Nice to meet you! My name is Alisha (uh-LEE-shuh) Padolsky.
Before becoming a UX Design Lead, I developed my skills as a product designer, contributing to projects with teams at IBM Cloud and Red Hat Marketplace. I worked closely with cross-functional teams to create innovative solutions that meet user needs and address business challenges. I'm also known as a ‘snack connoisseur’—I love potato chips and Sour Patch Kids. Outside of work, I enjoy reading sci-fi and fantasy books, keeping up with new technologies, watching films, and meticulously organizing my music collection into bops, bangers, and jams.
Photo courtesy of Sam Hugh Photography
Community engagement
Speaker for Shift the Paradigm: Design as a Strategic Driver for Business Success
(2024 Grace Hopper Conference)
America by Design (Season 1 / Episode 5)
Get Hired: Design & UX (Hire Women Week / Lady Bird Talent)
Design in Mind with Pineapple Studios
A Day in the Life of a UX Designer (UX Club @ UT Dallas)
Nashville Design Week: Reshaping the Face of Design
Interstice - Episode 8 podcast: Keep Ya Head Up
IBM Q&A at NSBE Conference
Tap + Swipe + Click: The Not-So-Clear Design Path