Ellie Barakat is a strategic and empathetic design leader who champions design thinking at all levels, ensuring user-centered solutions drive business impact. She has a proven track record of defining and executing design visions by translating qualitative and quantitative research into actionable strategies that boost engagement and success rates.

Ellie spearheaded educational product experiences that achieved 90% daily user interactions, redesigned a nonprofit website that increased annual donations from $10K to $180K, and successfully launched her own travel accessibility app, Wanderwell. She fosters collaboration across product, engineering, and stakeholder teams.

A trusted advocate for users, Ellie builds scalable, accessible, and intuitive design systems that drive measurable improvements. Passionate about mentoring, she empowers designers to own their craft while driving innovation.

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Other activities of hers include: ceramics, traveling, cooking, video games, reading and yoga. Also, her dog Lola is pretty great.