# Charles C.

> Leading Product + Design @ ThirdLayer

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/charlesc1

product × first-principles × systems thinker executing across design, engineering, and strategy

always pursuing scrappy 0 → 1s, "what if" experiments, and serendipitous discoveries - shoot me a message :)

## Work Experience
### Head of Product & Design @ Dex (YC W25)
Jan 2026 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
Evolving Dex 1 → ∞.

### Founding Design Engineer @ Dex (YC W25)
Jan 2025 – Jan 2026 | San Francisco Bay Area
(First hire) Built Dex 0 → 1: led design, owned front-end codebase, and shaped core product roadmap.

### Independent Product & Design Strategist @ Stealth Startup
Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 | Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
Shaped 0 → 1 product and design strategy with 6 founding teams across consumer social, healthcare tech, wearable tech, and CPG.

### President @ Innovative Design at USC
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
Built a family from an org: while reshaping leadership (member retention 52% → 94%), hosting an international designathon (200 more participants than previous record), and managing 20+ design contracts (highest total contract value to date).

### Product Design Project Manager @ Innovative Design at USC
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
Led a complete web and digital design refresh for a local viral cookie cafe - Dough & Arrow.

### Product Designer @ Innovative Design at USC
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
Crafted a high-impact landing page for SIER’s seed fundraising campaign.

### Product Marketing Manager @ JD.COM
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Beijing, China
Pitched and led a silo-breaking flagship smartphone warranty package campaign: named best intern of 2023 (1/2000+).

### Founder @ Z-CONCEPT
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Beijing, China
Built a M2C e-commerce pipeline that launched 3 successful independent fashion brands.

### Media Production Intern @ Destination LGBTQ Center
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Beijing, China
Led new media expansion for China's only LGBTQ+ advocacy center.

### Creative Intern @ Makeout
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Brooklyn, New York, United States
Produced immersive experiential launch event for Syfy's The Magicians S2.


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Communications, Design, Computer Science
University of Southern California

### Software Engineering
General Assembly


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/charleschencui

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Last updated: 2026-04-13