# Dean Nakabayashi > Product Designer Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/deannakabayashi Product designer with over a decade of experience across a diverse range of industries including enterprise software, mobile gaming, sports, and healthcare. In large companies I have a successful track record of building collaborative relationships and working across cross-functional teams to make an impact across the entire organization. In small start-up environments I have honed the ability to wear many hats and contribute to multiple aspects of the business. I'm always open to learning about new opportunities. Let’s chat about upcoming projects! ## Work Experience ### Senior Product Designer @ Abridge Jan 2024 – Present ### Principal UX Designer @ Roche Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 Led the full UX lifecycle of several products within Navify Clinical Hub, a suite of applications that enhance clinical decision support for oncologists and care teams. • Planned, led, and delivered end-to-end designs for multiple product workstreams (Tumor board, Analytics, Platform/Shared-services, and global AI initiatives) within an agile, collaborative, and cross-functional environment. • Led the redesign of Navify Analytics resulting in increased user engagement, data utilization, and user satisfaction (NPS) • Partnered with research teams to produce key CX insights, and facilitate global design workshops across North America, EMEA, LATAM, and APAC. • Championed human-centered design across the organization by defining best practices, mentoring others, leading design critiques, and facilitating learning and collaboration. ### Founder, Owner @ Studionaka Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area End-to-end UX strategy and design deliverables for freelance and pro bono clients. ### Senior Product Designer @ Center for Digital Health Innovation at UCSF Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, California, United States Senior Product Designer at CDHI, a multi-disciplinary team focused on digital transformation of care delivery at UCSF. Led product design initiatives for Referrals Automation, an AI-powered tool used by UCSF staff to improve the patient access experience. • Conceptualized feature integration with Epic electronic health system (EHR). • Researched customers needs, new technologies, trends in market. • Prototyped high-fidelity screens for user testing and feedback. ### Lead UX Designer @ Logical Medical Systems, Inc. Jan 2016 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, California, United States Head of UX responsible for the end-to-end UX strategy for Aida, a real-time application platform for managing the perioperative workflow in hospitals and surgery centers. The successful launch of Aida at Mission Community Hospital resulted in OR cost savings of approximately $1.9 million annually. • UX/UI (research interviews, wireframes, prototyping) • Application design (iOS, Android, desktop, tabletOS, tvOS) • Branding (art direction, iconography, design systems) • Marketing (website, case studies, executive presentations) • Vision (UX of new product initiatives including: digital whiteboard, eConsent) ### Art Director @ TopLine Game Labs Jan 2013 – Jan 2016 | Los Angeles, California, United States Art director for DailyMVP, a daily fantasy sports app for desktop and mobile, ranked #1 in the App Store in Oct 2015. • Managed the creative team (2) • Led creative department interaction and visual design processes. • Conceptualized various design collateral for marketing promotions. ### Lead Visual Designer @ Salesforce Jan 2010 – Jan 2013 | San Francisco, California, United States Lead designer for the Salesforce Platform team, delivering data-driven design solutions of various enterprise platform-as-a-service (PaaS) software products. Key contributor on Project One, establishing the design system framework for the next-gen Salesforce Lightning design system. ### Senior Visual Designer @ Yahoo! Jan 2006 – Jan 2010 | Sunnyvale, California, United States Led visual design for Yahoo! Sports, including fantasy sports (#1 ranked MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL), and casual games including NASCAR, Golf, Tourney Pick'em. Lead designer for the Yahoo! 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, and Yahoo! 2020 Vancouver Winter Olympics web sites; ranked #1 and #2 in online user traffic, respectively. ## Education ### BFA in Graphic Design San José State University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/studionaka - Portfolio: http://www.studionaka.com - Dribbble: http://dribbble.com/dean --- Source: https://flows.cv/deannakabayashi JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/deannakabayashi/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13