Hello! This is Asli Ors

Oakland, Ca

3 THINGS ABOUT ME

  1. I am Turkish American. I was born and raised in beautiful Istanbul (not Constantinople) by passionate Turks, but now live in Oakland, CA (sunny side of the Bay Bridge) with Mr. Claw.
  2. I am a Sr. User Experience Designer at Cisco Systems. I am good at empowering the product team by helping them understand user's goals through improv games and design thinking process. While improv fosters creativity and collaboration in daily meetings and participatory design workshops, design thinking sheds light to core needs of users of a product or a service.
  3. I am a semi professional improviser. Meaning, improv is my full time hobby. I am living my dream of traveling and performing improv around the world with my duo Euro Trash.
Extra bonus: I love dancing, snowboarding, yoga and cheeseeee.
I would get a bionic eye if I could take pictures with a blink.
Inspiration is everywhere. Life is beautiful.
  • Work
    • User Experience Designer, Cisco Systems
  • Education
    • Leela Improv Theater
    • Cooper UX Boot Camp: Wikipedia
    • Schule Fur Gestaltung Basel, Summer Program for Design & Typography
    • Palo Alto Kendo Dojo
    • San Jose State University, BFA in Graphic Design