# Denise N.

> 🍡 Product Designer at Kessel Run

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/denisen

🍉 Portfolio: https://denisengo.myportfolio.com/
(password: watermelon)

Hi there! ✏️ I'm Denise, a Product Designer with a passion for creating healthier lives for those around me. With more than 3.5+ years of experience in UX product design at a 1000-person cloud application company supporting the U.S. Air Force (similar to Palantir), at a NY healthtech startup fixing insurance for patients, and running an independent design and stationery business (plus previously providing healthcare services as a registered nurse of CA), I’m excited to create a positive impact for users with my diverse background and design skillset. Please check out my portfolio for samples of my work. Thanks for stopping by!

## Work Experience
### Product Designer @ Kessel Run
Jan 2022 – Present
Kessel Run is the 1000 person cloud application company that develops the mission planning applications used by the US Air Force. These Palantir and Google Maps-like applications manage complex logistics about aircraft, including the management of millions upon millions of gallons of fuel a week.

· Lead design on the product team responsible for building the cloud Mission Planning Applications utilized by the US Air Force and many thousands of aircraft around the world

·  Lead design and implementation of the Google Maps-like and Alltrails-like UI/UX features for planning refueling missions of tankers and aircraft in midair (!), which saves more than $1 million per week for the US Air Force

·  Directly collaborate on an agile development team of 2 PMs, 2 Product Designers (plus Product Design leadership), and 6 Software Engineers across the entire product lifecycle from discovery, to problem definition, to development, and deployment into production

·  Lead, conduct, and synthesize User Research Interviews, including onsite at Air Force bases, with a wide range of users (from internal airspace subject matter experts to airmen in the field) to inform our product decisions and direction

·  Check out my portfolio for more!

### Designer & Owner @ Paper and Milk
Jan 2016 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States
Owner of the online design and stationery business Paper and Milk. I custom design products and interface with international manufacturers to support the business's tens of thousands of sales. I've also grown our social media presence, like our 15k+ follower instagram account with an 8.2% social media engagement ratio. I also led collaborations with 20+ worldwide businesses in the community across a dozen+ events.

### Product Designer @ Truffle Health
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | New York, New York, United States
· Lead design of the Truffle Health Medical Billing Platform, a Mint-like platform for managing medical bills and reducing billing errors utilizing machine learning, saving patients $1k+ per large medical expense 

· Redesigned the main truffle.health website, including designing custom assets, increasing conversion of user signs ups 

· Create custom graphic designs for social media campaigns, managing monthly release roadmaps

### User Experience Designer @ Truffle Health
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | New York, New York, United States

### Registered Nurse @ San Francisco Unified School District
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco, California, United States
Managed nursing offices, provided medical triage, administered medication, coordinated Section 504 operations for anti-disability-discrimination

### Summer Intern @ Sideman & Bancroft LLP
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco, California, United States
Performed administrative and records team tasks and projects

### Nurse Intern @ Via Services
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Cupertino, CA

### Sales Associate @ UNIQLO
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Santa Clara, CA

### Volunteer @ John Muir Health
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013
Volunteered at the Aspen Surgery Center’s Operating Room and PACU


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
San José State University

### Associate of Science (A.S.) in Allied Health
Diablo Valley College

### Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide
American College of Nursing


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/deniseango
- Portfolio: https://denisengo.myportfolio.com/

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Last updated: 2026-04-13