Reena Merchant — Head of Design

Reena is currently on the User Experience leadership team at Google. Previously, she was Sr. UX Manager at Sony PlayStation and Sr. Customer Experience Manager at Citrix, leading design of the flagship product, GoToMeeting. Reena has also held the position of UX Manager at Rogers Communications Inc. and has managed a design team at BlackBerry. She has over 20 years of design and management experience, and has additionally designed for CGI Group, Bell Canada, and Ontario Power Generation. Reena's graduate studies at California College of the Arts have equipped her with an MBA in Design Strategy. Previously, Reena graduated with a specialization in Computer Science from the University of Toronto and also attended the Art Institute of Toronto specializing in Digital Graphics Design. Reena is currently an advisory board member for the Master of Human Computer Interaction and Design (MHCID) program at the University of California, Irvine. Additionally she has conducted design research and teaching projects for OCAD University, University of Toronto, and California College of the Arts. Speaking Engagements: Lead & Empower Her - Podcast, 07/23 Women Gone Wild Launch Gala, 06/23 MVP College of Architecture India - Guest Lecture, 03/23 The Rhonda Swan Show - Podcast, 12/22 Commencement Address, UC Irvine MHCID, 09/21 Just Stories with BT - Podcast, 08/21 Toronto Tech Summit, 09/20 Distributed - Podcast, 08/20 UC Irvine MHCID Presentation, 08/20 The Futur - Podcast, 06/20 SF Design Week Panel by Adobe, 06/20 Well, Now What?! - Podcast, 04/20 Flik - Interview, 09/19 Elevate Tech Fest 2019 - Keynote, 09/19 The Kamla Show - TV Interview, 08.19 Quadient CX Day 2019 - Opening Keynote, 06/19 Toronto Tech Summit Keynote, 05/19 BLND: Design + Business Conference Keynote, 03/19 Design Strategy Entrepreneurs Collective Workshop, 03/19 KeepCoding Spain Webinar, 01/19 California College of the Arts - DMBA Guest Speaker, 09/18 Women of Silicon Valley, 03/18 Hexagon UX Panel, 02/18 RGD Design Thinkers Toronto, 11/17 UC Irvine - MHCID Industry Panel, 09/17 RGD Ontario - Future by Design Panel, 04/17 California College of the Arts - DMBA Career Event, 11/16 Toronto Tech Summit - Opening Keynote, 10/16 UC Irvine - MHCID Industry Panel, 09/16 California College of the Arts - Collaboration Workshop, 09/15 California College of the Arts - DMBA Guest Speaker, 08/15 San Francisco Design Week, 06/15 UX STRAT Conference, 09/13 Santa Barbara UX Meetup, 08/13 Marketable UX, 11/12 Design + Think + Passion, 11/11 Pecha Kucha Night Toronto, 04/11 RGD Panel: The Future of Design, 01/11

Stackforce AI infers this person is a User Experience leader in the Tech and Gaming industries.

Location: San Francisco, California, United States

Experience: 22 yrs 4 mos