# Hane Roh

> UX @ Google | Harvard MDE

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/hane

Human interface, industrial design, and system thinking naturally incubated into an expertise in smart devices & wearables, and broader emerging technologies involving human interaction. Seamlessly bridging physical and digital world so that innovative technologies can be delightfully adopted into people's lifestyle. I flourish in an ambiguous space, an initiative that requires multidisciplinary approaches, self-driven, fast-moving lean environment. 

Led design directions for award winning products from early concept to market, working closely with cross functional teams small and large, internationally. Products have been recognized with international design awards including iF design, Good design, CES innovation award.

## Work Experience
### Senior UX Designer @ Google
Jan 2022 – Present | Mountain View, California, United States

### Mentor @ SW Maestro
Jan 2022 – Present
Serving as a Design Mentor for Korea Ministry of Science and ICT education program designed to discover the best software engineering talents and contribute to the development of the IT industry.

### UX Design Lead, Connected Devices Group @ Fossil Group, Inc.
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Develop and launched wearable product UX/UI from early concept to mass production
- Lead all UX/UI development including WearOS, Hybrid e-ink display watch, and companion mobile application
- Design thinking through out the user journey with our product including out of the box, onboarding, watchface, wellness etc.
- Manage a design system across 7 brands under Fossil group to create their branded products using our white label & guidelines, and assisting for a optimized workflow
- Cross team collaboration, working with program, engineering and product to create a product development process across the organization
- Manage the design team in Asia, interview, hire, set R&R, and track priorities. Improve workflow for an international team work.

Connected Devices Group @ Fossil Group, Inc.

Product design 2019
- Initiated product development for a new concept wearable device with business strategy, design research, interaction architecture, hardware prototype, and assembly options
- Designed user interface and interaction for Google Wear OS, and form factor for the next generation smart watch
- Communicated hardware constraints to internal designers and engineers, and collaborated with partner fashion brands e.g. MK

### Design Engineer | NASA SUITS @ NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Houston, Texas Area; Cambridge, Massachusetts
Design space suit information and interactions within an AR environment, intended to aid astronauts in performing spacewalk tasks and troubleshoot emergency situations.

### Design Researcher @ IDEO
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Cambridge, Massachusetts
CoLab @ IDEO
Design sprints in fields: smart contract, finance, blockchain and AI, future of workspace, content creators

### Design Researcher |  Future Convergence Design Lab @ Korea University
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Seoul, Korea
Collaborative project with Samsung Electronics.
Design researching for future business opportunities in healthcare, education, technology and environment.

### Head Designer @ WELT corp
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Seoul
Founding member of Wearable Healthcare start-up, a spin-off from Samsung Electronics Incubating Program (C-lab).
- Developed and rolled out a healthcare wearable device for managing
calories and preventing metabolic syndrome ($30M corporate value)
- Designed UX/UI, business strategy, product, branding, and marketing.
-Managed HW/SW development, sales and business collaborations
with hospitals, fashion and manufacturing companies, supervised
quality control, and showcased in international forums

weltcorp.com

### Interaction Designer @ NAVER Corp
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015
Designed and produced enhanced online search experience

### UXDP Interaction Designer @ NAVER Corp
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015


## Education
### Master's degree in Design Engineering (GSD&SEAS)
Harvard University
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020

### Cross-registered Student
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020

### Bachelor's degree in Industrial and Product Design
Korea University

### The Anglo-American School of Moscow


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-25