MEET OUR Speakers
Big ideas. Bold voices. Here’s who we brought to the Throughline 2026 stage.
Co-founder, Mule Design Studio
The business model is the grid
Content and inclusive design leader
Chatty G could never lead like you
Public sector design leader, assistant professor
Design as repair
Principal experience designer, Justworks
Your process is a product, and the users are your colleagues
Senior product designer, Intercom, and founder, Aivie
Staying human, strategic, and sane in the AI goldrush
Design leader, educator, and advocate for ethical technology
Finding your way back: Staying human when design stops making sense
Staff product designer
Staff designer: Grow, influence, and lead as an individual contributor
Staff content designer, Lyft
Good Job: Making hiring and getting hired suck a lot less
Designer and ex-design recruiter
Hang’s talk: OnlyFAANGs: An experiment in the new design job market
Design and experience leader
The inner design work: Confronting and overcoming stress and uncertainty
Design leader (Canada)
How to say the thing (even when it feels risky)
Designer, storyteller, dreamer (freelance)
DesignShifts: A better future for and through design
Principal product designer, Medium
Player-coaching: Not a thing, but here to stay
workshop facilitators
Director of coaching programs, Active Voice
The ADHD-friendly design org
Making workplace shifts that are a win-win for everyone
Career coach and strategist for UX professionals
Find your career throughline
Position yourself with purpose and confidence
