Kristin Skinner is a design executive and globally recognized thought leader in design leadership and organization design. She is co-author of Org Design for Design Orgs: Building and Managing In-House Design Teams, the first book dedicated to the organization, management, and operations of in-house design teams. A frequent conference keynoter, Kristin co-created and co-curates the DesignOps Summit series—the foremost design operations event—and has curated the Leading Experience conference. Her executive experience includes leadership roles at Expedia Group, JP Morgan Chase, Capital One, Microsoft, and Adaptive Path. She is the founder and Chief Experience Officer at &GSD, an Experience Design collective, where she advises startups and corporations such as Nike, Grab, Adobe, Zendesk, Wells Fargo, Grubhub, the Institute of Design for Ireland, and many others, on Design Leadership and Organization Design.