Kristin Skinner is a design executive and globally recognized thought leader in design leadership and organization design. Her executive experience includes leadership roles at Expedia Group, Chase, Capital One, Microsoft, and Adaptive Path. 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 the DesignOps Summit series—the foremost Design Operations event—and has curated the Leading Experience conference.

Kristin is the founder and Chief Experience Officer at &GSD, an Executive Leadership Advisory, where she advises startups and corporations such as Nordstrom, Nike, Grab, Adobe, Zendesk, Wells Fargo, Grubhub, the Institute of Design for Ireland, the City of Vancouver, and many others, on Design Leadership and Organization Design.