Designers from Adobe

Kurt Varner is a VP of Design at Adobe with a career built across some of Silicon Valley's most influential product companies, including Dropbox, Frame.io, and Shyp. His trajectory from Head of Design at early-stage startups to executive leadership at enterprise scale reflects a rare ability to shape design culture at every level. Kurt also advises founders through Basis Set Ventures, bringing a practitioner's eye to the next generation of product builders.

Josh Ulm is a seasoned design executive with over two decades of leadership experience, currently serving as VP of Product Design at Oracle. He has shaped user experience and design strategy across industry-leading companies including Yahoo!, Intuit, Walmart.com, MyFitnessPal, and UserTesting.

I'm a Managing Creative Director with 20 years of experience building high-performing design teams and craft. I co-founded Rally Interactive, earning an Apple Design Award, before an acqui-hire by Stripe where I led creative direction for Stripe.com, Stripe Sessions, and Link.com. I'm now bringing design leadership to Adobe on a contract basis.

Marcos Weskamp is a product designer and Human Interface Design lead at Apple, with a career spanning some of the most influential companies in tech—including Uber, Flipboard, and Adobe. Born in Argentina and educated in Japan and Italy, he brings a rare global perspective to the intersection of design and technology. A fluent practitioner of both design and code, Marcos has built and led teams at every scale, shaping products from zero to one and redesigning experiences used by millions.