# Alison Ostendorf > Design Philosopher. Creator of Design Leadership Training. DesignOps + automations advocate. Consultant - bringing Product Ops to Biz Ops. Community organizer, Women in Product (San Francisco) Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/alisonostendorf Refer to AlisonOstendorf.com for my newsletter and for more content than you can find here. I talk about how I solve my own problems with design thinking and AI. I also mention things I see happening in the San Francisco Bag Area, and whatever else I'm pondering as a designer and philosopher. Or email me at alison.ostendorf@gmail.com about collaborating on product / design / thought leadership projects. As of Jan 2026, some highlights: 1. ReveueLions.com and our Revenue Lions Partner Network. We use design thinking at the business level. It's fun and nerdy. (contact me at alison@revenuelions.com ) 2. RobotPedals.com - this is the container for things I am creating for fun, since AI has now democratized MVPs for product people like me. 3. I am the San Francisco chapter lead for Women in Product (email me to engage with that community: alisonostendorf@gmail.com OR sanfrancisco@womenpm.org, OR our Linktree at https://linktr.ee/womenpmSF ) 4. MommunityHouse.org - An community for moms / parents who want to co-parent together and sometimes live together. 5. "Soon" I will start researching and writing my first book, called Why Why Matters (it is inspired by bad product "requirements") Want me to speak at your event? Or be on a panel? I have gotten clear on a few specific ideas that I think are not as known in "design" and "innovation" land, and I'm open to hearing about welcome spaces and networking events share these ideas with. (Contact me directly at alison.ostendorf@gmail.com ) Talks I have ready to go right now include: 1. How to Support Your Designer, as a Product Manager 2. Design Thinking in Business 3. Why Workshop (getting to the core of a causal why) 4. (TBD - Let's ideate on other design & leadership related topics of interest to your community. Email alisonostendorf@gmail.com with ideas.) Thanks for reading. Remember to go to AlisonOstendorf.com for more info, including to sign up for my newsletter. I'll tell you about cool stuff. ## Work Experience ### Head of Design and Product, Co-founder @ Revenue Lions Jan 2023 – Present | Houston, Texas, United States Revenue Lions is a HubSpot partner aimed at implementation, consultation and training of HubSpot software. We focus on Sales Implementation, Service Implementation and HubSpot Training along with B2B Marketing. My role as Founder and Managing Partner is to lead our team to success with other companies. ### Chief Product Officer, Co-founder @ LNQ Systems Jan 2016 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Responsible for setting product vision, aligning product and company roadmaps with product and company visions, managing weekly standups with engineering and product, writing product requirements, creating and managing product development tickets, managing design team workflow, oversight of brand identity across all platforms, communicating with user base and conduct user testing, leading design efforts for all new features and enhancements, maintaining a modern product with competitive features and architecture as the industry evolves. LNQ helps you succeed by enabling the creation of trusted relationships. Connect with those around you now. Build connections and achieve success your way. ### Director of Design @ Polly Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States ### Senior UX Designer @ Polly Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, California As the only designer in a fast growing enterprise FinTech company in San Francisco, my responsibilities have included anything and everything related to UX design, UI design, and product design. Specifically this includes user research, new feature wireframing and prototyping, writing copy, maintaining a sense of brand consistency for multiple products in one unified platform, user acceptance testing, new feature research and documentation, writing specs for interaction requirements that are consumed by developers across multiple agile teams, writing and prioritizing bugs and UI enhancements, creating and maintaining a design system in Figma, etc. ### UX Designer, Web Developer, Owner @ Responsive Redesign Jan 2015 – Jan 2019 | Greater New York City Area Regularly redesigned, developed, and launched new and custom websites for small to mid sized businesses in need of a modern redesign. Projects focused on design for the Millennial mobile user, and handled all rebranding aspects as needed; ranging from building new websites in raw code, editing existing templates within popular content management systems, modifying vector graphics, and setting up API integrations. ### Product UX & Startup Strategy - Advisor @ Hiring Stage Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Greater New York City Area Advisor; consulting weekly on startup best practices, foundational company strategy, digital product design, and other matters related to starting a new company with an innovative digital product. ### COO, Co-founder @ Socialwise Partners Inc. Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Greater New York City Area My responsibilities included maintaining smooth internal operations of the startup, raising startup capital, developing strategic partnerships with other Benefit Corporations in order to expand product offerings, growing our brand as an environmentally friendly office supply company, oversight of recruiting and HR, and assisting with ongoing business development. ### Licensed Real Estate Agent @ Modern Spaces Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Astoria, NY As a real estate agent, I specialize in investment and residential deals in Astoria, NY. I also run my own small investment company, nation-wide. ### Independent Distributor @ Advocare Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | New York City All about health, wellness, mental focus, energy, weight loss. Not just great products, a lifestyle. Also breeds fitness mentality, debt elimination, and wealth creation with the income opportunity. Contact me for more details or go to my page at ChampionsNYC.com ### Licensed Real Estate Agent @ House Hunt Realty Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 Licenses real estate agent. ### Licensed Real Estate Agent @ EXIT Realty Corp. International Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Greenpoint, Brooklyn Investment-friendly real estate agent in the Greater NY Area. ### Licensed Real Estate Agent @ A.C. Lawrence & Company, Real Estate Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 I specialize in rentals in the East Village and Upper East Side, though I can rent you a property in any locaiton in the city. I also have extensive sales and investment training, and would love to help make your real estate dream scome true. Contact for this position: aostendorf@aclawrence.com. ### Theatrical Lighting Designer & Stage Manager @ Shadow Ninja Lighting Jan 2006 – Jan 2013 | San Francisco Bay Area I designed, set up, and/or stage managed over 150 theatrical performances within the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City, including productions like NY Fashion Week, Shakespeare In The Park, and The Tribeca Film Festival. ### Teacher's Assistant @ Montreal Light Microscopy Course, McGill University Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Montreal, Canada Area Also held in 2010 as TA. ### Microscopy Intern @ Molecular Imaging Center, UC Berkeley Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 Optical Microscopy Imaging Specialist ### Stage Manager @ Woman's Will Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 ### Personal Assistant @ Sans Souci LLC Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 ### Microscopy Intern @ Intern at McGill University Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 To clarify: This internship lasted for two weeks. ### Certified Microscopist @ Merritt Microscopy Program Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 Two certifications in light microscopy, for scientific research. Specialty in fluorescent confocal microscopy. ### Feminist Organizer @ Berkeley NOW Jan 2008 – Jan 2010 Run the Berkeley chapter of the National Organization for Women as President. ### Resident Theatrical Lighting Designer @ Starting Arts Theater Co. Jan 2005 – Jan 2009 Resident LD ### Assistant to the Lighting Designer @ Stanford Summer Theater Jan 2006 – Jan 2006 ## Education ### -- in Molecular and Cell Biology University of California, Berkeley ### Merritt College ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/alison-ostendorf - Website: https://AlisonOstendorf.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/alisonostendorf JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/alisonostendorf/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-08