# Alexander Yamato > Product Designer at Microsoft AI Location: Seattle, Washington, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/alexanderyamato I'm Alexander, a designer that specializes in end-to-end product design and collaborating with partners to create world-class products. I have experience mapping out product vision, building design systems, and shipping products in the AI and search space. Currently I'm leading design on Copilot Voice and Vision within Microsoft's consumer Copilot. A product that I've worked on since its inception, then called Bing chat, way back in 2022. When not working, I'm roller-skating at my local rink or looking for every opportunity to do karaoke. If any of this sounds interesting send me a message and let's chat! DESIGN User Flows, User Journey, Information Architecture, Prototyping, Design Systems, Visual Design, Typography RESEARCH Usability Testing, User Research, Competitive Analysis, Market Research, User Interviews, User Surveys DEVELOPMENT HTML/CSS (Basic Understanding) SOFTWARE Figma, VS Code, Figma Make, MidJourney, Protopie, Adobe CC (Photoshop, Illustrator), Azure DevOps, Slack, Linear ## Work Experience ### Product Designer @ Microsoft Jan 2020 – Present | Redmond, Washington, United States Copilot -Redesign the Bing chat product and work with partners across Microsoft to align on a singular Copilot brand voice and vision -Explore the vision of Copilot on Windows OS -Partnering with OEMs to add Copilot actions and intelligence to your personal phone -Led design and shipped Copilot Mode in Edge, Microsoft's AI browser Bing AI -Conceptualize and design the future of web search with LLMs and conversational AI -Collaborate with stakeholders and cross-functional partners to build a product on tight timelines Growth and Entry Points Design team for Web Experiences. -Partnering with different products and interfaces across Microsoft to integrate web content into their experiences ### UX Designer (via Aerotek) @ Microsoft Leap Apprenticeship Program Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Redmond, Washington -Worked across a team of researchers, PM’s, and developers to perform design research, explorations, and recommendations for Bing search integrations -Developed accessibility specifications for Windows 10X search by performing research and consulting with subject-matter experts throughout Microsoft -Designed 5-year future forecasted search experiences with technical implementation criteria by consulting with a cross-functional team of experts -Conducted user research, design, and testing with a cross-functional team to support multi-account support on office.com ### UX Designer @ Armoire Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater Seattle Area -Created end-to-end mobile-first design solutions in a two-week sprint that clarified and expedited user journeys to address the needs of both the client and customers -Collaborated with a team of two researchers, one designer, Head of UX Design at Armoire, as well as pertinent teams within Armoire to analyze customer experience research data and develop high-fidelity mockups and a clickable prototype of our design solutions -Validated designs with user testing and iterated wireframes and prototypes accordingly -Presented the client with different design options to illustrate design justifications on a constrained timeline with strict deadlines ### Sales Engineer @ McAfee Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 -Managed operations of a graduate rotation program with the goal to create sustainability, clear procedures, and metrics of success: +Created global documentation for the screening process, hiring event, on-boarding, and operations +Designed and built an internal website to act as a knowledge base for rotation members, rotation managers, and organizations interested in joining the program -Managed a global sales research program encompassing $900,000,000 in deals +Re-branded the program through consistent visual design and in line with McAfee branding, resulting in 13% more user engagement +Created multiple design iterations and logo options to leadership and stakeholders +Conducted user interviews, user testing, and affinity mapping to determine what aspects of the program's site were most important to users +Updated the data visualization to offer users more clarity and better user interaction with a style that was consistent with the program's visual design +Sourced ancillary data and correlated it to our CRM data to get a more holistic view of sales +Collaborated with groups throughout McAfee to develop data from sales interviews and to act on insights and feedback received -During a one week sprint, I designed, implemented, and created documentation for an updated design in HTML and CSS for an internal program website so that it was more intuitive for users -Led a team of application engineers, sales reps, and data analysts to introduce a new online tool that provides competitive sales info within an active deal to bring valuable information to the context of a sale -Reduced unacceptable peer to peer traffic on the corporate network by 83% to not only further secure the McAfee network but also to remove bandwidth drain and increase productivity -Set up a personal virtual environment to perform a technical demo in 3 months - a task that is given to new Sales Engineer hires with an average of 10 years more industry experience ### Process Engineering Intern @ Boeing Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Everett, Washington -Developed an optimized logistics process, reducing delivery time by 54.6% and yielding an annual savings of $300,000 -Led a cross-functional team of programmers, mechanics, and managers to solve problems under a strict time constraint -Acted as a process engineer for automated manufacturing project on a $2.6 billion (revenue) /month line -Collected and analyzed testing data for innovative production processes ### Process Engineering Intern @ Huntsman Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Freeport, Texas -Improved run-time by 50% by investigating a failing heat exchanger and implementing a solution -Led 12 shutdown projects as the process engineer -Presented project progress for superiors to determine critical path actions and ensure project success -Led a cross-functional team of engineers, vendors, and tradesmen to populate an approved manufacturer list -Created an online database that is still used today of valve specs and approved manufacturers to expedite searches ### Research and Development Intern @ Bastech LLC Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Jacksonville, Florida Area -Attracted and informed potential customers by creating compelling marketing brochures across the entire product portfolio that were in line with the corporate branding and design ethos -Conducted competitive and comparative analysis on chemical sales brochures to create a design that spoke to Bastech's brand and showcased the most pertinent specifications and technologies for customers -Organized and designed PowerPoint presentations for meetings with prospective customers that were engaging, on-brand, and compelling, resulting in two new contracts -Developed more effective products for customers by collaborating with R&D chemists and manufacturing -Analyzed 50 experimental samples per week; used to commercialize three new products ## Education ### Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering Florida State University Jan 2013 – Jan 2017 ### UX/UI Design General Assembly Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/alexanderyamato - Portfolio: https://alexanderyamato.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/alexanderyamato JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/alexanderyamato/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-30