the people behind it

Design Strategist & CEO at Atlas, Rise!

Ákos Csertán is a design strategist and CEO at Atlas, Rise! - an impact driven innovation community working with enterprises on designing socially and environmentally sustainable digital products.

With 16 years of experience in UX, service design, design strategy, he started out originally as a psychologist, moved into the field back then known as software ergonomics - practically, UX. He created his first startup in 2006, after an exit, he worked for multiple agencies as a UX-er, and later at an IT security company as a UX lead and Design Strategist.

Ákos also holds an iF Award in Service Design, a Red Dot, and over 20 creative awards.

Design Strategy Advisor at Mito Digital

Norbert is a product- and business-strategy-focused user experience designer with 10+ years of experience, and currently the Design Strategy Advisor at Mito Digital. His years in the fields of medical usability and agencies, as well as his interaction design background helped him tremendously in the past years to architect digital products for various clients. Lately, his focus is more on the ethical side of design and the field of design’s effect on the individual and on society itself.