Damjan Obal was one of the speakers at the 2020 UX/UI Deep Dive Conference. The Deep Dive events organized by Brainster are gatherings for the global tech-community which includes companies, researchers, entrepreneurs, designers, thought leaders, students and policy makers.
Damjan is a product builder at Pexip, where they help people collaborate and communicate no matter the distance or technology. Before that, he held a Research Director role with Cognizant in the Nordics and spend two years as Design research lead with Cisco (Webex Devices), where he looked into the future of work and collaboration. His journey led him from working with Mayo Clinic to develop a corporate well-being program to cracking security challenges with the US State Department. With his friends, they also founded a VC-backed startup that helped small business tell their brand stories. As a self-proclaimed generalist, he has been walking the rope between research and design for more than 20 years.