# Brent Goodwine > Sr. Product Designer at Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Location: Seattle, Washington, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/brentgoodwine I am a user-centered, data-driven UX designer and team lead that is passionate about innovation and finding solutions. I’m experienced with working cross team to bridge gaps, learn, and design creatively around constraints. My interaction design background enables me to take a holistic approach to creating products and understanding user behavior. As a team lead, I fostered a creative and productive environment while not afraid to have a little fun at the same time. Always curious and eager for information, I enjoy creating useful tools that people incorporate in their daily lives. Skills: •Interaction design •E-commerce •Cross-team collaboration •Problem solving •Axure •Sketch •Agile •User advocacy ## Work Experience ### Sr. Product Designer @ Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Jan 2019 – Jan 2023 | Greater Seattle Area Five years as lead/sole designer on enterprise financial system that manages $37 billion of investments for a global team. • Delivered 50+ new features and user flows on 16 projects by understanding product strategy, development constraints, and user/business needs • Created, led, conducted, and analyzed 100+ user sessions • Authored and maintained design guide for Product, Design, and Development • Edit and approve all new content as lead of Messaging team • Present analysis and recommendations to stakeholders ### Sr Product Designer @ Microsoft Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 Partnered with Product and Engineering on Microsoft’s internal store publishing tool. • Designed customizable dashboard • Ensured WCAG and ATAG compliance • Converted site to new style guide • Wrote user stories and presented to stakeholders ### Sr. UX Designer - Team Lead @ Simply Measured Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Greater Seattle Area Worked closely with Product, Engineering, and Customer Support to implement product strategy. • Created five design personas • Implemented new design process to reduce time to production • Designed 10+ features for five unique analytic tools. • Designed and maintained style guide to build consistency between tools ### Sr. Product/UX Designer @ Daptiv Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Greater Seattle Area Through evaluation and analysis, I collaborate closely with product owners and the engineering team to generate user-centered designs that enable our customers to accomplish tasks in portfolio and project management software. From idea generation and assessment to whiteboarding to wireframes/comps, I own the user experience. Gathering user feedback is a key component in my daily activities. ### Sr UX Designer @ Microsoft (through Filter) Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Greater Seattle Area Partnering with product owners, I create task flows, wireframes, and prototypes for consumer, small business, and enterprise users. I focus on end-to-end buyflows in a complex sales portal. • Present concepts to stakeholders • Deliver artifacts on time and gain stakeholder approval • Leverage quantitative data to drive design choice ### UX Architect @ T-Mobile (through Fjord) Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Bellevue I work on the sales portal and account management system team that provides services for all customers. Working closely with engineers, product managers, business analysts, marketing, and visual designers, I construct wireframes and prototypes for user task flows for both the mobile and desktop experience. Responsibilities and Accomplishments: • Head the UX component of Search and Account Details • Define user stories • Ensure consistency between different UX teams. ### Sr. UX Designer @ Deloitte Digital Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Greater Seattle Area I was part of the team that built a new internal expense reporting system for Deloitte. I worked closely with the Development, Design, and Business teams to write user stories and build wireframes. In addition to collaborating with internal teams, I partnered closely with the stakeholders to ensure IRS compliance. Responsibilities and Accomplishments: • Generated prototypes for presentations and usability studies • Authored cases for usability studies • Constructed workflows for users to streamline their expense management system • Demonstrated a pattern of meeting tight deliverable deadlines • Facilitated consensus for design decisions among internal teams and stakeholders • Decreased steps for expense validation by 50% • Built onboarding and first-time experience workflow Expense management project: http://www.brentgoodwine.com/#/deloittedigital/ ### Sr. UX Designer @ AT&T (through KForce) Jan 2010 – Jan 2015 | Bothell, WA My duties were as an individual contributor and team lead at AT&T. In addition to building relationships with other teams to create cross-collaboration between teams, I focused on improving the user experience for small business and enterprise ecommerce users by designing and leading a team in a lean, agile environment. Responsibilities and Accomplishments: • Mentored team of 9 and allocated talent • Spearheaded use of analytics and usability test information to address design issues • Designed end-to-end buyflows for wireless, internet, wireline phone, apps, TV, and bundles • Composed usability test scripts • Oversaw product development from requirements to final deliverable • Documented functional and business requirements in relation to visual design • Strategized & ideated with stakeholders, business, development, content, marketing, & UXR teams • Authored user stories • Presented deliverables to directors, product owners, project managers, and other stakeholders • Lifted shopping cart creations by 86% for internet and business phone products • Gained 59% bump in internet and business phone sales • Enhanced visits to bundles landing page by 248% • Expanded shopping cart creations for bundles by 151% • Amplified bundles revenue by 66% • Boosted shopping cart items count by 36% • Improved bundles orders by 16% Style guide project: http://www.brentgoodwine.com/#/styleguide/ Bundles buyflow project: http://www.brentgoodwine.com/#/bundlesbuyflow/ Wireless project: http://www.brentgoodwine.com/#/wirelessbuyflow/ Account management project: http://www.brentgoodwine.com/#/dashboard/ ### Web Data Analyst @ Microsoft (through Aquent LLC) Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 My principle duties on the ecommerce-related side of Bing were analyzing and judging the relevancy of query terms and results in a diverse team effort to improve the user experience and search result relevancy. The position required the ability to take vague instructions and generate relevant results with a high degree of efficiency and accuracy in an agile business environment. Responsibilities: • Ranked at top of team in quantifiable productivity and accuracy • Authored judging standards and guidelines • Developed taxonomy and synonym documentation • Trained new employees ## Education ### User-Centered Design Certificate in Human-Centered Design and Engineering (HCDE) Master's Program University of Washington Jan 2008 – Jan 2010 ### Bachelors Degree in English--Technical Writing Emphasis Utah State University Jan 1998 – Jan 2007 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/brentgoodwine - Portfolio: https://www.brentgoodwineproductdesigner.com/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/brentgoodwine JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/brentgoodwine/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-30