As a design lead at Waymo, Google, and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Kent has two decades of experience in developing visual languages that improve collaboration, comprehension, and decision-making across a wide array of products, including Google Cloud, Fitbit, Search, Alphabet’s Loon, and Waymo.
Kent led Fitbit’s Generative AI Charting program and co-founded Google’s Data Accessibility program. He previously led Google Cloud’s Data Visualization program and co-authored the data visualization specs for Material Design.
Kent’s work and ideas have appeared in many publications, including The Guardian, UXmatters, ACM journals, and Smashing Magazine. His book, Drawing Product Ideas, delivers a new and exciting guide to effectively communicating product ideas by drawing simple shapes.
Kent has presented talks and ideas at many conferences, such as IxDA’s Interaction, SXSW, The Israeli Visualization Conference, UXDX, and the World Usability Congress, and he is a frequent guest lecturer at several universities in the United States.
Upcoming Talks
12 May 2026
Working with AI can often feel intimidating and opaque, but thoughtful UX can change that. This talk highlights how Kent’s team leveraged timeless design methods to create more intuitive, informative, and engaging AI interfaces through visualization. Drawing on his work with Google’s Personal Health Coach, Kent will walk through the process of integrating visual data into a chatbot environment. He will share guiding principles and practical takeaways for anyone building human-centered AI data experiences, created by humans, for humans.
What you’ll learn:
- A behind-the-scenes look at integrating co-design and UX research into AI workflows.
- Why data visualization is an essential component of a generative AI interface.
- Key lessons learned when applying data visualization to generative AI products.
Past Talks
11 October 2023
For the past five years, Kent has led several data visualisations programs at Google. He currently focuses on creating accessible data experiences that provide value and insights to everyone, regardless of their ability. In this session, Kent will spotlight key lessons learned while building accessible visualisations for Google products like Search, Fitbit, Loon, Quantum AI and Cloud. He will discuss techniques for generating awareness, building a community of experts and making a business case for data accessibility. Kent will share his group's accessibility-first approach to design and how standards can be used to empower teams to create better data experiences.
17 May 2023
For the past five years, Kent has led several data visualizations programs at Google. He currently focuses on creating accessible data experiences that provide value and insights to everyone, regardless of their ability. In this session, Kent will spotlight key lessons learned while building accessible visualizations for Google products like Search, Fitbit, Loon, Quantum AI and Cloud. He will discuss techniques for generating awareness, building a community of experts and making a business case for data accessibility. Kent will share his group's accessibility-first approach to design and how standards can be used to empower teams to create better data experiences.