Testimonials

Ariba is a dynamic leader with positive energy and valuable insights from her expertise. She not only comes prepared and ready to be on stage, she is also empathetic and engaging to adapt to any situation to best captivate the audience. I love working with her and I know you will too. Highly recommend you to book her as a speaker!

- Jessalin Lam, Co-Founder, Asians in Advertising

I jump at any opportunity to work with Ariba and hope you will too. She's brilliant, curious, thoughtful, and honest – which I believe are such important traits of an engaging and impactful speaker. Ariba truly cares about understanding her audience and asks the right questions to make sure she can deliver just what they need. She's also very collaborative and open to feedback which, as a producer and curator, makes it so great to work with her.

Ariba doesn't shy away from tough topics and challenges her audiences to do the same. She brings herself and her story into the messages she's sharing which makes her presentations and writing so resonant. The world needs more Ariba – hire her for your next event! 

- Danielle Barnes, CEO, Women Talk Design

I am grateful to have had the opportunity to host Ariba as a speaker on our 'SI HER Impact Web3' panel at NFT NYC. She is a speaker that draws you in as you are listening to her - - strong, intelligent points coupled with an authentic and clear tone shape Ariba to be a compelling speaker. I recommend Ariba for keynotes and solo talks in addition to panels as I experienced her ability to hold the attention of the audience, which isn’t easy to do at busy tech conferences! I very much look forward to her podcast and seeing her as a leading voice and impact driver in web3.

- Kara Howard, Founder of SI-HER

Ariba is an incredible host and panel moderator! She made us all feel so comfortable and hyped us up to share our stories! She did an incredible amount of prep work to make a four person panel go smooth as butter and yet feel like an intimate conversation.

- Mars Nevada

If you are lucky enough to see Ariba speak, as I have been, prepare to have your assumptions challenged. Ariba is not just a powerful speaker, she is a leader, capable of igniting an audience’s imagination for what is possible.

- Amy Wood, Co-creator SHINE Bootcamp

Ariba’s conviction and curiosity are infectious.  As a speaker, she invites people into her hunger for a more inclusive world— from how we lead organizations to how we design products. I loved witnessing the power of her personal story to call design leaders, especially women, into new boldness while at Women in Innovation. ⭐️

Moreover, Ariba's integrity shines through at every step of an engagement. While co-hosting at Austin Design Week— her advocacy made our hearing accessibility panel as inclusive as the message. It's the unseen moments that make her an incredible collaborator.

- Melanie Kahl

“Presence, timing, brilliant topic being shared, knowledgeable, breezed through tech issues ... I can go on. Your event would be incredibly lucky to have Ariba as the Keynote speaker!”

— Peter Aitken, Founder of Global Diversity CFP, conference organizer

“Wow. @aribajahan killed it with her inspiring, practical talk: “Who’s not in the room? Build better products by engaging hard to reach users.” Such a good combination of personal story & case study to engage & challenge assumptions about teens & bullying. ”

— Chris Geison, Research Strategist & Founder

“Thank you so much @aribajahan for being so open with your fantastic case study, a lesson for us all! I hope to remember this wisdom and always check my bias when researching and creating!”

— @mslanei, Experience Designer, Atlassian

“I loved your talk! It was so so good.”

—Sophia Shoemaker, Software Engineer, Box

“Really enjoyed the talk this evening. Learned a lot and truly appreciated the honesty and openness shared by @aribajahan”

— Lisa deBettencourt, Systems Designer & Founder

“Super eye opening talk by @aribajahan of AdCouncil on building better products by engaging hard-to-reach users!”

—Chris Craigman, Sr PM, Shopify

“First of all, I was completely floored by Ariba’s talk; so powerful, and so on point. Ariba's talk was enlightening, powerful, and much needed - I deeply appreciate her posing thought-provoking questions and providing CTAs for us to become better, inclusive designers.”

— Nikhila N, Product Designer, Hubspot

“I really appreciated the way you shared your ideas and methods with us, but also encouraged us to share as well. It really made this feel like the talk was a safe space and helped me learn what I should specifically be looking for in the next team that I work with. ”

—Aska M, Brand Designer

“Thanks for a great talk today—one of my favourites!”

—Will Arndt, Creative Director, OXD

Amanda Kwong recognized you with her gift of gratitude during this round of PDFs.  She has enjoyed seeing you continue to grow in your leadership, and advance the impact of the Spark Trend meetings.  And on campaign work she specifically appreciated your contributions to the discussion about co-creation opportunities for the ALZ campaign.  

Amanda considers you “the future of Ad Council – someone that is not afraid to push on existing processes and structures, as a means to advance equity both within the Ad Council and the populations we are serving.”  She appreciates your “commitment to creating more inclusive spaces – in recognizing the invisible but visible power structures that exist, and how we can dismantle them to ensure all voices are heard and cared for.”  She added, “Ariba is also, just a wonderful all-around human that Ad Council is lucky to have.” 

Having managed Ariba for 7 years at the Ad Council, I highly recommend her for any role related to UX design leadership, product management, organizational development/change management or any leadership capacity in innovation or emerging technology. Ariba is passionate about solving problems and pain points by co-creating with people who are the most impacted. She is expert at applying design thinking and lean startup practices as well as best practices in UX to a variety of projects and challenges. Ariba is a self starter and takes initiative on work related projects as well as her own growth and learning. She has immersed herself in all things Web3, taught herself Python, sought out and received scholarships for conferences and speaking boot camps leading to her becoming an internationally recognized thought leader, speaker and now podcaster! Ariba is an empathetic listener and is able to distill insights and present to her colleagues and senior leadership with confidence. She was often asked by senior team leaders to consult on larger projects including our strategic plan and DEI commitments. Ariba's impact at the Ad Council has been transformative in exposing the organization to new ways of thinking and working. She is a strategic systems thinker and would be an asset to any organization tackling big challenges.

- Anastasia Goodstein, SVP of Digital at the Ad Council

It’s been a joy to collaborate with Ariba on the Ad Council Spark team and to learn from her vast and growing knowledge of emerging tech and innovation. Her innovation practice goes beyond simply subject matter expertise – she lives and breathes innovation in the way she creates space for all voices with transparency and empathy. I most appreciate how for her, innovation seems to be an everyday practice that honors the wisdom of voices who are traditionally overlooked in the tech and innovation space – women, people of color, queer folks, and others. She’s a true leader in her ability to bring so many people together under the same mission for making our world better with innovation.

- Rachelle Reeder, VP of Strategy and Evaluation

Ariba is a phenomenal leader with grounded confidence who collaborates well with users, junior staff, middle management, and c-suite executives. She democratizes design thinking and innovative ways of working and thus shaped many Ad Council projects for the better. For the Mental Health initiative, she led co-creation sessions with a vendor and was able to generate crucial insights for the product strategy. Anyone would be lucky to have her on their staff and team!

- Rebecca Mir, Senior Digital Director Ad Council