Val Head is Design Evangelist at Adobe, a web animation expert, and author. She has a talent for getting designers and developers alike excited about the power of animation. Val speaks at conferences and workshops around the world, connecting Adobe directly to the UX design community.

Prior to joining Adobe, Val spent years as an independent consultant, helping companies embrace UI animation as part of their design systems and processes. She is the author of Designing Interface Animation, teaches CSS Animation on lynda.com and curates the weekly  UI Animation Newsletter. As a long-time supporter of the web community, Val also co-founded the Web Design Day conference, and is a leader of Pittsburgh’s Girl Develop It chapter.