# Anthony Phan > Co-Founder | Product + Design Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/anthonyphan I believe in the amazing power design has towards solving complex problems. I lean on empathy and open-mindedness in my approach to building teams and products. I'm an educator-turned-techie, passionate about exploring problems at the intersection of design and technology. ## Work Experience ### Co-Founder @ Supernova Jan 2023 – Present ### Cohort 8 Founder Fellow @ Beta University Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | Palo Alto, California, United States Proud to be selected for Cohort 8 of the Beta Pre-Acceleration Program—an intensive, founder-first program that empowers early-stage startups through an 8-week journey of mentorship, hands-on learning, and deep community engagement. ### User Experience Researcher @ UX Foundations Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 - Conduct qualitative and quantitative research to develop persona archetypes - Lead the design and implementation of card sorting and tree testing research studies to optimize the information hierarchy and sitemap navigation - Provide oversight support throughout ideation and design process - Facilitate usability testing on prototypes to generate feedback for improved iterations ### UX/UI Designer @ GoPursue Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 - Partner closely with product owner and developer to design and build exceptional user experiences - Conduct qualitative and quantitative research to understand user pains and needs and determine product design direction - Create storyboards, process flows, wireframes, and prototypes to communicate translated business needs and design requirements - Create, test, and validate design hypotheses through feedback and iteration - Serve as an advocate for the implementation of design thinking and the visual identity of the brand and product, ensuring alignment of mission and values ### Design Peer Mentor @ Springboard Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 - Review student work and provide in-depth feedback on design assignments - Provide guidance and encouragement to struggling students - Give insights to Springboard to improve the student experience ### Product Design Intern @ GoPursue Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 - Conducted generative research on likely end-users to identify key pains and needs - Created wireframes; high fidelity prototype informed by user insights - Conducted usability testing to provide actionable feedback - Created presentation slides; stakeholder research, user interviews, user flows, sitemap, high fidelity prototype, and recommendations for executive team - Successfully launched design solutions encompassing the following identified user and business goals: expanded messaging controls, clearer login and onboarding process, user profiles, user preferences and bookmarking, and new career opportunities feature. ### Assistant Principal @ Aspire Public Schools Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | Los Angeles, California - Part of the instructional leadership team, re-envisioning our academic and instructional school priorities, coached teachers and provided professional development, managed schoolwide testing, drafted various school plans. ### Assistant Principal @ Alliance College-Ready Public Schools Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Los Angeles, California - Part of the school leadership team, reformed school's tiered system for supporting students and restructured, implemented new social emotional learning program, monitored special education compliance, coached teachers and facilitated teacher trainings and workshops. ### Assistant Principal @ Los Angeles Academy of Arts and Enterprise Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Los Angeles, California - Oversaw school instructional programs, coached teachers on best practices, implemented new teacher rubric, monitored schoolwide testing and student academic performance indicators, implemented schoolwide strategies for improvement. ### Interim School Principal @ Los Angeles Academy of Arts and Enterprise Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Los Angeles, California, United States ### Director of Curriculum and Instruction @ Los Angeles Academy of Arts and Enterprise Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Los Angeles County, California, United States - Part of the academic and instructional leadership team, leading the instructional programming (including professional development, curriculum adoption, and teaching best practices). ### Literacy Coach @ Los Angeles Academy of Arts and Enterprise Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 - Created and facilitated professional development workshops around English Learner strategies, differentiation, and integrated ELD. Coached teachers on literacy strategies to engage all learners. ### Reading and ELD Teacher @ Los Angeles Academy of Arts and Enterprise Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 - Created 6-12th grade literacy intervention curriculum. In one semester, doubled the percentage of students reading at-grade level. Developed an ELD course pathway from newcomers to ELD level 3. ### English and Reading Intervention Teacher @ Green Dot Public Schools Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Los Angeles, CA ### Corps Member, English Teacher @ Teach For America Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 ## Education ### UX/UI Design Career Track Certification in UX/UI, Product Design Springboard ### Master of Arts (M.A.) in Education, School Leadership California State University-Dominguez Hills ### Master of Arts (M.A.) in Urban Education Loyola Marymount University ### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Sociology University of California, Berkeley ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/anthonyphan1 --- Source: https://flows.cv/anthonyphan JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/anthonyphan/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13