Thu, Sep 20th, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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AIGA MN’s Digital Committee’s mission is to engage the tech community – Designers, UXers, Developers, and beyond – in impactful conversations around the design space and create a collaborative learning community. This panel focuses on the process of integrating UX and Engineering systems to improve communication across teams within an organization. The event is tailored towards individuals working with creative and technical teams interested in learning ways to improve communication. However, anyone is welcome to join.
Our panel includes a mix of developers and UXers with extensive industry knowledge. View their bios below:
McLean Donnelly is the founding partner of The Makery, a UX/UI firm located in Minneapolis. Previously, McLean was the Vice President of Product Design for Shutterstock. Prior to that, he worked as a design leader for Expedia and Target. He earned a Masters of Business Administration from the Opus School of Business and a Bachelors of Arts from Gettysburg College.
Patrick Fuentes has been doing Android engineering since 2012, and he loves it. He is currently a mobile engineer at Foodsby, an office lunch delivery service. When he’s not making software, you can find him helping organize for Google Developer Group Twin Cities, riding his bike, and taking tasty food photos.
Dev Jana is a lifelong technologist, developer, and musician. One of the Directors of Instruction for the Full Stack Development program at Prime, he has a Bachelor’s in Computers and an MFA in 3D Animation and Special Effects. Dev is additionally half of the Minneapolis based game development outfit DevNAri LLC which is releasing it’s first game “Newt One” on XBox One, Mac, & PC later this year.
We look forward to seeing you there!
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He started his own design studio, Oryx & Moth, doing branding, art direction and design for clients big and small. Meanwhile he was the chair of the Solopreneurs Committee for AIGA MN (2022-2023) and served on the Design Student & Alumni Board at the University of Minnesota (2010-2013). Prior to that he worked at TSG, a design agency in Robbinsdale, for clients including: Target, HealthPartners and Crate & Barrel. He's also had a short stint designing for financial institutions (PNC Bank, Citibank and BBVA Compass). He started out designing and art directing photo shoots for multiple national salon chains throughout the US and Canada. And has had mediocre hairstyles since.
His interests vary widely with the season but he always willing to chat about DIY projects, soccer, LEGO, minimalism, FIRE, AI, technology, saunas, traveling, camping, parenting, etc.