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    Ericson de Agosto

    Ericson de Agosto

    For over 10 years, I've worked closely in partnership with business leaders to take concepts to market quicker and better.

    Angel San Francisco
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    Bevvy
    Bevvy
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    Mosaic
    Mosaic
    Director of UX / Head of Design 2016 - Present (about 10 years)
    Helped the organization embrace user-experience as a critical part of corporate strategy. Created a best-in-class channel partner acquisition, onboarding, and point-of-sale... more experience for solar and clean energy home improvement channels. Evolved the development process, in partnership with product leadership, to employ best practices in design thinking and user-centered design to drive design maturity into the organization.
    Solarcity
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    Solarcity
    Director of Acquisition Experience 2014 - 2016 (over 1 year)
    Worked directly with senior leadership (CTO, CMO) in developing solutions to increase conversion and lower customer acquisition costs through engaging interactive experiences.... more Designed and launched a new self-service sales channel, which allowed DIY-type customers to pre-qualify and configure a solar system over their roof. Worked to solve challenges within customer communications, which tend to cause significant friction in solar adoption.
    Apple
    Apple
    Creative Technologist 2012 - 2013 (about 1 year)
    Explored and developed innovative ways to establish best practices for top creative agencies in designing and developing interactive experiences on top of Apple's iAd platform.
    Particle
    Particle
    Co-founder, Head of UX 2008 - 2012 (over 4 years)
    Took product concepts to market. Worked on a wide range of projects for small start-ups and Fortune 500 brands. Developed our own internal, front-end framework for allowing... more designer-types to quickly build and deliver interactive prototypes in production-ready code.

    Particle was sold to Apple in 2012.
    Crusher
    Crusher
    Founder 2003 - 2006 (over 3 years)
    My first foray into bootstrapped entrepreneurship. Launched an online event invitation service as an alternative to popular services at the time. Assembled a team of engineers... more (sweat equity) and worked out of my living room.
    Yahoo
    Yahoo
    Senior Designer / Design Manager 2003 - 2006 (over 3 years)
    Worked as part of an interdisciplinary, matrixed user experience design team comprising of visual design, design management, web development, and user experience research.... more Led the design of Yahoo!’s initial entry into social networking.
    Frog Design
    Frog Design
    Senior Designer / Design Manager 1999 - 2003 (about 4 years)
    Led a variety of design projects such as enterprise software applications, corporate websites, and rich media interfaces. Managed a small team to design a web-based application... more suite for the industrial design process.
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    Frog Design, Yahoo, Crusher, Particle, Apple, Solarcity, Mosaic
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    Bevvy
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    Leadership Management Visual Design User Experience Design Product Design Service Design
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