Optimize Design-to-Developer Handoffs with Design Systems

Valerie (previously Engineering Manager at Alma) is a technologist who focuses on creating user-centered digital experiences as a full-time UX designer & full stack developer. To help spread the financial wealth offered by the tech industry, Valerie founded Tech By Choice, a nonprofit with a mission to increase diversity in the STEM related industries by providing low to no cost classes and event to help individuals in protected groups enter, stay, and thrive in their field.

Adekunle Oduye (Add-eh-koon-lay Oh-due-yay) is an UX Engineer born / breed / based in Brooklyn, New York. Currently, he’s at Plaid, helping to build Threads, Plaid's official design system. Outside of work, Adekunle is a coach, speaker, and co-host of the Code and Pixels podcast. He’s very passionate about design systems, prototyping, and front-end development. When he’s not building software, you can probably find him reading up on Stoicism or planning his next adventure.

Aletheia is currently Manager of Design Operations at Zapier, a tech leader in the no-code automation space. She is responsible for optimizing design teams’ workflows, building a strong design community, and championing design’s business impact across Zapier’s Product org and Brand Studio team. She formerly led the program management and helped drive an evolution of Ceridian’s new design system Everest, as well as established a new Design team focused on accessibility and research at the Government of Canada. In her logged off hours, Aletheia likes to play amateur tennis with her partner, hone her digital drawing skills on the iPad, and admire custom woodwork pieces. She currently lives in Calgary, Alberta.