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The Way of Product with Caden Damiano84 - "How to reinvent yourself into a leader“ Pek Pongpaet, CEO of ImpekableIn this episode, I talk to Pek Pongpaet, CEO of the almost decade-old agency Impekable, about the lessons he has had to learn to grow his agency by not designing. This is a great episode for designers who want to grow into business operators.Connect with Pek: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pekpongpaet/Careers at Impekable: https://www.impekable.com/Listen to Pek's Podcast If you get any value out of this show, or if it has helped you in any way, please subscribe to “Thi...2022-05-021h 03
What is UX?S5E10 An Interview with Marissa Louie, Sr. Director of Design at Pandora and SiriusXMMarissa Louie is the Director of UX Design at SiriusXM Pandora, she leads a design organization that thoughtfully creates experiences for 100m+ users.She also serves as the Chairwoman of Animoodles, and runs Designers Club and Designers Guild. Previously, she was a design leader at Apple, Expedia, Ness, and Yahoo.It brings her joy to design delightful products, drive innovative visions with billion dollar results, and help others achieve their full creative potential.In this episode, we talked about:2022-04-2042 min
What is UX?S5E8 An Interview with Sarah Higgins, Experience Designer at PatagoniaSarah is currently the Experience Designer at Patagonia. She also worked with Google, Pinterest and Nike, leading strategy and UX in a highly collaborative work environment. Mentored junior staff. Participated in the hiring process, project casting and scoping.She makes experiences by orchestrating cross-disciplinary teams of designers, writers, developers and content creators. Her passion and curiosity about people and how we interact with the world around us drive her to continuously explore and learn.In this episode, we talked about:2022-03-3039 min
What is UX?S5E7 An Interview with Katie Swindler, Innovation Design Strategist at AllState, authorKatie Swindler is a human-centered design strategist with 15 years of experience. Originally educated as a theatre director, her creative approach combines storytelling and technology, emotion and utility to enable brands to connect deeply with consumers and fulfill real human needs.Author of the book Life & Death Design, published by Rosenfeld Media in January 2022, which looks at what life-saving technology can teach us about designing for the human stress response. She’s an experienced presenter who has spoken on UX topics internationally at industry events such as SXSW Interactive, IXDA, 4A’s and...2022-03-1633 min
What is UX?S5E6 An Interview with Nicole Torgersen, Vice President of Design at DialpadNicole Torgersen is Vice President of Design at Dialpad. She’s been working in digital design since the late '90s working with a range of industries including cloud collab and storage at Dropbox, retail at Gap, and recruiting at Monster Worldwide. A Design craftsperson by trade, Nicole has been a leader most of her career, building teams by way of leveraging empathy and vulnerability in the balance to find business impact while mentoring individuals.In this episode, we talked about:Nicole’s role in Dial...2022-03-0942 min
What is UX?S5E5 An Interview with Ryan Tauss, Ex-Associate Director of Product Design at Tide CleanersRyan Tauss is the leading product design for Tide Cleaners. The past almost 4 years, along with a talented crew have greenfield an entire suite of applications that help run operations, customer service, and improve the guest experience making laundry as convenient as just using your thumb. Before that, he worked at America's largest church, Life.Church. It was at this time in his career he made a switch from graphic design to product design. He went from art directing and brand creation to contributing to just about every digital space of Life.Church. He understands agency life and...2022-02-2337 min
What is UX?S5E4 How Google Designs for the Next Billion Users with Sumier PhalakeSumier Phalake is Head of Design, Next Billion Users at Google, which focuses on products that bring connectivity to users in emerging markets. He has over 15 years of experience across both consumer and enterprise products.Episode highlights:What is “Next Billion Users” (Google) and how it benefits people?Files by Google - file management that helps mobile freeing up spaceFiles by Google success and its million users around the worldSumier cited more of their prod...2022-02-1640 min
What is UX?S5E3 An Interview with Tessa Rodes, Senior Design Manager at IBMTessa Rodes joined the very first cohort of IBM Design Bootcamp in 2013, and since then has seen the design organization and company grow and evolve into a truly design-led system. She has reviewed 100s of portfolio applications in the 8.5 years of IBM Design, and has strong opinions about both what makes a great portfolio and what NOT to bother with. She launched the initial version of the product IBM Cloud and has worked to ensure quality, consistency and differentiating features ever since.In this episode, we talked about:2022-02-0938 min
What is UX?S5E2 An Interview with Ryan Hudson-Peralta, Staff Product Designer at RocketMortgageRyan has spoken all over the world at schools, and organizations sharing his story and inspiring others to live their dreams. Ryan is a father, husband, mentor, motivational speaker, and designer.His current role, leading product design at Rocket Homes. He is an experienced User Interface Designer with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. Skilled in App Design, User Experience (UX), E-commerce, and Leadership.In this episode, we talked about:Motivational...2022-02-0235 min
What is UX?S5E1 An Interview with Jared SpoolJared Spool is the founding principal of User Interface Engineering (UIE), a research, training, and consulting firm that specializes in website and product usability, He is also the Maker of Awesomeness at @CenterCentre/@UIE. Helping designers everywhere help their organizations deliver well-designed products and services. In this episode, we talked about:How did Jared started his business Center Centre-UIEMore about running a successful 30 year old companyJared’s early design research workHow experienced designers can still make bad designs and design decisionsWhy large organizations can have bad designWhy design so important?And...2022-01-2646 min
What is UX?S4E10 An Interview with Michaela Mucha, Creative Advertising Manager at The Walt Disney StudiosMichaela Mucha is an award-winning designer, art director, & matcha-drinker currently making fun things (virtually!) at The Walt Disney Studios. Michaela is a first generation Mexican–Filipina–American with over a decade of experience in graphic design. She is a design nerd at heart, and is currently at The Walt Disney Studios where she delivers best-in-class advertising campaigns for theatrical record-breaking box office hits and Disney+ streaming movies and series from Pixar, Disney, and 20th Century Studios. She is a member of the original team that launched Disney+ in 2019.Her clients and coll...2022-01-1940 min
What is UX?S4E9 An Interview with John Yesko, Senior Director, Head of User Experience & Service Design At WalgreensJohn Yesko is a veteran experience design, creative, and digital business leader; now Head of User Experience and Service Design at Walgreens. Responsible for the digital experience on Walgreens websites, consumer mobile apps, and in-store retail interfaces - as well as team member-facing digital. He also leads the Omni-Channel Service Design practice, with the mission of improving customer and employee experience across their ~9500 stores.John's specialties include Information architecture, user experience design, service design, usability testing/user research, website design, interaction design, and creative direction.In this episode, we talked...2022-01-1246 min
UI Breakfast: UI/UX Design and Product StrategyEpisode 230: Design Systems for SaaS with Pek PongpaetHow can design systems help us build products more efficiently? Our guest today is Pek Pongpaet, founder of Impekable, an award-winning agency. You'll learn the importance of design systems, why documentation for these systems is important, how to organize design components, and more.Download the MP3 audio file: right-click here and choose Save As.Podcast feed: subscribe to https://feeds.simplecast.com/4MvgQ73R in your favorite podcast app, and follow us on iTunes, Stitcher, or Google Podcasts.Show NotesImpekable — Pek’s agencyApple HIC, Google Material Design, Tailwind — popular design systemsEpisode 103: UX Per...2022-01-0747 min
Founders with PekS3E8 An interview with Matthew Stephens, Cofounder of DeviantArtMatthew worked at the intersection of design and technology for over 22 years, most recently as VP of Design at The Zebra. He builds high-performing teams and designs award-winning products and brands. Beyond that, he also writes about ethics, accessibility, diversity, and education within design.
