{"id":4337,"date":"2021-03-16T15:47:52","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T15:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uxdesigninstitute.com\/blog\/?p=4337"},"modified":"2024-01-16T14:55:53","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T14:55:53","slug":"irish-ux-design-leaders-you-should-be-following","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uxdesigninstitute.com\/blog\/irish-ux-design-leaders-you-should-be-following\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish UX design leaders you should be following"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ireland is one of the biggest tech hubs in Europe with companies like Google, Facebook and Apple all headquartered here. And there&#8217;s a lot of homegrown talent too.<\/p>\n<p>Here are 8 Irish UX design leaders to add to your network.<\/p>\n<section id=\"promotion\" class=\"promotion-content-raw inlinepromo inlinepromo_professional-diploma-in-ux-designp-1 my-4\" style=\"\">\n\t<div class=\"w-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row align-items-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12 promotion-info\">\n                <a class=\"link-content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uxdesigninstitute.com\/courses\/ux-design?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=blog_panel_pdux&amp;utm_campaign=blog_promo\" style=\"\">\n                    <p>[GET CERTIFIED IN UX]<\/p>\n                    <span>Take our Professional Diploma in UX Design course<\/span>\n                <\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<h2>1. Des Traynor<\/h2>\n<p>Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Intercom, Des Traynor\u00a0is one of the most renowned\u00a0 product professionals in the industry. He&#8217;s an in-demand speaker at conferences worldwide and you&#8217;ll also find him on the Intercom on Product podcast.\u00a0Prior to Intercom he co-founded Exceptional and worked in UX design.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7y4va7Z7upw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/destraynor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@destraynor<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/6d9s4PBzvdESARqUadlCpo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Intercom on Product<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>2. Lara Hanlon <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Lara Hanlon\u00a0is currently a Brand Experience Designer at IBM Research. She has delivered talks at TEDx and Why Design and is a contributing writer at 100 Archive, a platform for the Irish design community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lara_hanlon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@lara_hanlon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/82OVNjpbid8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=82OVNjpbid8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Food to Feed the World<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>3. Brian Herron<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Brian Herron\u00a0is the Principal Designer and Director at Each&amp;Other. He shares his wisdom on the Conversations with Each&amp;Othe\u202ar podcast\u202c and is a member of the Design Enterprise Skillnet steering group. He&#8217;s also a member of the UX Design Institute&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uxdesigninstitute.com\/blog\/industry-advisory-council\/\">Industry Advisory Council<\/a> helping shape the course content for specialist courses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brianherron\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@brianherron<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/339851394&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-965468369\/ep18-discovering-what-matters-most-with-user-interviews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Discovering What Matters Most with User Interviews\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>4. Kathryn Parkes<\/h2>\n<p>Originally from an engineering background, Kathryn has over 20 years experience in designing, developing and delivering user-centred experiences. She is currently Senior UX Researcher at Cisco, where she leads both qualitative and quantitative research studies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kathrynparkes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@kathrynparkes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4ZBvtvkyxks\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4ZBvtvkyxks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Interview with Kathryn Parkes<\/a><\/p>\n<section id=\"promotion\" class=\"promotion-content-raw inlinepromo inlinepromo_professional-diploma-in-ux-designp-1 my-4\" style=\"\">\n\t<div class=\"w-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row align-items-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12 promotion-info\">\n                <a class=\"link-content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uxdesigninstitute.com\/courses\/ux-design?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=blog_panel_pdux&amp;utm_campaign=blog_promo\" style=\"\">\n                    <p>[GET CERTIFIED IN UX]<\/p>\n                    <span>Take our Professional Diploma in UX Design course<\/span>\n                <\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<h2>5. Catherine Madden<\/h2>\n<p>Catherine Madden is Co-founder and Director of UXDX conference, an event which<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>brings together product, design and development professionals to discuss industry issues. It may have begun in Ireland but UXDX is now a global operation with events across North America, Europe and Asia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/catherinemadde\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@catherinemadde<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">So excited to have the lovely <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SitniSitni?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@SitniSitni<\/a> coming to Dublin for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/uxdxconf?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@uxdxconf<\/a> talking about product and team prioritisation. Loved meeting you in Stockholm and I am excited for others to learn from the successes of your work at@iZettle <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zTceBBy2QH\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/zTceBBy2QH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Catherine Madden (@catherinemadde) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/catherinemadde\/status\/1022405364040560640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 26, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><b>6. Donal O&#8217;Mahony<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Donal O&#8217;Mahony\u00a0is the Global Head of UX and Product Design at Verizon Connect. He&#8217;s also a lecturer in UX at Trinity College, Dublin and regular industry speaker at events such as Google I\/O and UXDX.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonalOMahony\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@DonalOMahony<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xqa7CRqYRa8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Xqa7CRqYRa8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Highs and Lows of Building a 30-person lean UX team in 1 year<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>7. Kim Mackenzie-Doyle<\/h2>\n<p>Founder of the Big Idea and WhyDesign,\u00a0<strong>Kim Mackenzie-Doyle <\/strong>is a true advocate for greater diversity and social responsibility in design. She&#8217;s also founder of Mind Over Matter, an initiative that aims to create awareness of mental health issues in the Irish creative community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KimMacDoy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@KimMacDoy<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CL9FC0Gn2nY\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CL9FC0Gn2nY\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by The B!G Idea (@the_big_idea_irl)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.100archive.com\/articles\/viewpoints-kim-mackenzie-doyle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Viewpoints<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>8. Tom Cunningham<\/h2>\n<p>Tom Cunningham is a Senior Product Designer at Workday. Before joining his current team he worked with global brands like Vodafone, Goodyear and Zurich International. 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