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Darren Smith

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Darren Smith

Digital Product Leader and Manager, with over 20 years of experience in eCommerce and SaaS, working for some of the largest brands in Europe, North America, and APAC. Darren has helped companies manage the risk of product development with an iterative and value innovation ("build-measure-learn”) approach to product development. He collaborates with his partners and stakeholders to set and then operationalize strategy and vision. As a leader, Darren has built and led multi-disciplined creative and product teams, set practices and rituals to grow and maintain a high-quality bar, and developed the careers of those in my charge.

Contributions to UXM

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Class of 2024

How Venture Capital Firms Are Shaping the Future of Product Design, & Why Design Leaders Need to Be Part of the Solution

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Class of 2024

Head of Design is Dead, Long Live the Head of Design!