers.

Working with designers

How to work with team members with different skill sets but towards a common goal?

Working cross-functionally

Methods and models of exploring, deciding and delivering design.

Building a design process

Explore different generative and evaluative research techniques. User research synthesis and presentation.

Conducting good user research

How to define an ambitious product vision and how to best communicate it to stakeholders?

Creating a product vision

How to conduct interviews, what to ask, and how to analyze your results? (eg. user interview)

Conducting effective customer interviews

How to think about design career paths and what progression looks like for designers?

Design career path

Leading the Custody, Trading and Settlement design teams

Led a team of 5+2 product designers and UX researchers in the redesign of 2-year-old flagship Singpass app across IA, UX, UI and design system, build for scalability across account types and discoverability of key features

Co-led exploratory study with researcher on how agency teams can build digital services on top of digital identity platform

Designed and shipped a 3G-to-landline calling app in 1 month as a response to COVID-19 ground situation in Singapore

Currently serving Bangladeshi migrant workers (2000+ and growing) who could not buy calling cards due to COVID restrictions

Raised US$80k+ from community and corporate sponsors through crowdfunding and press coverage

Designed and 6 shipped key features from end-to-end on Singpass app, driving user adoption by 23x in 2 years to 3 million+ users

Initiated and piloted inaugural Accessibility Week across the organization (300+ total attendees, 50 participants in Bug Hunt with 250 bugs found, 70 bugs fixed), which led to the setup of a permanent central accessibility team to serve the whole of government

Designed new team disband, locked, leave and merge states for Dropbox for Business teams, to drive bottom-up growth strategy (web)

Led multiple workshops across design (SF) and engineering teams (TLV) to understand Dropbox for Business admins

The IDEO CoLab's 9-week summer fellowship explores opportunities to solve human problems using emerging technologies (blockchain, augmented and virtual reality, the internet of things and artificial intelligence). 

Conceptualized and built BlokMotiv, a proof-of-concept blockchain-based prototype to tackle supply chain provenance, together with Fortune 500 automotive company, through iterative physical-digital build sprints (3 x 3 days, 1 x 6 weeks)

Designed both student and teacher- facing curricula, activities and materials for the d.school K-12 Lab Network's Project Wayfinder (http://www.projectwayfinder.com/) to help high school students discover meaning and purpose. Worked on curriculum design, illustration, and workshop facilitation.

Created and led 6-month technology for social impact studio, guiding the product design and development for 6 interdisciplinary teams across education, housing issues, and nutrition.
Led a co-teaching team of 8, and worked closely with faculty to establish 2 official classes under the Stanford Computer Science department.

Creating an open slot for you to ask any questions you might have. Portfolio review, career advice etc.

Ask me anything!

In these mentorship sessions, you will gain insights into your thinking processes and their influence on decision-making. Learn techniques and strategies to minimize decision effects and improve decision quality, enhancing your overall cognitive abilities.

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