# Glen Lipka > Product Design Leader Location: San Mateo, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/glenlipka Blog: http://www.commadot.com 30 year veteran of product innovation and design ## Work Experience ### Me @ Commadot.com Jan 1995 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area Product strategy, executive coaching, user interface and experience design. Plus blogging since 1997. ### VP, Product Design @ CrowdStrike Jan 2023 – Jan 2026 | Sunnyvale, CA Leading Product Design, UI Framework Engineering, Research and Insights, etc Conceived and designed the next generation platform for Crowdstrike ### Product Design Leader @ Falkonry Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Product Design Leader @ Treasure Data Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 Rearchitected flagship product including information architecture, design system, and security structure. Recruited and led 8 person design team and led product vision across enterprise. Also managed a team of 4 technical writers for the official product documentation. ### VP, Product Management and Design @ Engagio Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | San Mateo, CA Engagio focuses on Account Based Marketing (ABM). As Head of Product (Employee #8) I researched, designed and led the product line expansion including Scout, PlayMaker and Dash Attribution products. The product vision, hopefully, will lead to the next generation of marketing software. The product development style I employed puts PM, UX and Eng as peer groups who collaborate on executing the product vision. I used a variety of software in the process including Trello, GSuite, Pendo, Figma, JIRA and Confluence. ### Chief Design Officer (First Employee) @ Marketo Jan 2006 – Jan 2015 | San Mateo, CA Simplifying description (10/10/2017) I joined Marketo as the first employee and wore many hats. I contributed towards the company's success for almost 10 years. Some highlights: - Led the PM/UX of the flagship product - Trained and provided support for the first 50 customers - Had the highest rated sessions in almost every Summit I spoke at - Trained all incoming employees on our values and vision - Invented Marketo Programs and Program Attribution - Received patents for several design innovations - Led a multi-year project to reinvent the community software system - Designed, built and wrote https://docs.marketo.com (3 year effort) - Designed Forms 2.0 - Designed Sales Insight - Designed the Calendar and Planner products - Led Product Marketing for a short stint to help when they needed someone to fill in - Named munchkin and designed the very clever 404 Edgar Allan Poe page. I have had a big influence on the company, and the company has had a big influence on me. ### Sr. UI Designer @ Intuit Jan 2005 – Jan 2007 Worked with all major business units including TurboTax, Quicken, QuickBooks and ProSeries to improve their online presence. Created html prototypes for A/B and multivariate tests for the public websites. Introduced the techniques of Interaction Design to achieve a better user experience. Increased revenues and/or task completion on all major projects. Introduced and promoted the use of jQuery (new at that time) to many internal units, ### Head of UX @ Remend Jan 2004 – Jan 2005 The company built software to help banks foreclose on people's houses. Not my most inspiring work. Let's just say I did UX, PM, Knowledge Management, and System Administration. It was a small startup. ### Director, Founder @ Koko Interactive Jan 1994 – Jan 2003 UI DESIGN & PRODUCT MANAGEMENT - Acted as lead UI Designer and Information Architect for Fortune 500 companies. - Created wire-frame prototypes/storyboards for all applications. - Designed and architected Web groupware product. Applications included: CRM, File Mgt, Calendaring and Project Mgt. - Prototyped all web applications using Microsoft Visio and HTML/CSS. - Defined objectives and strategies in robust written specifications. BUSINESS MANAGEMENT - Founded Koko Interactive in 1995 and helped expand operations successfully for eight years. - Managed staff of 30 employees and oversaw $4.5 million in annual revenue. - Closed sales and shepherded contract process from draft to signature. - Managed engineering team of 15 to achieve highly successful and interactive web results. ## Education ### BA in Media Study University at Buffalo ### AA in Liberal Arts State University of New York at Rockland ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/glenlipka - Portfolio: http://www.commadot.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/glenlipka JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/glenlipka/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13