At The Zebra, he scaled a Design Org from 3 to 22 in 3 years. His teams included product and marketing design, research, and design operations. They built a suite of products that increased revenue from $1M to $100M, along with a 100% retention rate on his team.
Before The Zebra, he was the Co-Founder of DeviantArt.com, the largest...2022-01-0429 min
What is UX?S4E8 An Interview with Jesse Gaskin, HCD and Patient Experience Lead, Kaiser Permanente Northern CaliforniaJesse Gaskin serves as a Co-Program Director for the Design Leaders Council of The Conference Board. In addition to his work with The Conference Board, Jesse is a patient experience and human-centered design lead at Kaiser Permanente who specializes in using human-centered design to develop and launch new care experiences. His hybrid background in design thinking and business enables him to develop products and services that solve real customer needs while balancing organizational capabilities. He has worked with start-ups and Fortune 500 companies primarily in health care and financial services. Over the last 12 years, he has been involved in nearly...2021-12-2343 min
Founders with PekS3E8 An Interview with Jane Portman, Cofounder of UserList and Host of UIBreakfast podcastJane Portman is a UI/UX consultant specializing in web application design, founder of UI Breakfast and Userlist. At Userlist, Jane's goal is to provide flawless onboarding and engagement for SaaS companies through a simple customer messaging platform.
Jane has also been running UI Breakfast Podcast since 2014.
In this episode, we talked about:
How did Jane get into design?
Software design and Saas Products
Life as UI/UX consultant
Productized Consulting
Jane’s workflow and process in writing a book
How to network?
Podcasting to build a network
What is Userlist and what designers need to think about as entrepreneurs
An...2021-12-2052 min
What is UX?S4E7 An Interview with Jane Portman, Cofounder of UserList and Host of UIBreakfast podcastJane Portman is a UI/UX consultant specializing in web application design, founder of UI Breakfast and Userlist. At Userlist, Jane's goal is to provide flawless onboarding and engagement for SaaS companies through a simple customer messaging platform.Jane has also been running UI Breakfast Podcast since 2014.In this episode, we talked about:How did Jane get into design?Software design and Saas ProductsLife as UI/UX consultantProductized Consulting2021-12-1652 min
The Scott ShowPek Pongpaet on technology + designPek Pongpaet, founder of impekable and longtime Technori alum, joins the show with Scott Kitun. impekable provides UX design services to tech companies, including work with Adobe and Twilio among many others. Pek talks about his journey from Chicago to the Bay Area (and back again), how design has been mainstreamed into tech, comparing the talent landscapes between Chicago and Silicon Valley and how much the vibe in Chicago is changing.
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What is UX?S4E6 Interview with Ana Lara, Lead UX Designer at Cisco, Sr UX Manager at T-MobileAna Lara is an award-winning app product and strategic designer with more than ten years of experience. She has worked with different clients such as Microsoft, Coca-Cola, and Hilton. She was one of the earliest UX team members at T-Mobile, where she led and transformed one of their most important apps into an award-winning mobile experience. Later she transitioned to lead a team of strategists building omnichannel end-to-end customer journeys, seeking user-centric solutions to their pain points. Three months ago, she joined Cisco, leading a new app experience. She recently joined the ADP List community as an active...2021-12-0841 min
What is UX?S4E5 Interview with Jesse Showalter, Full-Stack Designer and Content CreatorJesse Showalter is a Fullstack Designer, Mentor, & Content Creator on a mission to help every creative make an impact on the world. Jesse has a Youtube Channel with over 200k+ subscribers and counting! The channel shares Digital Design & Web Development videos each week focusing on tools, techniques, projects, and more to help creative people make amazing things. If you're an aspiring Web Designer, UI Designer, or Front-End Developer who is interested in creating awesome things in pixels and code, make sure to subscribe for helpful training videos. In th...2021-12-0152 min
AIGA Design PodcastDesign Future Live with Pek PongpaetJoin host Lee-Sean Huang for an interview show about how the design industry is changing as a discipline and opportunities this creates for the design community. In this episode, we will be talking with Pek Pongpaet about design entrepreneurship, mentorship, and more. This episode originally aired as a livestream on November 17, 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=180uN44_vbI
Pek Pongpaet is the founder of Impekable, a digital product studio that helps enterprise and B2B SaaS companies create better products through user experience design. Impekable has designed and created products for X, Alphabet's moonshot factory, Adobe...2021-11-2632 min
What is UX?S4E4 Interview with Mike Heitzke, Lead Product Designer, CarMax Asurion on Management, Design Ops, Mental HealthMike Heitzke is a perpetual hobbyist. Competitive powerlifter, three-pedal car enthusiast, tinkerer and watch collector. He served within the logistics space at CarMax as a Lead Product Designer.In this episode, we talked about:MIke’s role at CarMaxDesign Operations and managementServing internal partners CarMaxExperience in managing designersThe first failure in leadershipMental HealthLife as a competitive powerlifterFirst design job from CraigslistLinks and Resources:https://www.designbetter.co/designops-handbookOrg Design for Design Orgs: Building and Man...2021-11-2453 min
What is UX?S4E3 An Interview with Nico Li, Senior User Experience Design Lead, Innovation and Design at Zebra TechnologiesNico Li is a UX / Product Designer who has been around for a while. Currently, he is residing with the Zebra Technologies Innovation and Design team and spending quite some time incubating new digital solutions.In this episode, we talked about:Nico Li’s role in Zebra TechnologiesWhat is Zebra Technologies and how it serves peopleHardware and software solutionsZebra Technologies’ stage gating processCompany’s general approachAlignment and design evangelismHow...2021-11-1752 min
SaaS DistrictHow Better UI/UX Design Practices Can Benefit Your SaaS with Pek Pongpaet # 150Pek Pongpaet is an award winning designer with over 16 years of industry experience. He's a Podcast host, entrepreneur, actor and the CEO and Principal UX Strategist of Impekable.Impekable is a world-class organization that develops and produces SaaS and mobile solutions, promoting digital transformation and innovation through services like Product Strategy, UI UX design, Web & Mobile application development. They have worked with worldwide brands like Adobe, Apple, Google, Intel, Nike and others.As a Motion-Capture actor, Pek is also known for his work on Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance (2002) and Mortal Kombat: Armageddon (2006).2021-11-1052 min
What is UX?S4E2 An Interview with Morten Winther, Sr Staff UX Designer at Volkswagen Group of America Innovation and Engineering CenterMorten Winther is a lead UX designer originally from Denmark but now in the Bay Area. He approaches design strategically and strives to ensure the future doesn't turn into a Sci-Fi dystopia. Morten's worked as a UX consultant and collaborated with organizations like Amazon, Absolut Vodka, and the Danish government, and he's currently shaping the future of mobility at Volkswagen Group Innovation.In this episode, we talked about:Things to consider to become a sustainable lead design companyResearch and Development designMorten’s role in VW Group Innovation Center Ca...2021-11-1043 min
Founders with PekS3E7 From $10M Landscaping business to Uber of Landscaping app with CEO Bryan ClaytonBryan Clayton is CEO and co-founder of GreenPal, an online marketplace that connects homeowners with local lawn care professionals. GreenPal has been called the “Uber for lawn care” by Entrepreneur magazine and has over 200,000 active users completing thousands of transactions per day.
