# Alex Mandel

> VP of Design @ Garner Health

Location: Oakland, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/alexmandel

I’m a designer, researcher, and product strategist with a specialization in design leadership, information architecture and collaborative design processes.

I enjoy empowering people to do their best work, leading product and design strategy, doing hands on research and design work, and facilitating workshops to help people learn about design and solve problems together. 

I'm particularly passionate about education, healthcare, and mental health. 

Please reach out if you'd like to chat!

## Work Experience
### Vice President of Product Design @ Garner Health
Jan 2022 – Present | Remote

### Senior Design Manager @ Omada Health
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Remote

### Design Manager @ Omada Health
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Remote

### Senior Interaction Designer @ Omada Health
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Senior Interaction Designer @ Google
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Interaction Designer @ Google
Jan 2015 – Jan 2018
Through Google's acquisition of bebop, I am a google employee! Still working on the same bebop product as before.

### User Experience Designer @ bebop.co
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco Bay Area
I work across all aspects of the design process from design strategy and service design to interaction and visual design.

### Interaction Design Intern @ Cooper
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014
I work in all parts of the design process including: Conducting user research, research synthesis (such as persona and scenario creation), and wireframing.  I have also spent time designing and teaching curriculum for our workshops with Cooper U.

### Design Intern @ Endless Mobile
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
During the internship, I worked on designing a finance management application for people in the developing world.  I conducted research in Rocinha, a favela in Rio de Janeiro, analyzed the research, created personas, wireframed the site and created a spec for developers.

### Intern @ Cisco Systems
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | San Jose
Designed interfaces to help large numbers of people interact collaboratively to increase innovation at Cisco.

Developed and executed a social media strategy to increase engagement within Cisco IT.

Did Information Architecture and User Experience design on internal systems to improve efficiency and usability.

### Social Media Coordinator @ UC Berkeley
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Berkeley
Redesigned UC Berkeley's social media engagement strategy.  Researched student opinion in order to align social media content to student interest.  managed the facebook page for UC Berkeley.  My duties include coming up with posts and long term strategy for engaging students.

### Strategic Director and Co-Founder @ Innovative Design Studio
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Berkeley
My main responsibilities including Usability Analysis, UX Design, Web Design and Wireframing, Usability Testing, marketing strategy, and basically anything else that involves strategy.


## Education
### Bachelor's Degree in Cognitive Science
University of California, Berkeley
Jan 2010 – Jan 2014


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/alex-mandel-12a52035
- Portfolio: http://thepmtoolkit.com/
- Portfolio: https://alexmandel.me

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Last updated: 2026-03-25