04 Sara Khoury - Designing for the User and Human Experience

Sara Khoury is an ArtCenter alum who specializes in user experience. She is now the Director of User Experience Design at Google, where she oversees product design for many of their apps including Google Hire. Previously, Sara led UED teams at Bank of America and Walmart Labs. With over 20 years experience at the intersection of design and technology in Silicon Valley, Sara continues to pioneer paths for female leadership in the tech field. She has cleared a path for women in Silicon Valley without losing sight of her values and commitments to positive change, pushing boundaries, and doing it all in a supportive, creative environment. In this episode Sara shares with us about her upbringing by urban parents in a rural setting, her role as a critical thinker, and how she finds being a woman in a male-dominated field. Follow Sara on Twitter @sokhoury Learn more about Design at Google www.design.google Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices