Hey there, my name is Ricardo and I use he/him/his pronouns 🔥

In my current role at Apiphany.ai, I lead all design efforts across product experience, branding, and go-to-market strategy. Collaborating closely with my engineering peers, I also drive innovation by leveraging LLM models, NLP and AI to transform billions of engineering and manufacturing data points into trusted, actionable insights.

I have nine years of design experience dedicated to uncovering opportunities, helping teams frame problems, facilitating sense-making, and collaboratively delivering human-centered solutions. I value authenticity, growth, and wonder. Working across diverse industries has helped me master adaptability, embrace different perspectives, and thrive in ambiguous environments.

I am a lifelong learner who is constantly seeking to expand my knowledge and skills, and I believe in constantly exploring new things and finding ways to improve upon them. I also firmly believe in unbiased work and have successfully transformed organizations with little to no experience in emerging fields.

EXPERIENCE

LEAD UX & UI PRODUCT DESIGNER

Apiphany.ai - Remote
Sept 2024 - Present / San Francisco, CA

    UI & UX DESIGNER IV

    Dynepic, Inc. - Remote
    Apr 2024 - Oct 2024 / Reno, NV

      LEAD UX & UI PRODUCT DESIGNER

      SEQUIN INC. - Remote
      Oct 2020 - July 2023 / Glastonbury, CT
      Award: Epic Games MegaGrant

        UX & UI PRODUCT DESIGNER

        include.io / SummitProfile - Remote
        Apr 2020 - Oct 2020 / Washington DC

          DIGITAL ART DIRECTOR & GRAPHIC DESIGNER

          CARNSMEDIA CREATIVE/PR AGENCY
          Jan 2017 - Apr 2020 / New York, NY

            DIGITAL ART DIRECTOR

            Blend Creative Agency
            Sept 2016 - Jan 2017 / New York, NY & Arezzo, Italy

              EXPERTISE

              Product Vision, Creative + Art Direction. User Research. (Ethnographic studies, Card Sorting, Heuristic Evaluation, Empathy Maps, Interviews, Dairy Studies, Surveys, Data Analysis) UX/UI Design & Interaction Design. Visual Artifacts (Personas, journey maps, experience blueprints, user flows, storyboards, wireframes, comps, prototyping, tech touch points), Usability Testing, User Testing A/B Testing, 2D Animation, Web3, Typography, Graphic Design, Style guides, Design Systems, Visual Design.

              AWARDS

              Epic Games MegaGrant.
              Rosenfeld Media Advancing Research Scholarship.
              Pratt Institute Circle Award.