Claire Shapiro

Claire Shapiro is a UX Program Manager at Google, and a certified Design Sprint Master. As a passionate advocate for design thinking, she has facilitated design sprints and taught the Design Sprint methodology from the US to the Middle East, evangelizing design innovation within and outside of Google. In her 20% time she helps run the Google Sprint Master Academy, training Googlers to run their own sprints.

Claire holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communications from Cornell University, and has a background in advertising, public relations, and government relations. Outside of Google she loves exploring the intersection of dating and technology: she's worked part-time as a Matchmaker and consulted at several dating startups in the Bay