# Dave Rolnitzky > Design and Product Leader | Designing for the climate ☀️ Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/daverolnitzky I’m an experienced designer, product leader, and founder who blends human-centered design philosophies and a strong business background to produce great outcomes -- products that are useful and usable, especially in complex domains. I enjoy tackling big, tangly problems, and empowering the teams I lead to solve them. My expertise encompasses a variety of disciplines, such as product design, research, strategy, cross-functional leadership, and business management. Portfolio case studies: please contact me for access. Not all work may be publicly shown at this time. Specialties: product design, design strategy, product strategy, people management, executive leadership, cross discipline team leadership, product management, user experience design, interaction design, user-centered design, UX design, social enterprise, social impact, SaaS, enterprise software, entrepreneurship, startups, founder, mentorship ## Work Experience ### Principle Product Designer @ Amperon Jan 2024 – Present Using AI to provide forecasts for the energy transition. ### Advisor @ Monterra Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area ### Product Design Consultant @ Monterra Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area Designing software to support EV charging development. ### Freelance Product Design and Fractional Design Leadership @ David Adam Consulting Jan 2018 – Jan 2023 Working with early stage companies on their design and product strategies, including organizations in the climate tech, IoT, human resources, and security verticals. ### Head of Design & Research @ Vanta Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 ### Director of Design @ Vanta Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 ### Director Of Product Design @ Indio Technologies Inc. Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 (Acquired by Applied Systems) Indio creates modern software for the commercial insurance industry. I lead a team responsible for the design of Indio’s industry-leading SaaS product. • Spearhead key design initiatives: information architecture and navigation redesign, new carrier messaging, modernizing the customer portal, improving form design, design system development, and others. • Cultivated strong design culture, including creation of design principles, performance management, professional development, and formalized critique. ### Head of User Experience @ Blurb Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 Blurb is a global book-making platform and creative community, with over 2 million customers. I led the user experience team, responsible for the design of the company’s lineup of apps, including web, desktop, and plugins. ### Advisor, Startup School @ Y Combinator Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 Advised 30+ startups as an advisor in Y Combinator's Startup School ### Co-founder, Chief Product & Design Officer @ LeadGenius Jan 2010 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area Co-Founder and Chief Product & Design Officer of LeadGenius, a venture-backed SaaS company with the heart of a social enterprise. LeadGenius' best-in-class market intelligence software is used by Fortune 500 customers, while generating fairly-paid digital employment for hundreds of individuals in 40 countries. • I led the product team in creating meaningful experience through design, and oversaw LeadGenius' product development, product strategy, and brand. • I held various leadership roles in the organization. In addition to the product and design group, I led the marketing, customer success and support teams, and our global operations team which includes an international community of 500+ people. ### Board Member @ Community Technology Network (CTN) Jan 2009 – Jan 2013 CTN's mission is to unite organizations and volunteers to transform lives through digital literacy. I served as a member of the board, providing strategic advice to the management team in the areas of marketing, technology, and programming. ### Interaction Designer (contractor) @ Fluid Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | San Francisco Bay Area Fluid is a design firm and consultancy that focuses on eCommerce and retail shopping experiences. As a contract designer on the team, I led the interaction design for a new retail merchandising platform, provided usability guidance for Fortune 500 retail clients, and developed a strategic framework for determining what type of mobile experience to design for customers. ### Product Marketing (contractor) @ Mozilla Corporation Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 ### Senior Product Marketing Manager @ Mozilla Corporation (Firefox) Jan 2006 – Jan 2009 I led user acquisition strategy and product marketing initiatives for Firefox, which grew to a global user base of 140 million and 30% of the browser market worldwide. ### Marketing Manager @ Kodak Gallery (formerly Ofoto) Jan 2002 – Jan 2006 | San Francisco Bay Area Ofoto (acquired by Kodak), was a pioneer in web-based photo sharing and printing. As marketing manager, I managed a $9 million advertising and promotions program, and created the first affiliate program that grew to 10% of total company revenue within a year. ## Education ### Masters in Information Science and Systems (MIMS) in Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design, Usability University of California, Berkeley ### Startups and Entrepreneurship Y Combinator ### University of Wisconsin-Madison ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/rolnitzky --- Source: https://flows.cv/daverolnitzky JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/daverolnitzky/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-08