S5E6 An Interview with Nicole Torgersen, Vice President of Design at Dialpad

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Mar 9 2022 • 42 mins

Nicole Torgersen is Vice President of Design at Dialpad. She’s been working in digital design since the late '90s working with a range of industries including cloud collab and storage at Dropbox, retail at Gap, and recruiting at Monster Worldwide. A Design craftsperson by trade, Nicole has been a leader most of her career, building teams by way of leveraging empathy and vulnerability in the balance to find business impact while mentoring individuals.


In this episode, we talked about:


  • Nicole’s role in Dialpad
  • How did Nicole get into design?
  • How to become a leader
  • Her career at Monster Worldwide, Gap and Dropbox
  • Hardest transitions in Nicole’s career
  • Nicole’s learnings and insights in her career adjustments
  • And MUCH MORE!


Links and Resources:



https://www.linkedin.com/in/ntorgersen/

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