UXDX Community: DC: Beyond Good Product, Into Impact

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TALKS
Lina Reynolds- Lead UX Strategist, Ford
➡️The Strategic UX Advocate: Driving Influence through Clarity and Metrics
Are you tired of fighting for a "seat at the table" only to be asked to "just make it pretty"?
Join Lina Reynolds, Lead UX Strategist, for a tactical deep dive into how UX professionals can transform from order-takers into strategic partners. Drawing from her 10+ years of experience and her recent panel at UXCON '25, Lina will share how she used Clarity and Metrics to lead high-impact projects at Ford Credit, including a dealer application that achieved a record-breaking 82 NPS.

➡️Faz Besharatian- Product Strategy & Design Leader, North X Normal
From Stuck to Constraints Based Strategy
"We can’t do that here." Sound familiar? If you’ve worked in healthcare, finance, or any risk-sensitive environment, you’ve heard all the ways innovation gets stalled. Regulation, legal, compliance, lack of time, too many cooks... But what if constraints weren’t the enemy? Using constraints as a starting point for smarter strategy. It’s practical, fast, and made for product and design leaders.

Event Details:
Agenda
3:00 - 3:20: Registration and networking
3:20 - 3:30: Introduction
3:30- 4:00: The Strategic UX Advocate: Driving Influence through Clarity and Metrics- Lina Reynolds
4:00-4:30: From Stuck to Constraints Based Strategy- Faz Besharatian
4:30 - 5:00: Networking and close

📍Location- Cleveland Park Library, DC

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