
Shipra Kayan
prev. UX Director, Upwork · Upwork
Shipra Kayan has been a UX strategist for over 15 years and has facilitated over 100 remote design workshops. Most recently she was UX Director at Upwork, leading the company’s transition towards embracing design thinking and design sprints as part of the product development process.
She now helps distributed product and design teams collaborate effectively by facilitating design studios and sprints.
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