Luis Berumen is a UX Designer and currently leads the Calgary UX Meetup group, boasting over 2,200 members.  Patrick and Luis discuss something they are both passionate about, user experience.  Luis provides insight into this growing field in Calgary and the importance of community.

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Patrick Wu is a freelance graphic designer, UX designer, and marketing consultant with a background in biotechnology and life sciences commercialization. His career has taken him across a wide range of areas, from sales and marketing, government advocacy, ecosystem development, and now design. Since 2016, he has since been an active member in the Rainforest community, advocating for technology, innovation, and life sciences in Alberta.

Luis Berumen is a Calgary based UX Designer with almost two decades of product design experience in Latin America, North America, and Europe. He has had the pleasure of working for enormous corporations, governments, and small start-ups, and most recently took on the role of managing the Calgary UX Meetup.  Luis believes that Calgary is a city working hard on redesigning itself and diversifying its economy, and wants to be part of this change and leaving something positive for the UX professionals in the community.

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"So are there people from Toronto that are considering to move to Calgary, because obviously the housing market is way cheaper, or they have maybe a different set of opportunities that they cannot really find in Toronto."

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This Episode Sponsored By: Community Now! Magazine

Episode Music: Tony Del Degan

Creator & Producer: Al Del Degan