Before starting GreenPal Bryan Clayton founded Peachtree Inc. one of the largest landscaping companies in the state of Tennessee growing it to over $10 million a year in annual revenue before it was acquired by Lusa holdings in 2013.
Bryan‘s interests and expertise are related to entrepreneurialism, small business growth, marketing and bootstrapping businesses from zero revenue to profitability and ex...2021-11-0146 min
What is UX?S4E1 Interview with Jamie Dihiansan, Lead Designer at BasecampJamie Dihiansan is currently a Lead Designer at Basecamp primarily focused on the Android and iOS mobile apps for Basecamp (Project Management software) and HEY (Personal and Company Email service). He's been at Basecamp for over 13 years. He has 20+ years experience designing for the Web, including 7 years at Crate and Barrel building up their Internet Graphics department--designing and producing solutions for crateandbarrel.com and cb2.com. Prior to his work at Crate and Barrel he worked at Organic, an interactive agency, where he designed and developed online solutions for industry leaders such as Target and FTD.In...2021-10-271h 14
What is UX?S3E10 Interview with Caitlin Steele, Experience Design Manager at Trello Mobile, Atlassian, Design Manager at lululemon, Designer at MasterClassCaitlin Steele is a user-centered design and engineering expert focused on design operations.As a founding team member at MasterClass, she helped take the startup from an idea through Series C on the way to being a multi-billion-dollar company. Currently, she enables design and engineering teams to deliver exceptional native mobile experiences for Trello.In this episode, we talked about:How Caitlin got into designWhy did she choose UX in particular?Helping people with mobilityEarly days at MasterClassCaitlin cites some of the cool design insights she had at...2021-10-2050 min
Founders with PekS3E6 An interview with Llama Life solopreneur Marie NgMarie is the developer and designer of Llama Life, a tool that helps you work THROUGH to-do lists, not just make them. She's a 4th time founder (sold 2 companies) and previously designed an app that was featured by Apple and ranked in the Top 10 Productivity apps. Currently based in Melbourne, Australia, but spent 12yrs living in London and New York where she got her foundation in the Branding and Advertising world.
Marie shares her journey of starting up Llama Life helping thousands of people around the world be more productive and what it differs from other productivity apps. Co-founded an...2021-10-1942 min
What is UX?S3E9 An Interview with Design Strategist, Harsh Wardhan, D-Ford and GoogleHarsh Wardhan is a design thinking thought leader, who uses his human-centered design skills and his design strategy expertise to help companies build future strategies rooted in deep human insights that deliver business value. In his ten years of practice in the design industry, he has collaborated with organizations across different sectors like automotive, healthcare, hospitality, fin-tech, and architecture.In this episode, we talked about:How did Harsh get into designHarsh cites some of his first projectsArchitecture to software design work to being a design strategistLearnings from starting own...2021-09-2944 min
What is UX?S3E8 An Interview with Shay Howe, Senior Vice President of Platform Strategy, ActiveCampaignShay Howe is the Vice President of Platform Strategy at ActiveCampaign, where he leads platform experience and ecosystem, strategic partnerships, and product, front-end, and communication design. He works to make the customer a hero, helping them create ideal customer experiences through intuitive products, marketing, and integrations.Prior to ActiveCampaign, Shay was Vice President of Product at Belly and Yello, where he was responsible for product strategy and design. He has previously led product teams at multiple high-growth companies, including Groupon. He has held in-residence roles as an advisor with the Techstars, Lightbank, and Prota...2021-09-2243 min
What is UX?S3E7 An Interview with Kevin Hsieh on automotive UI/UX at Tesla, Lucid Motors, and Faraday FutureKevin Hsieh is a product design leader with 15+ years of experience under my belt. I have shipped countless products at companies both large and small. He has 5 patents and enjoys complex problem solving, collaboration, and creative thinking to take projects from concept to completion. Creating stunning and innovative designs, that are user-centric is his passion.He is currently the Director Of Product Design at Sonder.In this episode, we talked about:How did Kevin get into design?How did he get his first job?His first digital agencyKevin...2021-09-1541 min
What is UX?S3E6 Designing for Health-tech, an interview with Director of Product Design at Teladoc, Jen ByynyJen Byyny is a leader in tech/product design with over 17 years of experience. She has over 7 years of design leadership experience and 10+ years of hands-on professional design experience focused on software/Saas, analytics and media experiences for business and consumer audiences with strong management experience, design-thinking methodologies, design system knowledge, user research and product insights, plus a love for innovation through storytelling and design. She had led teams focused on product design, branding, AI, data analytics, fin-tech, health-tech, media and enterprise tools across multiple platforms.In this episode, we talked about:2021-09-0136 min
Founders with PekS3E5 An interview with CEO of Wonderschool, Chris BennetWonderschool CEO and co-founder Chris Bennett saw too many parents who were anxious and scared about finding child care, as well as educators who couldn’t afford care for their own children while they were at work. He knew that there had to be a better way to address this issue for families and teachers alike.
Chris’s appreciation for education goes back to his parents, Honduran immigrants who did whatever they could to ensure that he had access to an excellent education—from sending him to a quality preschool to supporting him through his graduation from the University of Pennsylv...2021-08-3027 min
Founders with PekS3E4 Founding Gigster and Made Renovation, an Interview with Roger DickeyRoger Dickey is the Co-Founder of MADE. Roger is a serial entrepreneur & active angel investor based in San Francisco. Roger's first company was an AirBnB for tutoring started in Austin in 2006.He entered the games industry in 2007 with a Facebook app startup, launching 19 apps with the largest generating 300M+ page views per month. After an acquisition by Zynga, Roger went on to found Mafia Wars (100M users), FishVille (35M users), and 5 other titles in his 3 years there. Roger served as an international product team advisor for Zynga helping the company grow its games in India, Japan, and China. Since leaving...2021-08-2336 min
Founders with PekS3E3 A look inside a P/E firm, an interview with Akeel Jabber, Investment Director at Horizen CapitalAkeel Jabber is the Investment Director and GP of Horizen Capital, an Engineer who was previously a partner and operations director at Wired investors, a micro private equity firm focused on digital asset acquisitions and has been involved in over 15 company acquisitions. Expert in growth marketing strategy and business operations.2021-08-1636 min
What is UX?S3E5 Designing for Financial Services and the Aerospace Industry. An Interview with Brittany SchlenkBrittany Schlenk is currently the Assistant Director of Design & UX at The Hartford. In her current role, she helps oversee and manage the Middle & Large Commercial portfolio. She works heavily in the business-to-business space and focuses primarily on underwriters, agents, and account managers as her main users. Prior to joining The Hartford, she used to work in the aerospace industry at Collins Aerospace and Raytheon Technologies. In addition to her career, she had received her Master of Communications in Interaction Design at Quinnipiac University and her Bachelor of Business Administration in Management Information Systems, minor in Information Security.2021-08-1145 min
Founders with PekS3E1 Bootstrapping Microacquire to $600K ARR as a solo founder with Andrew GazdeckiAndrew Gazdecki is the Founder of MicroAcquire. Former CEO & Founder of Bizness Apps and Altcoin (both acquired). He likes to build stuff, mostly companies, and in this episode, he tries to tell a story that goes beyond what the company does to how it’s changing markets.
