Kristin Skinner

Bio

Kristin Skinner is a design management executive and recognized thought leader in design operations and design program management. 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 senior design management and leadership roles at Chase, CapitalOne, Microsoft, and Adaptive Path. Kristin founded &GSD to provide leadership consulting that addresses the common problems most organizations face – organization design, scale, and the resulting change management. &GSD works by leveraging a collective of industry experts who offer a diverse, unique perspective on wrangling complex challenges. She also joined the .1% of consultancies founded by women to help change this leadership gap in our industry.