- Kathryn Marinaro
- Creative Director / argodesign
An author and award-winning design leader, Kathryn Marinaro leads teams to design experiences and software as a Creative Director at argodesign in Austin, TX. She is the author of Prototyping for Designers (O’Reilly) and is an international speaker, presenting talks and workshops on design thinking, AI, and prototyping at conferences including SXSW, UX Lisbon, O'Reilly Design, MakerCon SF, and more. Kathryn has over a decade of experience in AI—including designing experiences with Watson, IBM's general-purpose set of AI algorithms; interfaces to customize and train specific AI algorithms; chat-based experiences leveraging emerging LLM technologies; and creating and facilitating executive-level AI Capabilities workshops to help Fortune 500 companies incorporate genAI into their strategic roadmaps.