# Frank D. > Product Design at Apple Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/frankd I've worked on product experiences that reached hundreds of millions users, from first sketch to final specification. I shipped apps and features for big tech companies, including building ecosystems, hardware products and firmware. https://www.frankdj.me ## Work Experience ### Product Design Manager @ Apple Jan 2022 – Present | Cupertino, CA Managing a small team working on integrating new products and features for the Find My app & AirTag. Named as inventor on 58 issued patents and 80 patent applications pending. ### Product Designer @ Apple Jan 2016 – Jan 2022 | Cupertino, United States Designing new software & features for products in the Apple ecosystem, serving hundreds of millions of users. Named as inventor on 58 issued patents and 80 patent applications pending. ### Interaction Designer (London Office) @ TomTom Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | London, United Kingdom Interaction Designer in the TomTom MySports team, working on developing new wearable sports products and the ecosystem connecting them all together. Named as inventor on 4 issued patents and patent applications. • TomTom Bandit Action Camera (on-device interface) • TomTom Bandit mobile app • TomTom Spark Sportwatch (on-device interface) • TomTom Cardio Sportwatch (on-device interface) • TomTom Sports mobile app ### Interaction Designer (Amsterdam Office) @ TomTom Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | Amsterdam Area, Netherlands Interaction Designer in the TomTom navigation team, enhancing the experience of global products. I worked on tomtom navigation devices, unreleased products, and the apps & services connecting everything together. • Tomtom.com webdesign (device management) • TomTom Taxi mobile app • TomTom Taxi navigation device (on-device interface) ### User Experience Designer @ Nspyre Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Eindhoven, Netherlands Interaction Designer & User Experience Design consultant for desktop software and mobile applications and experiences. I worked for several clients, both in-house and on location. • Philips.com, website (Client: Philips) • Second Screen, tablet app (Client: Civolution) • MESConnect, tablet app (In-House) • ProRail BITS wire-framing (Client: ProRail) ### Interaction Designer (and co-founder) @ Luminoux Jan 2010 – Jan 2012 | Netherlands Interaction designer for interactive lighting products, both in physical product design, as well in the software for realizing it. The designs have been displayed on three continents. ### Displaying Interactive Designs @ Various Company's & Institutes Jan 2009 – Jan 2012 | UK, USA, Netherlands, China, Belgium & more. • 2007: Exposition Flashpoles project on the Dutch Design Week (Eindhoven, Netherlands) • 2008: First price "Design to Move" symposium with Flashpoles project. (Eindhoven, Netherlands) • 2009: World premiere Lightrail in the Sadler’s Wells Theatre (London, United Kingdom) • 2009: Exposition Lightrail on the Desform Conference (Taipei, Taiwan) • 2009: Exposition Lightrail on the Dutch Design Week (Eindhoven, Netherlands) • 2010: Publication paper "Understanding User Experiences" on PDMA Conference (Orlando, USA) • 2010: Three month "Liberation of Light" exposition of Lightrail in Designhouse (Netherlands) • 2011: Exposition Lightrail for 25.000 visitors at Lightfestival Gent (Ghent, Belgium) • 2012: Traveling exhibition on Interactive Design (Beijing / Shanghai, China) • Publications in national newspapers & TV appearance for several of my design projects ### Master's Graduation: Interactive Design @ Exploratorium Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 After a successful internship at world's biggest interactive museum, I got offered the opportunity to design an installation for the new location of this museum. The installation made it's public appearance on the museum floor end 2011. ### Internship: Interactive Installation Design @ Exploratorium Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 Internship for the Exploratorium in San Francisco, to support teams in designing, creating and placing interactive installations. My work took place both virtually (3D CAD, drawings, Photoshop) and physically (building and testing prototypes). ### Winner of the Philips Business Class '10 @ Philips Design Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 | Drachten, Netherlands A business class about how to use product design to create a company brand, and how to work with user expectations and user experiences. Me and two others students teamed up in proposing a solution to incorporate experience samples into the design process, and we won the first price. ### Bachelor's Graduation: Interactive User Experience @ Six Flags Jan 2008 – Jan 2008 In this project for Six Flags Holland, I created an interactive prototype that visitors take with them through the theme park, encouraging the adventurous feeling of a theme park visit. It was all about how to turn the brand values into a concrete user experience. ### Internship: Product Research & Design @ Philips Design Jan 2007 – Jan 2007 The Philips internship project named 'Creative Conversion Factory' at the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, was all about helping teams in doing research for developing interactive consumer products, and how these results affect the product experience for users. ## Education ### Master's degree (Graduate) in Industrial Design Eindhoven University of Technology ### Graduate Exchange Student in Design, Cognitive Science UC San Diego ### Bachelor's degree (Undergraduate) in Industrial Design Eindhoven University of Technology ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/frankdj - Portfolio: http://www.frankdj.me --- Source: https://flows.cv/frankd JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/frankd/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13