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Dominique Ward is Head of Design Ops at Atlassian where she leads a multi-disciplinary team focused on enabling a more effective Design org by designing systems and practices that drive operational excellence, enable craft excellence, and improve experience quality. Dominique has spent over 15 years in operations and strategy across design, advertising, and tech industries. She utilizes Service Design and business strategy to optimize and develop solutions for how design teams and global organizations work and scale.

Ying is a newly minted (graduated) data scientist exploring the DesignOps world. Having just graduated from Johns Hopkins University a little over a year ago, there is still much to learn and experience in this tech intersection of data, operations, and design. She is curious how this convergence can lead to practical solutions and transformative change. Ying is passionate about bridging functional divides within organizations and challenging existing boundaries where data becomes the cornerstone of innovation and operations are fine-tuned for efficiency.

Jaclyn Ziccardi’s work is at the dynamic intersection of operations and knowledge management, harnessing foundational methodologies drawn from library and information science and design thinking. She has led high-stakes operations initiatives within the Tech Industry spanning digital asset management and enterprise tooling implementations, brand and product launches, and numerous employee experience programs.

Kyle is the Head of Engineering, Product, and Design Operations at Lattice. Prior, he was the Head of DesignOps at Lyft and the Executive Producer at Ueno. He has spent nearly 15 years working with design/creative teams, both in-house and with agencies. 

Christopher Shintani is an Asian-American photographer born and raised in Los Angeles. He specializes in advertising and fashion photography with a BFA in Creative Photography. He has acquired a strong sense of his artistic direction through the course of over a decade in the industry. He has worked with world renowned brands as well as talent. Client list includes such names as Revolve, Samsung, Nike, Albertsons and more.

Claude joined Pacific Life in 2014. He leads the Web team and is also responsible for various Sales & Marketing Enablement tools within the Consumer Markets Division Technology department. Prior to joining Pacific Life, he held Technology roles within Manufacturing, Healthcare and Consulting Services companies.