Cheryl Couris
Cheryl Couris
Design Leader, Speaker, Artist

Hi, I'm Cheryl: design leader, storyteller and maker at heart.

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LEADERSHIP

Design Leader

  • High performing people manager

  • Driving product strategy & design direction

  • Always seeking to balance innovation w/ execution

  • Leading with a collaborative + iterative growth mindset

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DESIGN

UX+ Product Designer

  • 15 years of design experience

  • Expertise in simplifying technical complexities

  • Wireframe, prototype, interactions, accessibility

  • 2x delivery of V1 to market (and a 3rd on the way šŸ˜‰)

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CULTURE

Teacher, Mentor, Doer

  • Bias for getting $hit done

  • Quality bar raiser asking hard questions

  • UX Instructor, mentor, + inclusivity advocate

  • Frequent conference speaker + community builder

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Driving innovative and thoughtful experiences while leading with compassion and creativity.

Iā€™m currently a design manager at Cisco (previously at Microsoft and Google), an UX instructor at SVC, working mom and weekend crafter passionate about building community, mentorship, UX storytelling, and using data to make informed design decisions that solve real, hard problems.

You can find me around the web here, here, and here - let's connect!

Cheryl is incredibly engaging and inclusive. Sheā€™s really able to respond ā€œunder fireā€... awesome energy and very passionate.
— SVC Student, June 2020