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How 3 young designers are changing the User Experience for Cetaris. Michelle Farley - Lead UX Designer , Yu Shin Was - Digital Designer and Demi Pinsonneault - UX Designer talk about the Design Process and Product Process at Cetaris. Cetaris is a Fleet Maintenance and Asset Management software solution for large enterprises. They record and track customer maintenance practices. The company was formed in the 1989 but has the heart of a star-up company says Demi. It gives juniors lots of responsibilities to learn and grow. They have team building events, out-door events, birthday lunches and are involved in raising money for charities and silent auctions. Design Timeline: 1989 Cetaris began. Used only developers. Did not know the value of design. 2015 hired first UX Designer. Needed to prove the value of design. 2016 hired second UX Designer and UI Developer. This improved quality. But did not necessarily shorten the release date. March 2017 new website launched. July 2017 hire...

"This is about how you think!" Ryan Farinas talks about his journey to becoming a Product Designer. Ryan Farinas, Product Designer at Facebook. Previously UX and Interaction Design at Apple. Lead Design, UX, UI at Glassdoor. Ryan did not go to design school. He went to 5 other schools and got 3 majors in 4.5 years. He studied everything from agriculture to atmospheric science to music. He has a degree in journalism. He toured as a professional musician during the 90’s following his passion. He owned a coffee shop in the food industry. Was an Audio Engineer recording symphonies, audio books, podcasts and bands. He has a lot of interesting experience outside of design. The important thing is that he uses this experience in design everyday. 3 Areas Where Ryan Learned His Craft: Street Art - Being a graffiti artist taught him about colour, craft and detail. Layering and scale. Everything that he uses is product design today. Letting go - The most important skill you ...

Guest Speakers: John Gauthier, Designer at Sapient Razorfish - Sheridan College graduate Tina Truong , Developer at Razorfish - Bitmaker graduate ( 9 week boot camp) Kristen Nakamura , Developer at Razorfish - Humber Collage graduate Aaron Aylward , Designer at Razorfish -  Sheridan College graduate _________________________________________________________________________________  The projects at Sapient Razorfish vary across the market. Our speakers describe them as interesting and fun to work on. There is a lot of teamwork and collaboration with the client to make every project a success. Fiat Chryslar Jeep needed a uniformed look on the web. Sapient designed a new system management that resulted in creating an effective and consistent UX/Visual Design website template for all 3 brands. Now the sites look consistent and updating content is quick and easy. In collaboration with Kids Help Phone , workshops and user testing - ...