# David Bogdal

> Interdisciplinary Design Director @ Spanner

Location: San Jose, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/davidbogdal

I ♥ solving problems through design.

I’ve done design and engineering from problem discovery to shipped product for world-class consumer electronics including work for Intel, GoPro, NASA, Peloton, Jeep, Ring (Amazon), Chipotle, Corsair, JCPenney, Fujitsu, Procter & Gamble, the CIA, and an Alexa built-in device to name a few.

I do NPD (new product development) through product design engineering at the intersection of mechanical engineering, industrial design, UI/UX, branding, and strategy—combining them all to create solutions which solve user and business problems.

• Assigned as inventor on five utility patents
• Time Magazine’s Best Inventions 2018 Honorable Mention for Rabbit Charger Duo and 2024 for Aescape Massage
• UX panelist for MICA (Maryland Institute College of Art) Master’s UX class
• Red Dot 21 featured both the DJ TechTools Midi Fighter 3D/Spectra and Sandman Clock

Design Director -> www.spannerpd.com
PD/ID -> www.bogdal.com/pd
UX -> www.bogdal.com/ux

## Work Experience
### Director of ID & UX @ Spanner
Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

### Senior Product Designer/Engineer / Technical Program Leader @ Spanner
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Co-founder & Lead Designer/Engineer @ Palo Alto Innovation
Jan 2015 – Jan 2021 | Santa Clara, CA
UX/UI & Industrial Design

### Industrial Designer @ Focus Product Design, Inc.
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Palo Alto, CA

### Freelance Industrial Designer @ Freelance
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013
- CAD and renderings of mobile point-of-sale system for JCPenney
- Stage design for Arty and DJ Snake (international DJ Mag Top 100 DJ's)

### Industrial Design Contractor @ Fujitsu Laboratories of America
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Sunnyvale, CA

### Graphic Design Assistant @ Santa Clara Valley Water District
Jan 2007 – Jan 2012 | San Jose, CA
- Graphic & web design

### Industrial Design Intern @ DJ TechTools
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | San Francisco, CA

### Product & Graphic Designer @ Folioe International, LLC.
Jan 2003 – Jan 2006 | Washougal, WA


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Industrial (Product) Design
San José State University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/bogdal
- Website: https://www.bogdal.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-05