Teresa Cain
Teresa Cain — Director, Product Management & UX Design at Trevipay. Talks and sessions delivered at UXDX.
Director, Product Management & UX Design
Teresa Cain is a multifaceted professional, holding roles as an entrepreneur, educator, speaker, and author. As the Director of Product Management, User Experience, and Design at TreviPay, a leading global FinTech managing over $6 billion in transactions annually, she influences the payment industry significantly. Additionally, Teresa coaches businesses on growth, product strategy, and long-term planning. With a bestselling course on Udemy titled "2 Hour Design Sprints" and a best-selling book on rapid problem-solving released in April 2023, she has significantly impacted design thinking methods.
With over 15 years of experience in product management and innovation, Teresa has propelled many Fortune 100 and 500 firms, as well as startups, to multi-million dollar growth trajectories. She serves on boards for DevStride and Central Exchange, promoting agile strategies and global opportunities for women. Recognized for her contributions, Teresa was a finalist in the 2022 Women in IT Summit and received the Emerging Scholar Award in 2023. Her academic background is impressive, currently pursuing a Master's at Carnegie Mellon and holding an MBA from Rockhurst University, along with degrees in Journalism and English from the University of Kansas.
Past talks
5 talks · 3 events
2nd Chance: Solving Problems in 2 Hours: How to Brainstorm and Create Solutions with 2 Hour Design Sprints
Many organizations have based their own design thinking process from Stanford's Design Thinking Method or using Google and Jake Knapp’s five day process from the book “Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days”. However, five day design sprints have had its challenges during the Covid-19 pandemic including the ability to conduct a remote design sprint using the same process effectively, loss of productive time and the ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders in one room. The adaptation of technology firms to two hour design sprints teaches organizations, product managers, researchers and designers how to adapt to a two hour process derived from design thinking and design sprint methods to increase the frequency and speed of solving small and medium problems whether virtual or in-person, while still using the five day design sprint method to solve large or complex problems. Teresa Cain and John Kille have spent the past 36 months teaching, testing and implementing this concept at organizations and conferences around the world, including the launch of Teresa’s highest rated course on design sprints on Udemy “2 Hour Design Sprint: Learn how to solve problems and design products in just 2 hours vs. 5 days using Figma FigJam” and in launching her new book “Solving Problems in 2 Hours: How to Brainstorm and Create Solutions with Two Hour Design Sprints,” a how-to guide to help organizations and startups get ahead of competitors by releasing value driven features to clients faster. Join this session to be part of a mock two hour design sprint to learn how two hour design sprints can help you solve more problems for your customers and accelerate your product roadmap today.
Solving Problems in 2 Hours: How to Brainstorm and Create Solutions with 2 Hour Design Sprints
Many organizations have based their own design thinking process from Stanford's Design Thinking Method or using Google and Jake Knapp’s five day process from the book “Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days”. However, five day design sprints have had its challenges during the Covid-19 pandemic including the ability to conduct a remote design sprint using the same process effectively, loss of productive time and the ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders in one room. The adaptation of technology firms to two hour design sprints teaches organizations, product managers, researchers and designers how to adapt to a two hour process derived from design thinking and design sprint methods to increase the frequency and speed of solving small and medium problems whether virtual or in-person, while still using the five day design sprint method to solve large or complex problems. Teresa Cain and John Kille have spent the past 36 months teaching, testing and implementing this concept at organizations and conferences around the world, including the launch of Teresa’s highest rated course on design sprints on Udemy “2 Hour Design Sprint: Learn how to solve problems and design products in just 2 hours vs. 5 days using Figma FigJam” and in launching her new book “Solving Problems in 2 Hours: How to Brainstorm and Create Solutions with Two Hour Design Sprints,” a how-to guide to help organizations and startups get ahead of competitors by releasing value driven features to clients faster. Join this session to be part of a mock two hour design sprint to learn how two hour design sprints can help you solve more problems for your customers and accelerate your product roadmap today.
When to Adopt a New Framework
People love to chase what's shiny and new - but everything is a tradeoff. A new framework might solve some of your existing problems, but it might have unintended consequences. How do you know when it's worth the time and investment to switch, or whether it's safer to stick with what you know.