Andrew has been featured in NYT, Forbes, WSJ, Inc.com, and Entrepreneur Magazine, as well as prominent industry blogs such as Mashable, TechCrunch, and VentureBeat.2021-08-0940 min
What is UX?S3E4 Teaching over 200,000 UX Students. An interview with UX consultant and coach Joe NatoliJoe Natoli is a UX consultant, author and speaker. Everything he does is born from three decades of consulting with and training the product development teams of some of the world’s largest organizations. He has taught over 200,000 students through his online courses and is a regular keynote speaker and lecturer at events across the globe. He recently launched a new online school, the UX 365 Academy, where he publishes online courses, training videos, ebooks and more every month, at learn.givegoodux.com.In this episode, we talked about:Joe’s impressive back...2021-08-0443 min
Founders with PekS2E10 Interview with Capri Wheaton, Cofounder of Thryft, a YC CompanyCapri Wheaton is an avid thrifter and fashion fanatic, she is currently the CEO and Co-Founder at Thryft. She briefly studied political science and philosophy as a Freshman at UC Berkeley before dropping out to co-found Thryft with Sam Yang.
Thryft is Shopify for Instagram sellers, they turn Instagram feed into a website in 1 click. It helps Instagram sellers collect payments securely across drops, live streams & more, purchase shipping labels at the lowest rates, automatically send buyers tracking and manage all their orders and metrics in one place.2021-08-0223 min
What is UX?S3E3 From Redbox, to SteelSeries, Weta, to starting her own company, an interview with Reina O'MearaReina O’Meara is an award-winning UX/Graphic Designer who has helped define brands for both Fortune 500 companies and small startups. She has worked for companies such as Weta Workshop, Redbox, and Steelseries. She is currently the Brand Director of Comfort Eats.In this episode, we talked about:Reina’s role in Comfort EatsHer accomplishments in Redbox and show she got started in the companyAll about Redbox and her designing ticketing kiosk projectAwarded a design patentUnderstanding user-testingBeing a UX Design Manager at SteelSeriesHer career in Impekable and projects like...2021-07-2840 min
Founders with PekS2E9 An interview w/ GP at Better Tomorrow Ventures, seed-stage fintech fund, Sheel MohnotSheel Mohnot is a Co-founder of Better Tomorrow Ventures - a $75 million seed-stage five-focused venture capital firm investing in exceptional founders building transformative FinTech companies globally.
He helps design, build, and improve human ecosystems through technology and disrupt financial institutions to enable them to act more efficiently.
Sheel has been exclusively investing in fintech companies for the past 6 years and has 2 successful FinTech companies. Sheel also co-founded the podcast "The Pitch,"- which has 100k weekly listeners, and a food company called Thistle.2021-07-2634 min
What is UX?S3E2 An interview with Felix Lee, Co-founder of ADPList, a global design mentorship platformFelix Lee is a designer and tech entrepreneur based in Singapore. He is the Co-Founder of ADPList, one of the world’s largest mentoring platforms for designers. He had previously founded Packdat, which was acquired in 2018; led design at Gotrade (YC S19) and was the Head of Product & Design at Passpod Indonesia ($YELO). Felix previously notably consulted for Eatsy.co, Capture App, Knowledgehook, and several global startups. He's known for his thoughts and works in product design & startups; he is an active invited speaker and writer on online platforms. Featured on TechInAsia, StraitsTimes, TODAY, VulcanPost, and more.Ep...2021-07-2136 min
Founders with PekS2E8 Interview with App Store Optimization expert, Steve YoungSteve P. Young is the Founder of AppMasters, a mobile growth hacking agency that helps companies increase downloads, monetize and skyrocket retentions.
He started making apps in 2011 and hit Top 8 under educational games. In 2013, Steve started a podcast to interview successful app creators such as Shazam, Tapbots, and more.
Today, Steve has served over 3000 apps with clients, including GoPro, Red Bull, McAfee, Nextdoor, and several more. His unique approach to app marketing has also allowed his clients to become the #1 trending keyword in the App Store, hitting the top charts in their categories.2021-07-1941 min
What is UX?S3E1 Designing for Emotions with Proxyclick Product Designer, Eirini KastiEirini Kasti is a User Experience Expert focused on design for emotions. She has created experiences for the airline, financial, education, energy or transportation industries, from the biggest European companies like KLM or ING Bank to pioneering start-ups and scale-ups. Currently, she is a Senior Product Designer at Proxyclick, a European scale-up in the facility management sector. Besides design, she is passionate about physical and mental health, self-improvement and connection with nature. That’s why she started Shaking Olives, a side project to help people have a healthy mind in a healthy body. She doe...2021-07-1436 min
Founders with PekS2E7 He sold his startup and bought it back for $1. An interview with Elastic Digital CEO, Cameron AveryCameron Avery is an experienced CEO with global channel management experience and extensive industry expertise in B2B IT software and services. Born and raised in Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia.
Cameron currently leads Elastic Digital, a well-recognized creative agency for channel marketing and management for big tech companies. Elastic Digital aim is to gain a competitive advantage to help solve their most complex challenges.2021-07-1223 min
Social ConfoesSocial Confoes 026 - Mortal Kombat, Good UX Design and Working Remotely w/ Pek PongpaetThis Tuesday on #SocialConfoes we will be joined by Pek Pongpaet. He's the CEO and Chief UX Strategist at Impekable, a world-class agency that designs and engineers SaaS and mobile applications. Additionally, if you are a fan of Mortal Kombat, you don't want to miss it.Learn more about Impekable on their website. Listen and subscribe to to his podcast "What is UX?" and "Founders with Pek"Episode Overview0:00 - Intro2:15 - A Mortal Kombat Story8:41: - Naming Impekable15:38 - Moving to the US and starting a career in UX and UI25:26 - Quickfire...2021-07-101h 09
Social ConfoesSocial Confoes 026 - Mortal Kombat, Good UX Design and Working Remotely w/ Pek PongpaetThis Tuesday on #SocialConfoes we will be joined by Pek Pongpaet. He's the CEO and Chief UX Strategist at Impekable, a world-class agency that designs and engineers SaaS and mobile applications. Additionally, if you are a fan of Mortal Kombat, you don't want to miss it.Learn more about Impekable on their website. Listen and subscribe to to his podcast "What is UX?" and "Founders with Pek"Episode Overview0:00 - Intro2:15 - A Mortal Kombat Story8:41: - Naming Impekable15:38 - Moving to the US and starting a career in UX and UI25:26 - Quickfire...2021-07-101h 09
What is UX?S2E10 Interview with User Defenders Podcast Host and Early Myspace designer, Jason OgleJason Ogle has been designing for Tim Berners-Lee’s “World Wide Web” via CRT monitors, 2400bps modems, and 216 colors since 1996. He is also a highly innovative and strategic design leader who is passionate about the user defender.He is an influential podcaster who uses the enchanting magic of audio to inspire and equip an audience of hungry and ambitious designers. His podcast “The User Defender Podcast” is an avenue to inspire, enlighten and entertain people passionate about making a difference in their work. While staying hungry and inspired in UX design. In this episode, we...2021-07-0756 min
Founders with PekS2E6 An interview with Yelp's top Salesperson, Closedwon CEO and Founder Zen LenonZen Lennon is the founder at ClosedWon, a sales meeting automation platform that books meetings for sales, development representatives, or salespeople. She was raised in Hawaii and moved to San Francisco to study at the University of San Francisco.
