Expert in User Design & Interaction Design; Director of User Experience at Panasonic Well

San Francisco, CA, USA

Nadya Direkova Biography

Nadya Direkova is a design leader specializing in vision, strategy, and rapid prototyping, with expertise in user and interaction design. Direkova supports early-stage artificial intelligence startups as a design partner.

Previously, Direkova served as director of research and design at Airbnb, contributing to product innovation during a period of company growth. In the technology industry, she is known for founding the Sprint Master Academy at Google, where she scaled the design sprint methodology across the company and its global developer ecosystem.

Direkova has hosted more than 100 design sprints to accelerate projects such as Google X Self-Driving Cars, Project Loon, Maps, Google Ads, and for key partners including Google Capital portfolio investments. She is a frequent speaker at design and technology conferences and is recognized for her thought leadership in applying design thinking to emerging technologies and AI-driven products.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 10/01/2025.

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