Hi! I'm Teresa
Washburn.
User Experience Leader
I believe in the power of connection and putting people first as the most direct path to success – both in scaling teams and collaborating with partners.
01 Leadership focus
If I had to reveal my leadership recipe,
this is what it would look like*:
Coaching
Recruiting
10%
40%
Design Process & Strategy
30%
Cross-functional partnership
40%
Fun
68%
*Yes, these add up to more than 100%. Recipes don't always add up, but the result is still phenomenal !
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03 Experience
2021- 2023
Meta
Senior Manager, Product Design
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I scaled a team from 5 up to 14 Product Designers in a critical business area of Privacy where my team built critical-path products to make responsible decisions about our user data. I supported a Product Design Manager spanning 10 product spaces. After scaling the team, I moved into the area of Security and Data Centers, where I supported another manager and senior individual contributors defining the future of infrastructure at Meta.
2015-2021
Workday
Senior Manager, User Experience Design
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I get to lead a cross-functional UX Design team who put our users at the very center of designing the future of finance. The team looks for opportunities to innovate the enterprise, and we have a blast doing it.
2009-2015
Welch Allyn
Senior Manager, UX Design & Technical Communication
I led our user experience and technical communication teams across multiple sites to deliver a winning user experience.
My strategic focus was to build relationships across the enterprise to evangelize UX and help demonstrate how UX methods – appropriately applied – can help solve complex problems.
2007-2009
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning
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Coordinated daily operations for CETL to support faculty in the areas of pedagogy, service-based learning, and technology integration. Planned, organized, and promoted technology grant program sponsored by the University. Coordinated programming for faculty development workshops on topics related to teaching and learning.
