Yuriy Mykhasyak

Biography

Yuriy was a co-founder of two software and hardware startups and has worked with dozens of startups and multi-billion international companies helping them with their Digital Product Design. He built from zero three courses for Lviv Polytechnic University: Development for the embedded systems and IoT, Human-Computer Interaction, Basics of Team collaboration in Software Development. His main focus lays in Human-Computer Interaction and Service Design.

3 years ago Yuriy founded Ciden Design agency to help Ukrainian IT companies in the incorporation of the leading Design Trends and processes. Yuriy is also a co-founder of Rist.Center – non-profit education center with a focus on digital service design.

Professional Experience:
– CEO at Cieden Digital Product Design and Marketing Agency (2018-Now)
– Teacher at Lviv National Polytechnic University (2014-2018)
– Lead Experience Designer at Eleks (2013-2018)
– Assistant at Parliament of Ukraine (2005-2011)

Education:
– PhD studies. Ivan Franko Drohobych State University Ukraine (2005-2009)
– M. A. Degree in Law Ivan Franko Lviv National University (200-2005)