Facilitators & guests

Sarah B. Nelson has dedicated over 25 years to the intersection of design, research, culture and technology. As Chief Design Officer and Distinguished Designer at Kyndryl, she leads Kyndryl Vital, an innovative co-creation program that brings together customers and partners to solve complex business challenges and build groundbreaking technology platforms.

Prior to Kyndryl, Sarah developed PepsiCo Design Thinking and was the Program Architect for IBM Studios, connecting 45 design studios worldwide.

Sarah founded and led Radically Human, a consultancy at the intersection of design-led transformation, innovation practice, and organisational design. Radically Human provided coaching for design leaders building design organisations in the enterprise. Her client roster included United Airlines, Walmart Labs, RiotGames, Intuit, CapitalOne Labs, Samsung, Wells Fargo and Mozilla.

Sarah held leadership positions at Hot Studio, Adaptive Path, and POP.

Sarah is an advocate for empowering women in design and technology. She has presented at major industry events including SXSW, UX Week, MX/LX, Leading Design, and Mind the Product on topics ranging from design leadership to workplace transformation.

Sarah holds a Master of Design Methods from IIT Institute of Design and is a Certified Organisational Relationship Systems Coach. Beyond her professional pursuits, she is an encaustic painter.