Kim Goodwin is the bestselling author of Designing for the Digital Age and has spent over 20 years in UX, both consulting and in-house. Kim helps organizations build their internal design capabilities through coaching and organizational change management. During her 12 years at Cooper, a leading design and strategy agency in San Francisco, Kim (VP of Design & General Manager) led an integrated practice of interaction, visual, and industrial designers, as well as the development of the acclaimed Cooper design curriculum.
As VP of Product and User Experience at PatientsLikeMe, Kim guided designers and PMs in combining a patient support network with a medical research platform. She speaks and teaches at UX conferences around the world. Kim is based near San Francisco, she is often in another time zone, whether she’s herding cats in a conference room or photographing wildlife in places with no Internet access.