In 2007, Zen was recruited by Yelp and became the best salesperson, closing over a million dollars in sales. Today, Zen delivers verified leads that convert to warm conversations via email, Linkedin, and Twitter engagements with her product, ClosedWon- the fastest sales meeting platform in 2021. She also has a YouTube channel called “The ClosedWon Sales Show By Zen Lenon.”2021-07-0525 min
What is UX?S2E9 Yelp's First Designer, an Interview with Michael ErnstMichael Ernst is a multidisciplinary designer and cross-functional manager who works with executive teams to drive customer loyalty in business and convert them to results. He has 20 years of experience as a product designer, creative director, brand designer, and illustrator for various companies in the tech industry.He started his journey with Yelp in 2004. He became the lead designer and designed Yelp’s overall brand identity. In 2009, Michael led the UX design on a product that grew from an unknown site to 20 million page views and 6 million reviews. In 2012, he rejoined Yelp as a product designer. In ad...2021-06-3039 min
Founders with PekS2E5 Building a profitable podcast hosting startup with just 2 founders. An interview with Justin JacksonJustin Jackson is the co-founder of podcast hosting company, Transistor.FM. Justin writes and podcasts about bootstrapping, product marketing, mindful technology, podcasting and learning to code. With such a diverse range of interests, he had lots of info to share about entrepreneurship on this episode of the podcast.2021-06-281h 08
What is UX?S2E8 An interview with Koji Pereira, Head of Design, Lyft Business and Head of Design at Google Curator TeamKoji Pereira is the Head of Design for Lyft Business. He creates products for organizations, companies, healthcare systems for employees, collaborators to get rides for their employees.Koji grew up in a poor family of five siblings, one mother, and had no father figure. He was the first among all of his siblings to go to have studied for college. For a college program, Koji took up Fine Arts, which soon led him to Graphic Design. Since then, he has worked in Google and led Design for Files by Google from 0 to 1/2 billion MAU, and l...2021-06-2338 min
Founders with PekS2E4 Sustainable Made-to-Order Fashion Marketplace An Interview with Balodana CEO Dana ToddDana Todd is an internet pioneer and has been in roles such as the co-founder of a top digital marketing agency, founding board member of a global search marketing trade organization, patent holder and now the founder and CEO of a marketplace platform for disrupting the global garment supply chain, Balodana.
Balodana is the first and only marketplace made exclusively by women to measure fashions from around the world.2021-06-2131 min
What is UX?S2E7 Getting Paid to Be a Streaming Creative Designer. An interview with Adobe XD Evangelist Howard PinskyHoward Pinksy is the Senior XD Evangelist at Adobe and creates educational videos for Adobe. He shares UI/UX knowledge and experiences with the design community through video, live streams, at creative events, focusing on the process Adobe XD application. His journey first started in 2006, when YouTube was just a new website. Howard first started posting Photoshop videos, and immediately, his videos took off, became a YouTube partner, and his hobby became a career.Today, Howard has a Youtube channel of 466K subscribers. He regularly creates videos of his loyal designer community. ...2021-06-1545 min
Founders with PekS2E3 Raising $7M for a local neighborhood workspaces. An Interview with CEO Christelle RohautIn this episode Pek chats to Christelle Rohaut who is the Codi CEO and co-founder. Codi is a home office-sharing company that lets users lend rooms in their homes for others to work from. They discuss how the pandemic interrupted the business, as well as how it has now launched in San Francisco and is planning on launching in more cities soon.2021-06-1432 min
What is UX?S2E6 An interview with James Helms, VP of Design and Product, Intuit PlatformJames Helms is the Vice President of design a product at Intuit. A global technology platform that helps the customers and communities we serve overcome their financial challenges.He is a graduate of the Visual Communications program at the University of Delaware. Today, James has been with Intuit for 7 years now. Performing and delivering strategic Identity and Financial data experiences for Quickbooks, Turbo Tax, and Mint.He’s passionate about creating and improving design teams, coaching design leaders, and mentoring early career designers to use their design skills to shape their careers. James has worked wi...2021-06-0852 min
Founders with PekS2E2 Growing a website to 10M users through content marketing with Ian CohenIan Cohen’s specialty is privacy and FinTech. He is the CEO of Lokker and a leader in financial technology businesses. He serves on the board and is an advisor to multiple FinTech companies. Prior to Lokker, Ian was the General Manager and Chief Product Officer at Experian Consumer Services, as well as the Chief Executive Officer at Credit.com.2021-06-0741 min
Founders with PekS2E1 YC backed Daily Planner SaaS with thousands of customers. An interview with founder Ashutosh PriyadarshyAshutosh Priyadarshy is the CEO, Co-Founder of YC Company, and the app called "Sunsama"- an invite-only daily task planner for elite professionals.
Going back to his background, Ashutosh was born in India. His parents then brought him to Pennsylvania, USA, where he spent most of his childhood. For college, Ashutosh studied at the University of Virginia. After 10 days of graduation, he began working at a start-up called LumoBack.
Ashutosh found inspiration and started working on his own product for 6 years, constantly failing, launching, and working.
Today, his product, Sunsama has over 1000 founders and executives with almost $3 million worth of...2021-06-0338 min
What is UX?S2E5 Designing Game Interfaces and Applications in Webflow, an Interview with Webflow wizard (Sako) Sarkis BuniatyanSarkis Buniatyan is the founder of Meraki Ventures, Mirai Biotechnology, and more. He is an entrepreneur by day and a product designer by night.Sarkis creates hyper-realistic prototypes, develops MVPs, turns them into successful products, and teaches makers how to launch their vision. He invests in the 1% of ideas that can challenge the status quo through Meraki Ventures and restores Earth’s natural balance through Mirai Biotechnology by developing hyprobiotics that transform the way food is manufactured and consumed.Another is Meraki Ventures which values vision. In Meraki ventures, your world is a canvas to in...2021-06-0243 min
Founders with PekS1E10 From Food Stamps to $30M in revenue. Interview with Adhere founder and President Ruben ResendezReuben Resendez is the President of Ad Here. He is a Silicon Valley professional who focuses on building systems and introducing cutting-edge marketing initiatives to increase enrollments in the education space.
