Steve Turbek

Steve is a design leader with decades of experience building user experience teams at premier financial services companies. He's passionate about creating delightful digital solutions that make a positive impact on people's lives. He has led the design of some of the most complex transactional experiences, from financial planning for normal people to fixed income desk trading apps that manage billions of dollars of flow.

His experience defining product strategy with senior leaders is paired with an enjoyment of hands-on interaction design. He integrates user research and engineering insights to deliver products that define the expectations of their customers. He enjoys building an inclusive culture of creativity and respect for diverse and global teams. He and his teams have received a number of awards for design. His essays on design strategy, published in design journals, can be found at turbek.com.

As the Global Head of Design at Goldman Sachs, he led a team over 100 designers, engineers, and product managers, who were responsible for the most widely used digital platforms at the firm. They built the Goldman Sachs Design System and code library (http://design.gs.com) with a custom typeface written up in The NY Times. During his tenure, they increased the scale and impact of designers, from a handful of designers to several hundred in every division, including in Private Wealth Management, Global Markets, Marcus, and Asset Management. He was proud to be a Disability Forum ‘Champion’ and support the firm’s Africa Recruiting Initiative.

As the Head of User Experience Design at Fidelity, Steve built a team of over 300 designers, researchers, and front end engineers. He was responsible for research and design of every customer-facing and internal product, including Web, Mobile, and Desktop software. They made the firm's products a competitive differentiator though good design and ease of use. They defined the Fidelity design system, across Web, Mobile and desktop applications, across Fidelity’s multiple lines of Personal, Workplace, and Advisor businesses.

Previous to this, he started the User Experience group at Morgan Stanley. He got his start as a designer as employee #2 at Razorfish, which they grew to one of NYC’s premier digital agencies.