# Dave Knight > Product design leader with a passion for building. Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/daveknight Dave is a Product Design leader with 15 years of experience in user-centered thinking. He loves design exploration, grounding decisions in research, working closely with engineers, and seeing the best ideas come to life in the hands of users. ## Work Experience ### Staff Product Designer @ Credit Karma Jan 2021 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States Product designer on Credit Karma Money helping people make financial progress. In April 2022 I converted from a contract position with Procom Services. ### VP, Design @ Modsy Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, CA Launched first native iPhone app including 3D room scan feature with a 4.8-star rating. Responsible for creation of Monarch, a new component-based design system and refreshed branding; launched in 2020. ### Design & User Research, HotelTonight @ Airbnb Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco, CA ### Director of Product Design @ HotelTonight Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area Led product design team, responsible for consumer and hotel partner experiences. Delivered designs and vision for key initiatives such as 100 day booking, Perks, Daily Drop deals, cancellations, and watched searches. Launched first desktop website as well as a redesigned mobile website and HTx platform. ### Senior Design Manager @ Fitbit Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area Directly managed and grew a collaborative team of 8 designers, responsible for the end-to- end hardware and interactive user experience on 12 hardware products. Led launch of Fitbit Alta, Blaze, and Charge 2 to #1 products in their categories, bringing a premium fitness experience to tens of millions of users across the globe. Key contributor to vision and strategy for UX team within agile process: experience workshops, exploration sessions, executive reviews, and design critiques. Established design patterns for Fitbit’s devices as well as overall experience principles. ### Design Manager @ Fitbit Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Senior Product Designer @ Fitbit Jan 2012 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco, CA Led interactive and visual design of Fitbit Surge, the company's first GPS touchscreen device; launched to be the top-selling GPS running watch. Designed the on-wrist user experience for Fitbit Charge HR including Fitbit’s first the interactive heart rate experience across web and mobile. Responsible for hardware and interactive device design for 6 products backed by user research insights; collaborated with product, support, industrial design, and engineering. ### Lead User Interface Designer @ Salesforce Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | San Francisco, CA Executed a mobile-first design approach for scaling the Social Contacts experience from small phones to tablets to large desktops. Led redesign of Sales Forecasting web app, grounded in contextual interview research and validated using highly interactive prototypes. ### Senior User Interface Designer @ Salesforce Jan 2010 – Jan 2012 | San Francisco Bay Area ### User Interface Designer @ Salesforce Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 | San Francisco, CA ### Interaction Designer @ Yahoo! Jan 2007 – Jan 2009 | Sunnyvale, CA Led redesign of over 60 unique vehicle research pages accountable for approximately 50M monthly page views and $30M annual revenue. Created concept for a dealership directory, opening new business opportunities. ### User Experience Designer @ GE Healthcare Jan 2007 – Jan 2007 | Pittsburgh, PA ### Software Engineer @ BAE Systems Jan 2003 – Jan 2006 | Minneapolis, MN ## Education ### Master's Degree in Human-Computer Interaction Carnegie Mellon University Jan 2006 – Jan 2007 ### Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering Milwaukee School of Engineering Jan 1999 – Jan 2003 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/davewknight --- Source: https://flows.cv/daveknight JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/daveknight/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-30