Nathan Bilbao, Jarrett Coger & Jill DaSilva

Teaches at General Assembly

Nathan Bilbao tells bad puns. Professionally, Nathan is a product designer at Apptio working on their core data ingestion, modeling, and reporting platform. Prior to Apptio, Nathan worked at Autodesk on InfraWorks to redesign how civil engineers fundamentally draw roads. He got his B.S. in Human Centered Design Engineering (HCDE) from the University of Washington in 2011. In his spare time, Nathan enjoys woodworking, sketching, industrial design, and traveling. 

Jarrett Coger is a product designer & strategist with a passion for User Experience Design. Jarrett has designed internal and consumer facing products in banking, ecommerce, fashion, education, and telecom. With a background in design, business, education and with a love for teaching, Jarrett aims to take the mystery out of design and help all students succeed. 

Jill is the CEO and Founder of the design agency, Digital Karma. She began programming when she was 8 years old and has been designing digital experiences since the early 2000’s. She’s founded and owned several companies ranging from services to wholesale and retail. She consults with entrepreneurs to help them with their business strategy, Minimum Viable Products, and how to pitch for funding. Jill serves as an IxD Advisory Board Member for Santa Monica College and served as the Lead UXDI Instructor + Global Education Strategy Team Member at General Assembly. Jill was voted as one of 50 LA tech CEOs, founders, executives, hackers, & investors you must follow on Twitter. Jill gives away at least one hour a week to mentor designers on their career path.