Deb Aoki is... a visual storyteller

As a user experience designer and content strategist with over 20 years of experience at technology companies, Deb combines writing, drawing, and design to help drive transformational end-to-end customer experiences.

She has used simple sketching to create storyboards, journey maps, personas and book illustrations for Adobe, PayPal, Sony Creative Center, eBay, Citrix Systems, SAP Ariba, Juniper Networks, and Microsoft.

She's also a graphic recorder / workshop scribe who has drawn at corporate events for Girls in Tech, PayPal, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Google for Education, Accenture, and Adobe. 

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Deb Aoki is... a teacher

Deb has taught workshops on design thinking and simple sketching for UX in Japan, India, and at various companies including Apple, Google Play, All Nippon Airways (ANA), Juniper Networks, and at schools including Stanford University Continuing Studies, Future University (Hakodate, Japan) and MIT Integrated Design Management (iDM).