His journey was not always all sunshine and rainbows. Reuben’s story is a true story of troubles, survival, and perseverance. He came to a point where he only had $500 in his pocket and was at his lowest living off food stamps, had mortgage problems, and a newborn child coming into his life. Reuben turned his life to a total 360 when he realized that he did not want his ch...2021-05-3142 min
What is UX?S2E4 Design Partner at a VC firm, an interview with JJ Moi at Prime Movers LabJJ Moi has been raised most of his life in Thailand and did his undergrad in industrial design there, majored in furniture design. Then back to San Francisco to do his masters in data visualization and worked as a UX designer for the past decade, mostly in startups, but also had a fair share in the public sector.Currently, he is working as VC design partner at Prime Movers Lab investing and working with startups that create breakthroughs in science that impact billions of lives such as in the areas of space transportation and autonomous vehicles, solar...2021-05-2642 min
Founders with PekS1E9 $1.5M in transactions through BillFlow. An interview with CEO Shar DarafshehShar Darafsheh is the Co-Founder of Bill Flow, a billing page company that helps SaaS businesses architect and implement self-service billings.
He started his journey in 2003 when he first moved to the United States. As a young man, he fell in love with programming and had a concept of building and monetizing softwares. In 2005, Shar sparked an interest in online payments, and in 2017, he saw the opportunity to create a subscription billing platform.
In September of 2019, Shar finally made his dreams come true and launched Bill Flow. Today, his company upscales and has hit over $1.5 million worth of transactions.2021-05-2438 min
Founders with PekS1E8 Building a 5M Download podcast network. An interview with Cofounder Stephanie PostlesStephanie Postles is the CEO of mission.org, a podcasting service that creates podcast shows from the top technology marketing to business podcasts. Her podcasting business tops 20 in the podcast ranking chart, has 4 million downloads annually, producing 600 episodes, and won two of Apple's Best of the Year Podcasts.
Her story started in 2011 when she graduated fresh out of college and started working in Fannie Mae writing housing reports as an intern. Stephanie had some interests working with side hustles, such as writing books to create funny apps.
She worked in google, found inspiration, and sparked a curious bone. In 2017, Stephanie...2021-05-2447 min
What is UX?S2E3 Designing for Millions of Arduino Developers, an interview with Isabela Freire, Design Team Leader at ArduinoIsabela Freire is a Luso-Brazilian digital designer & art director driven by technology and art. She is currently the Design Team Leader at Arduino, the world’s leading open-source hardware and software ecosystem. The Company offers a range of software tools, hardware platforms and documentation enabling almost anybody to be creative with technology. Isabela believes in design as a lifestyle. Episode highlights: Isabela’s backgroundSome of the most impressive stats of ArduinoBig companies and enterprises using ArduinoIsabela’s role in Arduino there and what are some of the products she works...2021-05-1929 min
Founders with PekS1E7 Running a $250M Fund, an interview with Kai TseKai Tse is the Managing partner at Structural Capital, an investment firm providing growth capital to finance tech companies in technology-enabled markets. He has over 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur in financial lending and capital investments.
Mr. Kai always was a numbers person. In 1995, he graduated with B.S. Account from the University of Illinois. In 1996, he was granted the CPA certification and a CFA charter holder four years later. Kai Tse's educational journey does not stop there. In 2006, he graduated from U.C. Berkeley and proudly holds the title of M.B.A.
In addition to his achievements...2021-05-1752 min
What is UX?S2E2 Designing for Singaporean citizens. Interview with UX Lead Premika PoSaw, GovTech SingaporePremika is the UX Lead at GovTech Singapore, one of her primary goals is crafting ‘moments of delight' through innovative and user-focused customer experience design. This is achieved by solving complex problems through user research, expert analysis, prototyping and iterative collaborative design with users and stakeholders. In this episode, we talked about:GovTech in Singapore and how it serves peopleNumber of UX designers in GovTechWho do they serve/design?GovTech on designing web apps, mobile apps and other digital solutionsPremika shared a little bit of her life journeyPremika on her age...2021-05-1229 min
What is UX?S2E1 An Interview with Christina Brodbeck, Youtube's 1st DesignerChristina Brodbeck was one of the earliest team members at the start of YouTube, she was the company’s first designer and the lead designer for YouTube mobile. In her last two years at YouTube, she led UX Design for YouTube Mobile and was responsible for creating an interface that brought YouTube to cell phones. Her passion for innovation in education led her to work on and launch YouTube EDU as a 20% side project while at the company. She was the co-founder of TheIceBreak, a Q&A service to help committed couples strengthen their relationships. As a seasoned angel in...2021-05-0538 min
What is UX?S1E10 Designing for Global Money Transfer with Doug Collins, UX/UI Manager at Western UnionDoug Collins is a User Experience expert that has lent his talents to companies in the financial, education, government, gaming, and sports entertainment industries. When he’s not working his day job as a User Experience Designer, he can be found hiking, cooking, coding, or writing about any of the above on his personal blog.In this episode, we talked about:His role in Western UnionDesign systems and process flow in Western UnionThe design tool that they are usingHow B2B side of things are getting bigger with good opportunitiesDoug shared so...2021-04-2831 min
Founders with PekS1E6 Creating a capital raising platform that raised $75M with CTO cofounder Deji JimohDeji Jimoh is a software development specialist, the CTO, and co-founder of WealthBlock AI- a comprehensive end-to-end capital raising platform that targets three demographics of capital raisers: traditional broker, Venture Captial, and PE firms, and the crowdfunding space.
Deji was born in Nigeria and migrated to Boston, Massachusetts when he was about one year old up until high school. He moved to St. Louis, Missouri and studied at the Washington University, and graduated with a degree in Computer Science and Engineering.
In 2016, Deji was a finalist of ITA Citylight’s “Technologist of the Year” award, and today, he has developed 47 indepe...2021-04-2333 min
What is UX?S1E9 Designing Health Care Benefits Administration and Corporate Culture with Justin Dauer, VP of Design at bswiftJustin Dauer is the Vice President of design at the Bswift Company- a CVS Health company. He is also the author of the book "Cultivating a Creative Culture".He is from the lifelong land of Chicago and studied visual communications in the Art Institute of Chicago. While Justin was studying at the university, he decided to study more into the digital landscape. He taught himself how to code by reading a few books and doing web projects to enhance his skill.Because of his never-ending curiosity, he jump-started his successful career as a designer, author...2021-04-2139 min
Founders with PekS1E5 He bootstrapped his Fintech Marketplace B2B SaaS to profitability, with Sanjay Goel, CEO of NachoNachoSanjay Goel is the definition of progressive tech innovation in the virtual credit card industry. He is the founder and CEO of NachoNacho- a virtual credit card company and marketplace where users can connect, do B2B transactions, sell SaaS products, and create one virtual VISA credit card per subscription.
Before he came up with his business model, his story began when he was thinking of new ways of acquiring new customers in his previous work.
Since he worked in a seller subscription company, he realized there was a flaw in the industry. He thought of a solution- a marketplace...2021-04-2035 min
Founders with PekS1E4 This female founder raised over $3M and selling over 7M tea drops with Sashee Chandran, CEO of Tea DropsMeet Sashee Chandran, a woman empowering others in the industry.
