Creating systems to diversify and scale your UX team

UX Leadership By Design

Mark Baldino is the host of the UX leadership podcast and the co-founder of Fuzzy Math, a UX design firm. In today's episode, he interviews Parisa Bazl, the Head of User Experience at Commvault, an enterprise data protection and data management software company. Bazl's work focuses on scaling the impact of UX teams within an organization while also promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in the design community. She has been able to bring people with non-traditional backgrounds into the design field through a training program using a unique combination of system-level thinking and frameworks.
Topics covered:
1. UI and UX design
2. Digital product strategy
3. UX design operations
4. Growing and scaling a UX team
5. Hiring and recruiting for UX
6. Diversity and inclusion in design
7. Best practices for UX leadership

About our guest:
After studying Information Science in graduate school, Parisa has worked in UX for 12 years and now leads the team at Commvault Systems. Much of her leadership work is focused on scaling the impact of a UX team within an organization while also opening up opportunities for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the design world. She enjoys living in New York City, traveling outside of it, and working with people who bring out the best in each other.
Resources & Links:
Connect with Parisa on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/parisa-bazl-28395333/
Article Diversify and Scale Your Team by Making UX Design More Accessible: https://dscout.com/people-nerds/ux-design-accessible

Fuzzy Math: fuzzymath.com
Mark on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markbaldino/