Fail Faster

Shanelle is an author, inventor, and empathetic product design leader with over 17 years of design experience where she has won awards for her design work. She currently works at M&T Bank where she's helping them digitally transform their institutional client services space by automating workflows and designing software that will allow the bank to deliver their products and services at scale. Her passion is to help build high-performing design teams by crafting best-in-class employee experiences. She is a top-rated mentor on ADPList, with over 40 rave reviews, where she mentors designers at all levels to successfully navigate their careers. Shanelle loves to travel and interior design. When she's not working, she's designing her 1950s brick house to reflect a Hollywood glam vibe.

Josh Lee is a product design and UX leader with experience across multiple industries focused on bridging gaps between management and design.

Vishal Sharma is an Engineering Leader with diversified experience across all facets of Software delivery. Currently, working as Chief Architect for Regulatory Tech Platform within Broadridge. Vishal is a FinTech enthusiast with a passion for simplifying technology architecture and delivery. Currently spearheading a major transformation initiative. In the past, he has worked as a Product Owner of the API management ecosystem for a major global bank. He is a sports enthusiast and has participated in regional Badminton and Ping-Pong tournaments.

Ann Meneses AVP Design Lead at LPL Financial is featured in this episode. LPL Financial is a leader in the retail financial advice market enabling independent Brokers to provide personalized guidance to millions of American families seeking wealth management, retirement planning, financial planning, and asset management solutions.

Ann shares how she breaks complex information into a simpler digestible visual story designed to convey smaller pieces of information. She brings her expertise in running complicated political campaigns to translating complex technical medical information into appetizing bite-size nuggets to her role today. Ann is a huge advocate of design thinking culture where the voice of the user is at the center of the work her team produces.

Landon Stanfield Director of Product Management, Digital Payments at Everi Holdings Inc. joins us for this episode. Everi is a diverse collection of artists, developers, accountants, marketers and visionaries committed to giving casino patrons and operators a premium experience on the casino floor. Landon brings his logical problem-solving skills and Fintech expertise to this mix of creators. At Everi, he is applying his deep learnings from working unsecured loans, home equity credit lines, credit cards, acquisitions, and new product launches and combining this knowledge with an understanding of the psychology of consumer decisions. Landon is super excited to be part of the team who are pushing boundaries to self-service models enabling a cashless payment ecosystem where complex transactions happen easily.

Jon Walter is the Director of Software and Control User Experience at Rockwell Automation. Jon has a passion for designing software user experiences for some of the most challenging environments in the world. In these environments, it's critical to have good situational awareness as it can be a difference between life and death for the users and operators. Jon believes in ruthlessly cutting unnecessary elements like flashy backgrounds, animations, and wrong colors and knowing what "bad" looks like as he designs responsibly. He shares how these manufacturing plant environments are evolving with the newer generations and becoming more multi-tenant solutions. Jon is always looking holistically at users, operators, and maintenance personas and how their multiple workflows interact within the software to serve their individual needs powerfully.

Mitadru Dey is a pro bono career coach who helps early to mid-career professionals (typically with less than 10 years of experience) achieve their professional goals. He is a tenured Vice President in a top global financial services institution with 17 years of experience managing people and guiding them to success. He sets high expectations and goals for his team, while simultaneously providing the knowledge and frameworks they need to succeed. He has authored many articles on professional development, a few of which have been published on the Acoustic Post, LinkedIn, Medium, and SociallyDesi websites. He has also been featured on podcasts across US, India, and UK to talk about career management in today's world.