Sashee is the founder and CEO at tea drops. Tea drops is an innovative tea company based in California that creates organic and bagless teas. Sashee's mother was Chinese and her father was Sri Lankan. Before founding tea drops, Sashee worked in Silicon Valley leading digital marketing and market research campaigns for fortune 100 brands.
Highlights from the episode;
Sashee stresses that the main uniqueness about tea drops is in the form factor. She symbolizes her tea drops to a bath bomb in the manner which they dissolve in hot water.
...2021-04-1936 min
Founders with PekS1E3 Nattu Adnan: He raised over $9M for his animation files marketplace from Malaysia, with Nattu Adnan, CTO of LottieFilesNattu Adnan is a Co-Founder and the CTO of Lottie Files. He is a Product Designer and Full-stack developer from the Maldives.
His story of success began when he left the Maldives and moved to Malaysia to support his wife. Nattu was not expecting to find a job but ended up diving into the start-up industry. According to him, the Malaysian culture and people helped a lot because everyone was open to sharing ideas.
Today, Nattu has about 20 years of experience in building Web applications. His approach involves using a user-centered design process to turn complex problems into understandable and...2021-04-1945 min
Founders with PekS1E2 He founded 2 game studios with over $50M in revenues with Josh TsuiPek Pongpaet, your host, spoke with Joshua Tsui, the co-founder and CEO of Robomodo, in this episode. Josh's career began in 1993 at Midway Games, where he assisted in the development of WWF WrestleMania The Arcade Game. Before leaving Midway in 1999, he also worked on Mortal Kombat. He and a few colleagues formed Studio Gigante, which worked on Microsoft Game Studios' Tao Feng: Fist of the Lotus and THQ's WWE WrestleMania 21. Josh's next move was to EA Chicago in 2005, where he worked on the Fight Night series. When EA Chicago closed in 2007, Josh and his colleagues decided it was time to...2021-04-1743 min
Founders with PekS1E1 This female founder raised over $15M for her executive coaching platform with Christine Tao, CEO of Sounding BoardChristine is the CEO and co-founder of Sounding Board- a female-founded, VC back start-up company innovating in leadership coaching in the $40+ billion leadership and training industry.
Before she started her business, Christine was the Senior Vice President of Developer Relations at Tapjoy. She led the growth of over $100 million in revenue in less than three years. She has also advised several venture-backed start-ups such as: Flyby Media, Immersv & Comprendi.
In addition to her achievements, Christine led an e-commerce partnership and strategy at YouTube, holds an MBA in Operations and Marketing from Wharton and BA in Business Administration from UC Berkeley.
...2021-04-1743 min
What is UX?S1E8 Designing for Growth with Fonz Morris, Lead Product Designer, Global Conversion at NetflixFonz has a creative eye for design. He was born in Brooklyn, New York- one of the most design-centric places on the planet. The beautiful architectural designs exposed Fonz to art and culture. Initially, he wanted to take up architecture but ended up studying computer science.During his senior year of college, his university opened up a digital aquarium- which fascinated him with all the multimedia equipment, resources, and software. Since then, he self-taught himself how to design, and from then, he became a digital and growth designer.Today, Fonz...2021-04-1446 min
What is UX?S1E7 Designing inclusiveness, sustainability and affordability for cities with Director of Design at Sidewalk Labs, Michelle Ha TuckerWoman power; Michelle Tucker’s life in the tech industry.Welcome once again everyone to the Ux Podcast show. As always, Pek Pongpaet is the host for the show and he is joined up by Michelle Ha Tucker as the guest of this show today.Michelle's BioMichelle Tucker is the director of design at Sidewalk Labs. She is also well known to be actively involved in arts and design education and served on the board of the Hyde Park Art Center and not to mention that she spends a year re...2021-04-0732 min
What is UX?S1E6 Designing for 46 million daily rides with Jay DemetilloJay Demetillo, a designer that strives for greatness.Jay works as a designer at Grab. He has also worked for the likes of Twitter, Yahoo, and Pinterest. Just to top it off, Jay was an adjunct professor at CCA in San Francisco. Jay currently teaches design innovation at New Campus.Highlights from the episode:· Jay speaks of how he switched teams and now belongs to the safety team which he says he considers to be much more interesting.· Pek subjects Jay to the question of how it was, growing up in New York a...2021-03-2448 min
What is UX?S1E5 Malea Gadoury: Designing for Developers at Google FirebaseCatch up with Malea Gadoury, the female designer Leading exemplary.Hello people and welcome to yet another UX episode. In this episode, our host for the show, Pek Pongpaet introduces his guest, he says he's very happy to be synced up with his lovely guest for this episode in Malea Gadoury.Who is Malea Gadoury?Malea Gadoury is a stylish hardworking woman who is the Co-Founder at ILK. She grew up in the suburbs of Montreal in Canada and she was also previously head of design for Wonderschool. Malea was at google for a...2021-03-1735 min
What is UX?S1E4 Designing Enterprise Design Systems with Nor SanavongsayNor Sanavongsay, a senior product designer that stands tall.Who is Nor Sanavongsay?Nor Sanavongsay is a senior product designer currently working at Workday. The reason why he stands tall in his field is that he tells stories through interactions with storyboards, visual designs, and prototypes. Nor also runs a nonprofit publishing company that mainly focuses on helping southeast Asians tell their stories.Highlights from the episode: Nor says that he read a lot of comic books growing up and he aspired of becoming a comic book artist when he grew up. Wh...2021-03-0934 min
What is UX?S1E3 Designing for 100M Patients with Prak NisaratWho is Prakan Nisarat? A little bit more insight into his life, you'll learn that Prakan Nisarat has a bachelor's degree in graphic design and a master's in marketing communications, as well as an MBA. I know, it sounds a lot right, But that’s his thing. Prakarn started as a traditional graphic designer in advertising in Chicago. Currently, his recent project is working at Lululemon to improve the app and omnichannel experience.Episode highlights:Despite Nisarat’s English being so clear, you’ll rea...2021-03-0341 min
What is UX?S1E2 Growing Design Agency Fjord from 50 to 1400 people with Andrew FalconAndrew Falcon talks about his experience at Fjord and how things are going, particularly at Accenture. Andrew explains his first day at the studio and how his team thinks extraordinary to grow the organization. Andrew and Pek speak about the role of Fjord in today's world, how Fjord expanded from 200 to 1400 employees. He explains different ways to treat the employees to get better out of them. How his team manages the problems faced by the organization early on and how they cope with them. They also talk about the opportunities produced during the pandemic time and how small organizations...2021-02-2449 min
What is UX?S1E1 Designing for 1 Million Designers with Talin Wadsworth, Principal Designer at Adobe XDI would love to introduce you all to our guest – Talin Wadsworth. He has been working for Adobe for over 10 years and has so much knowledge to share with us. Talin currently designs creative tools for Adobe and is the co-conspirator behind Adobe XD. He uses research, iterative design, prototyping and storytelling to create the best end-to-end experiences for all Adobe users. For more information about Talin, check out his LinkedIn profile. You will be able to know all about his achievements and career path. In today’s episode of What is UX Podcast, we dove deep into...2021-02-0852 min
