# Al Deliallisi > Product Design @ Google | Ex-Amazon (AWS) | Former Architect | Educator & Mentor | On-Chain Location: New York, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/al Whether leading a design team for a major AWS service, reinventing the digital identities of some of the largest On-chain finance companies, or managing a design team through all phases of a multimillion-dollar urban development project in Qingdao, my 10+ years of experience in the design field has uniquely positioned me to deliver tremendous value as a product leader. Let's build something great together. ## Work Experience ### Senior Product Designer @ Google Jan 2025 – Present | New York, United States ### Product Design Mentor @ Designlab Jan 2022 – Present • Educating design students across Product Strategy, UX Design, UI Design, Interaction Design, and Visual Design. • Provide constructive, actionable feedback on weekly assignments designed to give students feedback across all disciplines. • Meet with students 1:1 to provide hands-on direction, industry expertise, and career advice. ### Founder & Principal Designer @ PD Studio Jan 2022 – Present | New York, New York, United States Founded an independent design studio that has launched B2B & B2C products, with a focus on financial blockchain products. ### Product Design Consultant - Definitive.fi @ PD Studio Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 • Redesigned onboarding, decreasing time on task and increasing conversion rates for new account deposits. • Overhauled asset selection, withdrawal, and deposit flow, resulting in a 10x growth in monthly trading volume. • Designed Multi-Wallet & Organization flow for institutional clients. • Established portfolio view for asset tracking & metrics. ### Product Design Lead - Maple Finance @ PD Studio Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 • Led multi-platform product design, leading to $3.4B in loans issued and $3.2B in current AUM. • Initiated and managed a design system that standardized UI components, substantially reducing development time and ensuring a cohesive brand experience. • Championed a user feedback loop that incorporated customer insights into the product development cycle, improving product-market fit and user satisfaction scores by over 30%. • Led design of best-in-class customer-facing Lender Dashboard, increasing customer retention rates and scaling the experience to multiple blockchains. ### Product Design - Agentic Solutions @ Amazon Web Services (AWS) Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 ### Product Design Lead - Deadline Cloud & Nimble Studio @ Amazon Web Services (AWS) Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 • Lead product design for AWS Deadline Cloud, a major cross-platform AWS service, to launch in Q2 2024. • Manage and develop a team of 4 UX/UI designers, with a focus on cross-org impact across AWS products. • Overhauled design culture org-wide, with an emphasis on scalable design patterns, user feedback, usability testing, rapid-prototyping, polished UI and intuitive onboarding. ### UX Lead & Product Designer @ yearn.finance Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | New York, New York, United States • Led UX design for major on-chain finance company with $3B Total Value Locked. • Refined B2B transactions while redesigning B2C user journey for the next product iteration with a focus on regulatory compliance. • Overhauled site design for multi-chain wallet functionality to increase Total Value Locked, user retention, and time on page metrics. ### Senior Product Designer @ LavaMap Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | New York, New York, United States • Spearheaded product design and managed 2 junior designers for LavaMap Property Listing platform on desktop & mobile. • Audited core user journeys for LavaMap iOS Virtual Reality app to increase customer retention metrics and new user sign-up conversion. • Created user onboarding for Listings Platform to increase customer retention/engagement and promote new feature rollout. • Reimagined the digital claiming of real-world property, resulting in higher conversion rates, task success rates, and task level satisfaction. ### Lead Product & Lead Web Designer @ Loft Story Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | New York, New York, United States • Solely responsible for the creation and implementation of design and web strategy for an event company with a $6M valuation. • Increased tour booking rate 10x through the deployment of web and mobile strategy based on competitive analysis and user interviews, leading to a 450% increase in monthly revenue. • Worked directly with the client to create, edit, and iterate the site, video, graphics, logos, branding, and micro-interactions. ### Senior Visual & Architectural Designer @ D+ Design Services Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 ### Senior Visual & Architectural Designer @ Robert A.M. Stern Architects Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | Greater New York City Area • Led, managed, and designed international, multi-million dollar projects through all design phases. • Mentored design team and junior staff while implementing company-wide design standards and best practices. • Synthesized clear solutions from complex design decisions for client-facing presentations and published marketing material. ### Senior Visual & Architectural Designer @ Snøhetta Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | New York, New York ### Visual & Architectural Designer @ Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | New York, New York ### Visual & Architectural Designer @ Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 ### Visual & Architectural Design Intern @ Gensler Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 ## Education ### Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.) in Architecture Rice University ### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Architecture Rice University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/deliallisi - Website: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14qrR2GzvPlbycfQ6r8xYXfbb1jFdZLrW/view?usp=drive_link --- Source: https://flows.cv/al JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/al/resume.json Last updated: 2026-02-23