# Hans-Frederick Brown > VP Product Design & Research Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/hansfrederick With over 20 years of experience, I have successfully built and managed teams, leading user experience, system design, and product definition across a wide range of projects. My work encompasses agentic data collaboration platforms (data cleanrooms), advertisement systems, content authoring and enrichment frameworks (powered by NLP and ML), container orchestration systems, big data visualization and analytic platforms, visual debugging for ML-powered applications, CAD, 3D modeling, consumer mobile apps, and AR mobile apps. As a proven innovator, creative thinker, and problem solver, I hold twenty-eight pending or published patents related to UX concepts, multi-touch interactions, advanced visual development systems, mobile game systems, big data analytics/visualization engines, AR, AI data governance and agentic systems, and content annotation/scoring for knowledge graph systems. I have extensive experience designing for a variety of platforms, including CLI, mobile (iOS/Android), rich web applications, and desktop applications, working on both closed-source and open-source projects. As a co-founder of five companies/startups, four of which have been sold and one is still in operation, I bring a strong entrepreneurial spirit and a track record of success in the tech industry. ## Work Experience ### VP of Product Design @ FICO Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area ### VP Product Design & Research @ LiveRamp Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Sr. Director User Experience @ LiveRamp Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area • Reporting to CPO, and responsible for product design, UX, user research, and technical documentation across all of Liveramp's LOBs • Managing an international Design Studio/Design team of 30+ members (directors, managers, product designers, product managers, visual designer, technical writers, UX researchers and contractors) • Established Liveramp's Design Principles and transformed the internal UI toolkit into a true Design System • Introduced modern agile methodologies (discovery & execution done in parallel) and help defined Liveramp's product development lifecycle model • Integrated seven acquisitions into Liveramp’s applications while launching two new data clean rooms SaaS products • Conveived three patents related to AI data governance & agentic systems while also responsible for AI legal contract reviews • Representing Liveramp in the UX Design community and participated in speaking engagements/HCI conferences ### Sr. Director User Experience @ Elsevier Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 Elsevier is a global information and analytics company; one of the world's major providers of scientific, technical, and medical knowledge. Elsevier helps institutions and professionals advance healthcare, open science and improve performance for the benefit of humanity. Elsevier was established in 1880 as a publishing company. I lead The Content 2.0 Design+Research team responsible for creating Elsa, Elsevier's next-generation digital/physical publishing platform and Content Enrichment Framework. www.elsevier.com/solutions/elsa ### Sr. Director User Experience @ Docker, Inc Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area • Reporting to Solomon Hykes (Founder/CTO/CPO), designing environments, systems & tool of mass innovation related to container runtime, container orchestration, distributed OS and CI/CD •Transitioned Docker from a Design agency lead organization and established an in-house Design practice • Responsible for execution on visual brand, website, product design, Ux research, technical documentation • Managing a team of 25+ members (director, managers, product designers, visual designers, prototypers, technical writers, Ux researchers, Illustrator, interns and website contractors) ### Sr. Director User Experience Design @ Platfora (acquired by Workday) Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area Principal Duties/Responsibility • Collaborated with Founder, CTO, engineering leads on fundamental research and defining Ux workflows/concepts for business intelligence & big data analytic tools. • Managed a growing team of Ux professionals (Ux designers, technical writers, Ux researcher, visual designer, Ux interns, data science intern). • Introduced new user research techniques while integrating them into the existing Agile practice thus providing actionable user insights during the ongoing release cycles. • Conceived six patent applications related to segmentation, event series processing, advanced trellising visualizations and geospatial analysis for Platfora's unique interest-driven business intelligence system. • Telemetry, instrumentation, clickstream "headmaster", made sure no product interaction got away without delivering user insights. ### Director User Experience Design @ Platfora (acquired by Workday) Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 ### Sr. User Experience Manager @ Autodesk - Consumer Group Jan 2009 – Jan 2013 | San Francisco Bay Area I basically lead one of the coolest team of hyper talented Ux professionals which defined the Autodesk Consumer Group Ux vision. These consumer multi-platform app/products (Sketchbook, 123D, Pixlr, Fx series) are touched by millions of consumers’ every day. Principal Duties/Responsibilities: • Led the overall Ux strategy & efforts (mobile, desktop & web) for Autodesk’s Consumer Group and introduced 16 new mobile/web applications resulting in 98 million downloads & 43+ million MAU. • Managed an international team of 20+ user