Healthcare Boss Academy PodcastPek Pongpaet: A Thirst for Knowledge; A Passion for CreatingOVERVIEW: Jason A. Duprat, Entrepreneur, Healthcare Practitioner and Host of the Healthcare Entrepreneur Academy podcast speaks with Pek Pongpaet, Founder and CEO of Impekable, a design-driven digital product studio based in Silicon Valley. Pek provides an overview on software development, along with useful tips for those looking to develop their own software. Pek also discusses his involvement with Mortal Kombat and martial arts. EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS: Pek talks about his software experiences including being self-taught, his pursuit of software design and learning about the importance of sales and marketing. Computer engineering and computer s...2021-02-0446 min
We're Only HumanPek Pongpaet: Why Can't I Just Be Happy With This?Pek Pongpaet didn't take the agency he was building seriously in the early days. The CEO felt the judging eyes of other entrepreneurs in the Bay Area. "Oh that's cute! But what are you really working on?" There was something bigger he was supposed to be chasing after. Something more real. But his agency was attracting more clients and getting more work. It WAS bigger. It WAS real. Why couldn't he just be happy with that? In this episode, Impekable CEO Pek Pongpaet and I discuss: Why Pek felt like his business wasn’t serious compared to what other people we...2020-11-1856 min
User Defenders – UX Design & Personal GrowthDesigners, Mind Your Business with Pek PongpaetPek Pongpaet teaches us how to be business-minded designers. He reveals how designers with business knowledge and more tools in their tool belt will get hired more often than ones without and with less. He shows us how to get a seat at the table while challenging us to count the costs of actually having one. He motivates us to measure and quantify our designs. He also inspires us to get out of our comfort zones and talk to other disciplines and become consumers of information in the area(s) we desire growth in. Why Should We Listen...2020-10-1953 min
The Creative Agency Podcast026 UI/UX Design Services - Pek Pongpaet of ImpekablePek Pongpaet, of Impekable, joins us to discuss agency growth and UI/UX. Impekable is a silicon valley based creative agency that […]
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The UXJOBS Podcast#003 - (Full Interview) The Nuts & Bolts of Going Freelance with the Managing Partner at imPekable : Pek PongpaetWe speak with Managing Partner of imPekable : Pek Pongpaet about his adventures and his advice for becoming a freelance UX (User Experience) Designer. We discuss everything from pros & cons to clients, service rates and design workflow and tools.2016-10-141h 00
The UXJOBS Podcast#3A (Full) - Pek Pongpaet : The Nuts & Bolts of Going Freelance with the Managing Partner at imPekablePek Pongpaet talks about vetting potential clients, creating a statement of work and managing expectations of new clients throughout the project. Support the showFollow Us Online:Job Board || X (Twitter) || Linkedin || Facebook || Instagram Support Us:Patreon 2016-10-141h 00
The UXJOBS Podcast#3F (Clip) - Pek Pongpaet : CLIENTS : Vetting New Clients, Statements Of Work and Project Engagement.Pek Pongpaet talks about vetting potential clients, creating a statement of work and managing expectations of new clients throughout the project. Support the showFollow Us Online:Job Board || X (Twitter) || Linkedin || Facebook || Instagram Support Us:Patreon 2016-10-1208 min
The UXJOBS Podcast#3E (Clip) - Pek Pongpaet : MONEY! Knowing Your Own Value, Pricing Models & Equity.Pek Pongpaet talks about money, knowing your own value, pricing your design services and whether or not equity compensation is worth it as a freelance designer. Support the showFollow Us Online:Job Board || X (Twitter) || Linkedin || Facebook || Instagram Support Us:Patreon 2016-10-1007 min
The UXJOBS Podcast#3D (Clip) - Pek Pongpaet : Advice for New Designers : User Experience Goes Beyond the End User.Pek Pongpaet talks about the user experience of the client and the collaborating designers & engineers. Support the showFollow Us Online:Job Board || X (Twitter) || Linkedin || Facebook || Instagram Support Us:Patreon 2016-10-0704 min
The UXJOBS Podcast#3C (Clip) - Pek Pongpaet : Thoughts on Tools & WorkflowPek Pongpaet - Managing Director of imPekable talks designer tools & workflow. Support the showFollow Us Online:Job Board || X (Twitter) || Linkedin || Facebook || Instagram Support Us:Patreon 2016-10-0601 min
The UXJOBS Podcast#3B (Clip) - Pek Pongpaet : Where do portfolio pieces come from?Pek Pongpaet, the Managing Partner at imPekable talks to us about the importance of a good portfolio and ways to create new portfolio pieces. Support the showFollow Us Online:Job Board || X (Twitter) || Linkedin || Facebook || Instagram Support Us:Patreon 2016-10-0603 min
CleverTap: Startup & Tech InterviewsInterview with Pek Pongpaet, Partner for Impekable a Design AgencyMeet Impekable a Bay Area design and development agency that specializes in native mobile apps in tech industries including eCommerce and Internet of Things. They design beautiful & usable web and mobile products for startups and Fortune 500 companies.Peter Wilkniss, VP of Engineering for CleverTap talks tech and the art of design with Pek Pongpaet, Managing Partner for Impekable. Find out how his company improves clients websites and mobile applications through Impekable's expertise in product design and development. Learn secret tips and tricks from this startup innovator who’s helping mobile entrepreneurs build multi-million dollar ap...2016-08-2510 min
Indie Dev PodcastEpisode 31 - Pek Pongpaet and Daniel Pesina, Mortal Kombat This week is a bit different. I've got my co-worker in DC, Shahed Chowdhuri on the show, along with Pek Pongpaet (pong-pat) and Daniel Pesina. Shahed and Pek grew up together, and Pek met Daniel while studying at his Wushu. Daniel played Johnny Cage and ninjas Sub-Zero, Scorpion, Reptile, Smoke, and Noob Saibot in several Mortal Kombat games, and Pek has worked on 6 MK games spanning 10 years.
Master Pesina is perhaps most famous for his work as Johnny Cage and the ninjas in the first two Mortal Kombat games. He has...2016-06-1641 min
The App Guy Archive 4: Episodes 301 to 400 of The App Guy Podcast interviews with Paul Kemp - The App GuyTAGP329 Pek Pongpaet : App Entrepreneur Talks About Moving To The Bay AreaPek Pongpaet creator of Marquee iPhone app. Pek talks about being an app entrepreneur and moving to the bay area. It's an inspiring episode and well worth a listen.2016-05-1400 minThe App Guy Archive 4: Episodes 301 to 400 of The App Guy Podcast interviews with Paul Kemp - The App GuyTAGP329 Pek Pongpaet : App Entrepreneur Talks About Moving To The Bay Area
Pek Pongpaet creator of Marquee iPhone app. Pek talks about being an app entrepreneur and moving to the bay area. It's an inspiring episode and well worth a listen2016-05-1400 min
User Defenders – UX Design & Personal Growth019: The Power of Design Patterns with Pek PongpaetPek Pongpaet teaches us that the key to successful UX is in pattern recognition and application. He reminds us of the power of visual hierarchy in that if something’s important, it should never be buried. He reminds us of the power of observation and in testing our product with users. He also inspires us to […]2016-04-2543 min