SXSW Interactive 2012 speakers

Jane Justice Leibrock is a user experience researcher at Facebook, where she works on the team that designs the home page. Before Facebook Jane spent the summer of 2010 as a research intern at OkCupid in New York. In the past she's worked in film development, creative writing, and politics, as a field organizer on the Obama 2008 presidential campaign. Jane has a B.A. in History from Yale College and an M.S. in Information Science from the University of Michigan's School of Information.

Laurel Hechanova designs and illustrates under the name Apocalypse OK. She was the visual design lead for Brown University's and Middlesex School's website re-launches (via mStoner) and for The X Factor Experience on Twitter and SexualHealth.com (via Weightshift). She currently works as a freelancer out of her studio in Chicago.

Naz Hamid is the founder and principal of Weightshift, a digital branding, design and development studio. Weightshift's clients include Twitter, Mixel, Embark, Rdio, Lookout, Virb, Mozilla and Microsoft. Naz believes in chasing your dreams, careful consideration and speaking purposefully.

Phil Coffman is the Creative Director at Element, a digital studio in Austin, TX, and the founder of Method & Craft. He is the husband to one amazing wife and father to two incredible kids.