experience professionals (managers, interaction designers, visual designers, Ux researchers, technical writers) located in Canada, USA, China, and India. • Built the team from scratch and recruited, hired eight new members on the Ux team in less than one year. • Drove innovation in methods and tools for Ux research and design regarding multi-touch devices and mobile devices. • Conceived seven patent applications for multi-touch interactions related to 2d sketching and 3d modeling. • Member of the Autodesk user experience leadership team (UXDL). ### User Experience Lead @ Autodesk - Consumer Group Jan 2005 – Jan 2009 | San Rafael, CA Principal Duties/Responsibilities: • Led and oversee a group of Ux designers working on the 3d functionality of AutoCAD, AutoCAD Verticals, and other emerging applications. • Assigned design tasks and reviewed designs while providing direction and guidance to the team. • Evaluated technologies and proposed integration strategies in AutoCAD, AutoCAD Verticals, and other emerging applications. • Drove functionality from product objectives to technical/Ux requirements and task breakdowns. • Created and wrote detailed design specifications (250+ pages) for 3d marquee features in AutoCAD, AutoCAD Verticals. These documents were consumed by multiple in house customers including Product Development, Quality Assurance, and Technical Publications. • Conceived five patent applications for new in-canvas interactions related to 2d drafting and 3d modeling ### Co-Founder, Research & Development Director @ MAZ Laboratory Jan 2000 – Jan 2005 | Montreal, Canada Area Maz Laboratory developed a multi purpose artificial intelligence engine that can be used in real-time situations and 3D simulations such as, video games, robotic intelligence, transportation and smart homes (domotics). Responsible for the invention and development of the AI's visual development environment and all GUIs while assisting the CTO in the research and formalization of the AI physical programming environment. Other major tasks consisted in: • Coordinated and delegated tasks to the software development and design teams. • Wrote and programmed XML user interface description files. • Collaborated and facilitated partnerships with technology partners such as Matsushita, Espon, and Mcgill robotic lab. • Wrote SR&ED documents for Canadian government research funds (generated +1.5M in additional funding) • Conceived four patent applications related to dataflow systems and visual programming. ### Co-Founder, Chief Architect @ 9131-3064 Quebec Inc Jan 2001 – Jan 2003 Founded with Nicolas Baier and Bruno Braen. Company specializing in the Integration of public art projects commissioned under Quebec's so-called one-per-cent program, the "Politique d’intégration des arts à l’architecture et à l’environnement", according to which buildings financed by the Quebec government must include a work by a Quebec artist. ### Liaison Architect (2d-3d coordination) @ GENIVAR Jan 1999 – Jan 2000 | Ottawa, Canada Area Responsible for the internal coordination/3D modeling of the structural plans and the architectural details between the structural engineer firm of Genivar (formerly Sauve Boucher ing. Ass.) and their client architects on high profile jobs like: Ottawa airport, School of information and technical engineering (SITE building, Ottawa). ### Co-Founder, Chief Architect @ Cabinet Braun-Braen Jan 1994 – Jan 2000 Founded with Bruno Braën, Cabinet Braun-Braën is a design company specialized in integration of innovative concepts for the entertainment and the architectural design industry. Cabinet Braun-Braën has accomplished over 40 projects in Montreal, Toronto and Paris. see www.cabinetbb.com ### Architect (3d specialist) @ Atelier Amedeo-Padlewski Architect Jan 1998 – Jan 1999 | Marseille Area, France Responsible for the 3D modeling, visualization and drafting on high profile jobs in a fast paced environment: 7 bridges and viaducs, 5 hotels in Cuba, 2 residential complexes, 1 technical school. ### User Interface Designer @ Visiocom Jan 1996 – Jan 1997 | Montreal, Canada Area Interface designer and ergonomics specialist. Responsible for the graphic user interface design and function specification of the M-Station Telepresence system. ### LightMan @ Nitebox Jan 1995 – Jan 1997 | Montreal, Canada Area The resident light man at Nitebox club (Montreal) and other after/rave parties. Produced light-shows and worked with DJs such as Kurtis C, Sasha, Derrick May, Robert de la Gauthier and other international stars. • Performed live and correctly channeled all the power of the dance floor without overpowering the music • Created different atmospheres and different vibes during the night to emphasize the various DJ sets • Knows how to build the energy back up after the DJ crashes out of a fast set • Monitored and adjust cutoff, bass levels and digital equipment during performances • Custom programming of AF1000 Dataflash system • Custom programming of Intellabeam system • Custom programming of Cyberlight system • Custom programming of analog pod lights/chases and color gel calibration ## Education ### Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) in Architecture Université de Montréal ### Diploma of College Studies in Pure and Applied Science Collège de Maisonneuve ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/hansfrederickbrown - Behance: http://www.behance.net/hansfrederickbrown - Portfolio: http://pullman-mtl.com/ - Portfolio: http://cabinetbb.com/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/hansfrederick JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/hansfrederick/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13