# Alberto P. Forero > Experience Design Leader Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/albertopforero US & Irish citizen; Seasoned design leader with experience in UX, User Research and Management for the last 25 years. Over this time I've worked on diverse projects, such as data-rich applications, media, and virtual worlds. For more info, see my résumé. Specialties: Management User Experience User Research ## Work Experience ### Design Consultant @ Alexandria iBase Jan 2025 – Present | United States Redesigning the Special Collections for this digital library of Astrological texts. ### Design Mage @ Revelore Press Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco, California, United States Created book covers, diagrams, and social media strategy ### Director Of UX @ Los Angeles Times Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States Lead a team of 4 designers to deliver outstanding experiences for LA Times readers. Delivered both tactical and new product ideas. Ran product design workshops with partners from Product, Engineering, and Research. ### Head Of Design @ Zignal Labs Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco, California, United States Set Design Strategy Manage team Collaborate with other leads Deliver Design work ### Design Manager - Enterprise @ Splunk Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 Lead a team of 6 designers to deliver outstanding product experiences in the Cloud. Team distributed between SF, Vancouver, and Japan. Mentored designers and developed career learning paths with them. Delivered both tactical and new product ideas. Shared out team progress weekly. Ran product design workshops with partners from Product, Engineering, and Research. ### Principal Interaction Designer - Analytics @ Splunk Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco, California Created design and user-centric concepts for our flagship product Splunk Enterprise as well as innovative experiences for our new Splunk Platform. Focusing on bringing powerful data analysis and visualization to a wider audience. Conducted user research across the U.S. and Canada. Gained expertise and certification in this highly-technical tool. ### Principal - Experience Design Architect @ LendingClub Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area First UX Designer at Lending Club; helped to build a design culture and team. Evangelized and ran workshops making the case for the importance of UX and mobile-first design. Introduced and nurtured key practices including user research, wireframing, prototyping, critiques, and using both qualitative and quantitative analysis. Projects include: Improve Borrower self-service; Design Auto loan refinancing experience; Design of first multi-product experience; Re-design of Help experience; Lead competitive research for website; In-depth study on borrower trust; Advocated and facilitate the creation of a true customer-centric product vision. ### Sr. UX Designer @ LendingClub Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area ### User Experience Manager @ Renesys Corporation Jan 2008 – Jan 2014 Design user interfaces, experiences, and product definitions for several Internet analysis products. Create a wide range of graphics for marketing, website, and presentations. ### Art Director & UI Designer @ MSI Learning Jan 2005 – Jan 2007 Designed and illustrated several online courses in project management; created marketing materials & course study guides. Supervised off-site production artists. ### 3D Artist, UI Designer, and Graphic Designer @ Linden Lab Jan 2002 – Jan 2004 | San Francisco, CA I designed a wide range of graphics for the virtual world 'Second Life', everything from posters to web ads, postcards to t-shirts, as well as leading a redesign of the application's UI. In addition, I created hundreds of textures and models for this exciting online community. ### Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Interactive Telecommunications @ New York University Jan 1997 – Jan 1998 | New York City I taught the 'Introduction to 3D' course using Alias software. Prepared and led a weekly 2.5 hour class in the fundamentals of 3D design and animation. I instructed a dozen students each term-students with little or no 3D experience-to successfully design and produce a 15-second animation for their final project. ## Education ### BA in Fine and Studio Arts Williams College ### Graphic Design in Illustration California College of the Arts ### graphic design School of Visual Arts ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/pantufla --- Source: https://flows.cv/albertopforero JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/albertopforero/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13