# Bob Ryskamp

> Product Designer at Productboard

Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/bobryskamp

I design new technology products. Currently UX Architect at Productboard, designing the future of product management and design.

I started and led the Design Accelerator team at Zoom, launching several new collaboration experiences.

I was the founding designer of Woven, a calendar technology startup, acquired by Slack.

At Google, I led the Google Glass user experience team, Hangouts Chat platform design, design strategy work for YouTube, Emerging Markets product design, and interaction design for AdSense.

## Work Experience
### Principal Product Designer, UX Architect @ Productboard
Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco, CA

### Principal Product Designer @ Zoom
Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | Mountain View, California, United States
Started and led the Design Accelerator team to help the company innovate faster. Led the design for several new Zoom products, including the Zoom Workplace App, Huddles, Frontline, and Multi-Speaker view, and filed 18 new utility patents.

### Founding Product Designer @ Woven
Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 | Mountain View, CA
Woven uses advanced calendar technology to help people spend their time on what matters most. I joined as the founding product designer and led all product, UI, and brand design.

Woven was acquired by Slack in June 2021.

### Design Lead, Hangouts Chat @ Google
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017
Led the chat platform and composition experience design from pre-product through early adopter program (EAP) launch.

### User Experience Lead, Google Glass and Google wearables @ Google
Jan 2012 – Jan 2016
I led the Glass user experience team for the first release of the innovative new device, building the team and responsible for interaction and visual design of the entire product.

### Design Lead, Emerging Markets @ Google
Jan 2010 – Jan 2012
I moved to Zürich to start Google's Emerging Markets design team, focused on Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and Latin America. I led research trips, design workshops, and prototyping to discover new product opportunities for people in these markets.

### Product and Design Strategy, YouTube @ Google
Jan 2008 – Jan 2010
I developed several new product concepts for Google products from 2008-2010, across Google's Mountain View and London offices. In 2009, I co-led a project to envision the future of Youtube, which led to a visual redesign and new mobile and TV products.

### Design Lead, AdSense @ Google
Jan 2005 – Jan 2008
I developed many new features, and led a redesign effort which overhauled the interface and redefined the product.

### UI Designer @ National Semiconductor
Jan 2003 – Jan 2005


## Education
### BS in Engineering: Product Design
Stanford University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/bobryskamp
- Website: http://bob.ryskamp.org/design

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Last updated: 2026-04-05