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Cindy Brummer

MPS
CEO / Creative Director
Standard Beagle
Country or state 
United States (Texas)
Available to 
North America
City 
Austin
Fee 
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Languages 
English
Volunteer
Yes
Timezone 
America/Chicago

Personal Details

Bio

Cindy Brummer is Founder and Creative Director of Standard Beagle Studio, an award-winning experience design agency, providing UX strategy, research and product design for B2B SaaS and health tech companies.

Cindy mentors, runs the UX in ATX global community of designers, and teaches the UX/UI boot camp program through the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. She is also a contributing author to the book “97 Things Every UX Practitioner Should Know,” published by O’Reilly.

Cindy has earned a Masters degree in UX Design from the Maryland Institute College of Art; she also completed a design fellowship program through the Johns Hopkins Technology Innovation Center.

Her kids and husband say the rumors are not true -- Cindy does in fact sleep, and she spends time with them.

Current position (2)

CEO / Creative Director

Standard Beagle

The University of Texas at Austin Adjunct In

The University of Texas

Degrees (2)
Bachelors of Journalism
The University of Texas at Austin
1994 to 1998
MPS UX Design
Maryland Institute College of Art
2020 to 2021

Presentations

Presentations (5)
Designing patient experience systems to improve care and reduce costs

How can healthcare reduce costs without harming patient care? By investing in the patient experience.
Design plays an important role in reducing costs by thinking through systems of care that reduce inefficiencies and improve employee experiences. In this talk, Cindy Brummer explains the steps health companies can take.

Foresight CAN be 20/20: How To Get Alignment With Tough Stakeholders

Working with stakeholders on a project can be fraught with misunderstanding, delays, and clashes. But it doesn't have to be this way. By understanding human psychology and implementing techniques to address more human needs, organizations can reduce the friction and improve the experience.

Rethinking User Personas

Teams need a new framework for creating user personas — one which emphasizes behaviors over demographics to be more inclusive and guard against biases. In this session, UX expert Cindy Brummer will review the common pitfalls of typical personas and why they fall short. Then, she will walk through a better framework for creating personas and how designers can use this in their everyday work.

Leadership Lessons from Ted Lasso

When Ted Lasso went from coaching American football to soccer in the UK -- a sport he knew nothing about -- everyone assumed he would fail. But his leadership style took a broken team and turned it into something special.

Leaders can learn a lot from Ted Lasso’s style. Leading a strong team -- be it design, product or unrelated to tech -- is a lot like being a good coach. The trouble is — it isn’t easy.

In this talk, UX leader Cindy Brummer will explain the top lessons leaders can use with their teams for better outcomes.

The ROI of Design

Many companies cut costs to cope with economic downturns. A good customer experience helps reduce churn and unnecessary costs. In fact, you are likely to increase profit with your design investment.

Learn how companies have failed because of lack of design and why those that have invested have seen such huge payoffs.

Past talks (10)
Navigating the Maze: Usability Testing Strategies for AI Interfaces
UXPA International 2024 Conference
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
June 27, 2024
Rethinking User Personas
World Usability Day Austin
Austin, TX
November 17, 2023
Navigating the Maze: Usability Testing Strategies for AI Interfaces
World Usability Day San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
November 16, 2023
Rethinking User Personas
AAF Austin Monthly Luncheon
Amarillo, TX
August 30, 2023
Rethinking User Personas
IIBA Austin - ATX BADD 2023
Austin, TX
September 15, 2023
Product Leadership Lessons from Ted Lasso
Women in Product Conference 2023
Virtual
May 9, 2023
Product Leadership Lessons from Ted Lasso
Product Camp Austin (PCA28)
Austin, TX
April 22, 2023
How to get alignment with tough stakeholders
UXDX, virtual conference, Feb 2023
Virtual
February 8, 2023
Rethinking User Personas
Designing for Digital 2023 conference
Austin, TX
March 6, 2023
Rethinking User Personas
UXPA Bostong Conference 2022
Boston, MA
October 21, 2022
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Books & Articles (3)

97 Things Every UX Practitioner Should Know
O'Reilly,
2021
Managing Stakeholders Through Understanding Human Psychology
Rethinking User Personas

Expertise (11)

Design
Business
Employee Experience Design Health Tech Customer Experience Design Strategy UX Design Strategy UX design UI/UX Design UX Design/Creative
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