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    Philip Sebastian

    Philip Sebastian

    Product designer turned founder building AI products.
    Previously Apple, SAP, Imgur, and Manhattan Venture Partners.
    I design and ship 0→1 products.

    Entrepreneur San Francisco Stanford University
    philipsebastian.com
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    Experience
    Bankroll
    Bankroll
    CEO 2019 - 2020 (about 1 year)
    Good spending habits made simple for Teenagers

    We live in a world that is information rich and poor financial-literacy. At Bankroll our mission is to change the relationship... more teenagers have with money by optimizing good spending habits through family support.

    Combined— our team has over 15+ years experience working with some of the best companies in the biz: Apple, Snapchat, PayPal, YCombinator, Pinterest, Marqeta, & Twitch!
    RecurPal
    RecurPal
    CEO 2018 - 2019 (over 1 year)
    RecurPal is a SaaS operating platform that immediately tracks all of your employee's subscriptions and manages the lifecycle of your SaaS services to reduce unwanted spending... more or duplicate services all in one place.
    Imgur
    Imgur
    Sr. Designer 2017 - 2018 (4 months)
    Apple
    Apple
    Sr. Product Designer 2016 (5 months)
    under disclosure.
    Bounteous
    Bounteous
    User Experience Designer 2013 - 2015 (over 2 years)
    Building high level dashboard screens, prototype tools and I was the lead designer for multiple projects. This may include user research, information architecture, wireframes... more and prototyping using sketch, keynote, and xcode.
    Founder
    Badaboom Labs, Motown
    Employee
    Apple, Bounteous, Better Belly, Manhattan Venture Partners, Imgur, RecurPal, Bankroll
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    Education
     
    Projects
    Build: Prototype Tool
    Create Applications with no coding required. Drag and Drop.
    UI/UX Designer , Sketch 3, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator · Bridging the Gap Between Enterprise App Development and No-Code Innovation

    Backstory… · More
    Nearly 3 years into my tenure as a Sr. UX Designer at SAP, my manager approached me with a unique opportunity. He asked if I was interested in working on a "special" project with Team 'X'. Eager for a fresh challenge and the chance to build something entirely from the ground up, I immediately seized the opportunity. At that time, the project consisted of only four individuals and some preliminary ideas illustrated by a few sketches on whiteboards. The project bore the codename 'Norman', and its details remained confidential until we could demonstrate its viability to our stakeholders.

    Interestingly, although we had a clear understanding of the problem we aimed to solve and had validated our hypothesis, I discovered that the company had tried and failed to create this product nearly four times in the past. Another team based in Germany once came close to succeeding, but the product's direction shifted and it evolved into Web IDE (Integrated Development Environment). This tool facilitates users in quickly designing and extending applications for both browsers and mobile devices, streamlining the entire application lifecycle – from prototyping and development to packaging, deployment, and even customer extensions, specifically for SAP Fiori and SAPUI5 applications. This outcome was quite distinct from the original concept of BUILD.

    To conclude, I was among the pioneer designers on the team. As the project gained momentum, the team expanded to over 100 members. The indelible impact we achieved as a cohesive unit is immeasurable. I'm immensely proud to have collaborated with such an outstanding team on this initiative.
     
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    Achievements

    Won 1st place in the Designer's Guild Hackathon, 2016
    I re-designed Imgur's logo in 2017 (2.4B daily views)
    Designed the first abs emoji at Apple, 2016

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    Skills
    User Experience Design SAP Product Development Product Design Entrepreneurship FinTech SaaS Startup Founder Advisor Venture Fundraising Research Generative AI UI/UX Design Cursor AI Figma
    Locations
    Los Angeles San Francisco
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