# Erik Lack

> Director of Participant UX at Verily | Specializing in Early-Stage Product Design for Consumer Health, AI, and Hardware | Ex-Google, Fjord, Jawbone

Location: United States, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/eriklack

My work begins where ideas meet uncertainty; crafting unmet needs into transformative products is where I thrive. As Director of Participant UX at Verily, I lead a team building tools that empower users, support behavior change, and improve clinical outcomes. I balance mentorship with a deep focus on design craft, creating thoughtful solutions that deliver measurable impact.

With a background in Industrial Design and over a decade in UX, I specialize in taking products from 0-to-1, developing scalable systems that integrate AI, software, devices, and data.

## Work Experience
### Director of Participant UX @ Verily
Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
• Manage the Participant Insights & Experience team, leading the design of health solutions that integrate AI, software, devices, and data into seamless cross-platform experiences.

• Drive early-stage product design, focusing on foundational research, feature development, and behavior change to create delightful and clinically impactful tools.

• Collaborate with clinical, product, and engineering teams to ensure our solutions improve health outcomes for diverse user groups.

### Design Manager @ Verily
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Designed and launched a health management app for type 1 diabetes, supporting coaching and education, in 8 months 

• Established a scalable product foundation ensuring the product met user needs while scaling effectively for new conditions and use cases.

• Led the creation of an accessible, cross-platform design system for mobile and responsive web, influencing a new Verily brand

### Senior UX Designer, Surgical AI @ Verily
Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Designed, prototyped, and tested AI-guided hardware for general surgery and colonoscopy, leveraging real-time AI video processing to provide clinicians with real-time guidance and earning a patent for the colonoscopy interface concept.

• Successfully completed human factors testing and a clinical trial, validating its impact in real-world clinical settings.

• Built a companion software platform for review, storage, management, and education in collaboration with clinical, engineering, and product teams.

### UX Designer, Hardware @ Google
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Mountain View, California
• Designed multiple features for Pixel Buds, including leading design of its first on-device ML/AI feature, Attention Alerts.

• Led foundational design for new wearables and hardware ecosystem platform enhancements, collaborating with Nest, Chrome OS, and Android teams.

### Senior Designer @ Fjord
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
I joined Fjord with Matter’s acquisition in Jan 2018.

• Design lead, partnering with visual, industrial, and service designers to deliver UX for complex hardware-software ecosystems

• Coordinated with client, design, and engineering partner agencies to bring the products to market.

• Key clients included Carnival Medallion Class, Adero, and American Girl.

### Designer @ Matter™
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
Matter was acquired by Fjord in Jan 2018

### Product Designer @ Jawbone
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Designed features for the UP health platform, combining behavioral science, sensor data, and personalized programs to drive positive health outcomes.

• Created data visualizations and a design system to scale across app and hardware platforms.

• Worked with R&D teams to explore future biometric solutions and new product opportunities.

### Design Intern @ Moment
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | New York, NY

### Design Intern @ Loft, llc
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Pawtucket, RI


## Education
### Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Industrial and Product Design
Rhode Island School of Design


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/eriklack
- Portfolio: http://www.eriklack.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-13