Mads Soegaard
IxDF Founder
IxDF is the nexus where brilliant minds converge to create the world's best online design education. We're here to make a dent in the universe.
The strength of IxDF comes from the combined expertise of our faculty, instructors, staff, community leaders in 490 cities, and members across 105 countries. Together, we hold ourselves to the highest standards of the design industry and work tirelessly to create real career success for professionals worldwide. Our journey began in 2002, and today we're proud to set the benchmark for design education globally.
The Executive Educational Board oversees and guides the overall direction of the IxDF in close collaboration with the founders. Its primary focus is to ensure we continue to equip our members with timeless, human-centered skills that create real and measurable results—for themselves, their employers, and the end users they design for. In short, our Executive Educational Board helps us shape human-centered design education that improves quality of life for humankind, starting with the life and career of each IxDF member.
The Executive Board's responsibilities are threefold:
The Board of Directors works with the founders to shape and govern the overall direction of IxDF. Formally, the Board sets strategic priorities in collaboration with the founders, provides oversight of governance and operations, and ensures accountability and transparency across the organization. In simpler terms, the Board holds us accountable and helps us stay true to our mission: to continue setting the gold standard for design education and career transformation worldwide.
The Board of Directors' responsibilities:
We're Rikke and Mads, founders of IxDF and soulmates on a shared mission.
Our childhoods were shaped by pig shit, alcoholism, and humiliation, but we used education to build a life we love.
That's why our life's mission is to give the same opportunity to every corner of humanity. Since 2002, we've poured our hearts into building education of higher quality than anything taught in Silicon Valley companies or Ivy League universities.
Why Did
We Build IxDF?
We're Rikke and Mads, founders of IxDF and soulmates on a shared mission.
Our childhoods were shaped by pig shit, alcoholism, and humiliation, but we used education to build a life we love.
That's why our life's mission is to give the same opportunity to every corner of humanity. Since 2002, we've poured our hearts into building education of higher quality than anything taught in Silicon Valley companies or Ivy League universities.
The IxDF Continent Managers help shape design-driven career transformation across six continents. We're proud to have 490 Local Groups in 105 countries, guided by 9 Continent Managers, 90 Country Managers, and 445 Local Leaders. Together, they provide strategic and operational leadership that strengthen and extend IxDF's global impact.
The responsibilities of IxDF Continent Managers are manyfold:
Product Designer
Founder
UI/UX designer and software developer
Designer
Strategic Service Design Practice Lead
Principal Service Designer + Experience Design
Digital Authenticity Architect | Founder
Senior UI / UX designer and Design Thinking trainer
The IxDF Country Managers oversee and support IxDF Local Leaders in their respective countries. They guide and empower Local Leaders to build strong, locally rooted communities and adapt our initiatives to their country's unique culture, business landscape, and design community.
The responsibilities of the IxDF Country Managers are the following:
Interaction Designer
UX Manager
UX Designer
Product Designer
Lead UX Engineer
Senior UI/UX Designer
Product Designer
Senior UX Designer
Digital Authenticity Architect | Founder
Designer manager
Former Head of UX
Lead Product Designer
Principal Product Designer | Sr Manager, Product Design
Journalist, expert in Digital Area | Lead I.A. & Content Manager
UX | Project Director
Senior Visual Designer
UX/UI Designer
UX/UI Specialist
Senior User Experience Designer
Digital Designer
Senior Product UX Designer
Application consultant experience architecture
Senior UX/UI Designer
UX Designer
Product Designer
Industrial Designer
IxDF Country Manager Georgia, Creative Lead
Conversion Copywriter
UX/UI Designer | Human-AI Interaction
Product Designer
Strategic Service Design Practice Lead
Product • UX Strategy, Design, Research
Director of User Experience
Senior UX Developer
UX/UI Designer
Director of Design Systems
Product Manager
Founder
Co-Director
Designer
Senior UX Lead
Senior Product Designer
Director of Experience & Accessibility
UX/CX/Service Design Consultant
UX Mentor | Evangelist | Consultant
Design & Innovation
CEO at product design company
Service Designer
Senior UX Design Researcher
Researcher and Educator
UX Specialist, SCRUM trainer
Product & UX/UI Designer
UX Designer
Staff Product Designer
Empathic Product Designer
UX/UI Designer
Senior UX & Product Designer
User Experience Designer
Senior UX-designer
Country Manager |UX UI
Product Designer
UX/UI Lead
MBA & Innovation Student
UX UI Designer
Designer
Invited Professor / Researcher
Digital Designer
Project Manager
Product Designer
Design & Innovation
UX Designer
UX Designer
Product Manager
UX Researcher & Strategist
Senior Site Manager SEO/UX (DACH)
UI UX Designer
Senior UX Researcher
Product Lead
Assistant Professor
Service Design Lead
UX Designer
Product Director/CPO
Assistant Lecturer
UX designer
UX Designer | Digital Media Designer
UX/UI Designer
Designer
Director of Design
Lead AIx Product Design
Regional Manager (Asia), Digital Director
IxDF Local Leaders are the heartbeat of every city where our community lives and grows. They're the ones who turn ideas into meetups, strangers into friends, and connections into job opportunities.
Sr UX designer
Freelance Artist
Content Design Leadership
UX Researcher
Student
UX | UI | IxD | Product Designer
Senior Product Designer
Associate Director of Innovations
UX & Innovation Director
UX Researcher
UX Designer | Product Designer
UX Designer
Design Co-Founder
Analyst
Student
Content Strategist/UX Writer/Marketing Strategist
Student
UX Engineer
Design Director / Product Design Lead
Sr. UX/UI Designer
Creative Soul & Founder
Digital Designer
UX Designer
UX Leader
Lead UX Design
Designer
Product Designer
Director of Design
Sr. Digital Experience Strategist
Sr. UX Researcher
Sr. Product Designer
Customer Experience Strategy & Content Strategy Leader
Lead Researcher
Principle Usability Engineer
UX Designer · DevOps Engineer
Team Lead of Product Design
Product Designer
Senior Quantitative and Qualitative Researcher
Senior Product Designer
Product Designer
UX Design Manager
UX/UI Manager
UX Product Designer
Experience Design Leader