# Fumi T. > Product Design & UX Location: Millbrae, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/fumi A product designer who balances big-picture strategy with pixel-perfect execution. Passionate about human-centered design, I strive to break down barriers through technology, amplifying unheard voices and fostering inclusive innovation. ## Work Experience ### Product/UX Designer @ Greenstand Jan 2026 – Present ### Design (UX and Product) @ Unknown Jan 2020 – Present | Millbrae, California, United States ・As the first designer on client teams, I provided design across product, experience, and people and project management, and contributed to product vision. • Collaborated with executives and technical teams in bootstrapped startups to define product strategy and feature prioritization based on user testing and data. Drafted product specs, led team brainstorms and weekly design crits to ensure team-wide alignment. • Led projects through every step of the design process including user flows, early wires, testable Figma prototypes, user testing, visual design polish, and organized handoff files. • Led the complete redesign of onboarding experiences for iOS/Android mobile applications. • My contributions drove a 56% revenue increase and earned two awards in startup competitions. ### User Researcher @ University of Washington Human Centered Design & Engineering Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 Leading qualitative research studies for a VR-human interaction by collaborating with the department of Physics at UW for a capstone project. ### Independent Researcher / Designer @ University of Washington Human Centered Design & Engineering Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 - Led planning and presenting a mixed method generative research plan and protocol by collaborating with a researcher. - Led literature review and discussion on human centered natural language processing, healthcare, and robotics. - Developed questionnaires for survey, screening and semi-structured interview. ### Affinity Lead - The HCDE Graduate Student Association @ University of Washington Human Centered Design & Engineering Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Seattle, Washington, United States - Led planning and hosting a student-led design program, which led to providing over 40 undergraduate and graduate students to practice their human-centered design skills. - Conducted a brain-storming session with students in student resource groups and the HCDE DEI Committee, which led to identifying pain points that students in the community may experience and planning to develop a student resource index. ### Grader / TA, User-Centered Design course @ University of Washington Human Centered Design & Engineering Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 ### Student Research Assistant @ University of Washington Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Seattle, Washington, United States UW Kids team -Assisted to facilitate participatory design sessions to co-design new technologies and learning activities for children by closely working with an intergenerational team of designers and researchers. ### UX Designer @ btrax Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 - Closely worked with UX designers and delivered a consumer-facing mobile application for a car company with PM team and BD team. - Improved user experiences and received positive feedback from clients. - Defined persona of the both primary and secondary users to provide the better user-IoT interaction. - Provided feedback on usability testing protocols to improve. - Designed information architecture, user interface and prototype. ### UX Consultant @ Uber Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Seattle, Washington, United States (Sponsored project as part of the Usability Studies 517 course.) -Delivered actionable insights and recommendations by closely working with a designer and a researcher. -Led crafting interaction map, which led to identifying user’s pain points and defining a scope. -Led planning and conducting competitive heuristic evaluation, which led to finding significant usability errors ### Product Designer @ Zypsy Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area - Delivered design solutions across multiple platforms including desktop and mobile by closely consulting with client teams and collaborating with CEO, CDO, a senior interaction designer, and an illustrator. - Delivered design specification on user interface design and animation for an iOS mobile application, which led to increasing user retention rate. - Optimized resource allocation and operation, which led to reducing 70% cost. ### Undergraduate Student Researcher (Qualitative Research) @ University of California, Berkeley Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Berkeley Topic: Digital Divides Field of studies: Information, Psychology, Education, and Linguistics Advisor: Shreeharsh Kelkar -Picked a topic in digital divides and developed research questions by reviewing literature -Designed a cross-sectional qualitative research from interdisciplinary approach -Developed a questionnaire and conducted 15+ interviews with Japanese individuals -Translated interview scripts from Japanese to English and code-analyzed ### Japanese Language Teaching Assistant @ University of California, Berkeley Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Berkeley -Utilized multiple teaching strategies for students of all ability levels. -Implemented and ran activities for a group. ### Graphic Design Marketing Intern @ Cosme Hunt Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area -Created graphic materials to establish brand identity, which led to assisting with streamlining social media accounts (Instagram and Twitter) and increasing 1k+ followers on Twitter. ### Design & Market Research Intern @ toor Inc. Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 -Performed competitive studies for business marketing, which led to building product strategies for global markets. -Delivered a mockup for the web application ## Education ### Bachelor's degree in Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies Field University of California, Berkeley ### MS in Information Management and Systems University of California, Berkeley ### Master of Science - MS in Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Human Centered Design & Engineering ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/fumitsukiyama - Website: https://www.ftsukiyama.com/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/fumi JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/fumi/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-08