# Arseni Harkunou

> Designer / Builder / Founder

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/arseni

0→1 product design leader passionate about turning breakthrough technologies into tools people trust and use confidently.

Currently, I lead Product Design & Human Factors at Cleerly, an AI-powered cardiac care management platform (SaMD), where we work towards freeing the world from heart attacks.

Previously, I led Still Human Studio, where we helped precision medicine and biotech companies like Illumina, Invitae, Grail, Qiagen, Twist Bioscience and others to create innovative digital products and workflow tools. 

I also host Product Craft podcast to share behind-the-scenes of our industry through the stories of people who dedicated their life to making products.

## Work Experience
### Head of Design / Founder @ STILL HUMAN.
Jan 2013 – Present | San Francisco
STILL HUMAN is a product design, research and development partner working with teams to turn cutting-edge technology into products people can understand, trust, and use with confidence.

We work across healthcare, precision medicine, biotech, enterprise, and other high-stakes domains, helping define product North Stars, build zero-to-one initiatives, modernize legacy systems, and create systems that scale without losing the human thread.

### Principal / Head of Product Design @ Cleerly
Jan 2022 – Jan 2025
• Led Product Design & Human Factors for Cleerly’s suite of AI-powered clinical & enterprise cardiac SaMD products for analysis creation and interpretation (inc. Cleerly LABS, Cleerly CORONARY, Cleerly ISCHEMIA, Cleerly CASES, Cleerly REPORTS and others)
• Defined design strategy & North Star vision for multi-surface cohesive experience serving the needs of diverse user groups and use cases
• Led design innovation for mission-critical zero-to-one initiatives
• Implemented centralized AI-powered insight repository to inform cross-functional product & design decisions
• Hired, managed and mentored the in-house team; onboarded and directed specialized vendors

### Principal Product Designer @ GRAIL
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021
• Led end-to-end Product Design and User Research for Galleri, a multi-cancer early detection test by GRAIL.  
• Collaborated closely with product managers, engineers, and senior management to ensure new workflows are seamlessly integrated across touch-points and diverse customer needs.
• Managed a remote front-end development team to ensure successful implementation

### UX Director & Co-Founder @ Uber Experience
Jan 2009 – Jan 2013 | San Francisco, California, United States
Led the user experience practice at a San Francisco–based digital product studio. Defined UX vision and design direction across diverse client engagements, managed multidisciplinary teams, and contributed hands-on to research, interaction design, and prototyping. Partnered closely with founders and product teams while also supporting business development and client strategy.

Select clients: 
Nextbio (Acquired 2013 by Illumina)
Gett (Former Get Taxi - Acquired 2024 by Pango)
Loyalize (Acquired 2012 by Viggle)
AmDocs
Strands (Acquired 2020 by CRIF)
Couchbase 
Club One Fitness 
Authentic8
Trusted Opinion (Acquired 2011)

### Director of User Experience @ NextBio
Jan 2009 – Jan 2013 | San Francisco, California, United States
Led Uber Experience team of product designers and engineers to define and ship NextBio’s suite of products:
• NextBio Research – Life Sciences Data Correlation Platform
• NextBio Clinical – Genetic Data Platform for Drug Discovery
• NextBio Patient – Patient-Centric Platform
• NextBio Genome Browser – Genome Visualization Tool

NextBio was successfully acquired by Illumina in 2013. I continued to work with Illumina's to design and ship products for two more years as part of Still Human Studio.

### Freelance @ Unknown
Jan 2004 – Jan 2009 | San Francisco Bay Area
web / brand / graphic design for a variety of startups and businesses in San Francisco & Bay Area.


## Education
### Graphic Design
City College of San Francisco

### Minsk Linguistic Gymnasium & College


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/arseni
- Website: https://www.arseni.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-05