# Dora Tamsen

> Product Design at Vanta

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/doratamsen

I'm driven to create and improve through user focused design and development.

## Work Experience
### Senior Product Designer @ Vanta
Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States

### Staff Product Designer @ Sentry (sentry.io)
Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco, California, United States

### Senior Product Designer @ Sentry (sentry.io)
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco

### Senior Product Designer @ Square
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco, California
I worked on some core features and functionality in the Square ecosystem, with a focus on product visioning, scaling and implementation. From sprints and interviews to quarterly reviews and macros, I designed with data and empathy in mind. My medium started at the white board and ended in pull-requests.

### Senior Product Designer @ Gusto!
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco, California
As the second product design hire here, I’ve developed extensive experience in user research, low-fidelity wireframing, rapid prototyping, timeline planning, high fidelity user interface design and front-end development. I work within the payroll mission but have a strong emphasis in design systems.

### Brand & Product Designer @ AuditFile
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco
I was the first and only designer working in this Series A startup funded by Peter Thiel. Working with a team of 4 engineers, we created a product for certified public accountants to perform audits and reviews. Most of this work involved user research, experience design and testing.

### Web Designer/Developer @ Freelance
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco Bay Area
Through contractor work, I got a lot of experience setting up and managing CMS for small businesses, illustrating infographics, building prototypes and designing simple web pages.

### Designer @ Feldman Architecture
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | San Francisco
With academic experience in 3D modeling and code, I worked for this firm preparing construction documents and building modular components in a Revit library. This helped streamline project development, several of which became featured in Dwell magazine.

### LEED Consultant @ the Ecology Center
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Ann Arbor, MI
Consulting to obtain LEED (ID+C) documentation for Gold Certification

### Consultant @ University of Michigan - Graduate Real Estate Certificate Program
Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 | Washington, DC
Facilitation of the Dupont Circle Business Improvement District Proposal


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Architecture, City and Regional Planning
University of California, Berkeley

### Master of Architecture - MArch
University of Michigan


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/doratamsen

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Last updated: 2026-04-13