Canada

UX Design

UI/ Visual Design

Motion Design

Product Design

Interaction Design

UX Testing

UX Research

Design Systems

AI Design

Simon Fraser University

Sepideh Hashtroodi 

Principal UX Designer

Portfolio

Resume

Usability Testing

Public Speaking

Product strategy

Communication

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Time management

Critical-thinking

Empathy

Team player

Organisation skills

Presentation skills

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Negotiation

Analytical skills

Accessibility

Data visualisation

Design systems

User research

Product roadmap

Salesforce

Tableau

Adobe Illustrator

Figma

HTML

Adobe Creative Suite

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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

Understanding factors that lead to a motivated team - recognition, communication and more.

Keeping team members motivated

Understand the process of training, motivating and directing your team members.

Managing people

How to create a positive workplace culture that drives collaboration and productivity?

Fostering a good team culture

Steps to building and maintaining a strong, cohesive and effective team.

Building an effective team

Decision making as a software engineer or lead - how to become better at making the right choices

Making better tech choices

Tips for transitioning into a new role or company.

Changing roles

How to successfully prepare and position yourself for a job promotion?

How to get promoted

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

Design career path

Learn the career path and progression for product managers.

Product management career path

Best practices for running productive design critiques.

Running effective design critiques

Methods of prototyping and solution validation. When to use which kind of prototype (eg. Webflow, Notion, etc)

Prototyping methods and tips

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

Managing being the only designer at your company and working with non-designers.

Being the only designer

Ways and resources to improve your design skills.

Improving design skills

How to set up product analytics and metrics to track success?

Leveraging Product Analytics

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

Creating a product vision

At Salesforce, I’ve played a key role in shaping the next generation of analytics by leading the UX vision for Tableau Next’s agentic and business-user experiences. As Principal UX Designer, I’ve driven end-to-end design for core products such as Inspector, Concierge, and metrics, unifying insights, conversational analytics, and proactive intelligence across Slack, Teams, Lightning, and Tableau surfaces.

Sepideh Hashtroodi 🇨🇦

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