# Hao Tat > Senior Product Designer at Datadog Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/hao My portfolio can be found at https://uxfol.io/9e0e240e Customer-focused and data-driven product designer experienced in understanding and solving user goals and problems within the B2B SAAS enterprise space. Growth minded and design thinking process approach at taking complex problems and distilling them into tested and validated simple user-centered experiences. Strategic thinker, highly collaborative, and excellent communication skills to build strong relationships between stakeholders and team members. Specialties: Site architecture and user flows, wireframes, web design, responsive and mobile design, user interface design, graphic design, HTML and CSS hand coding, usability testing, interactive and flash design, online marketing, brand strategy and client relations. ## Work Experience ### Senior Product Designer @ Datadog Jan 2022 – Present ### Senior Product Designer @ New Relic, Inc. Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 ### Product Designer @ New Relic, Inc. Jan 2014 – Jan 2019 ### Senior web, graphics, and Interactive designer @ Hao Tat Design Jan 2006 – Jan 2016 Freelance designer specializing in creative solutions for the digital landscape. Currently keeping abreast of responsive design from the desktop to the mobile cross-platform environment. ### UI Designer @ Google (contractor through CDI Corporation) Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Mountain View, California Analyzed user needs and behaviors to improve online help and product community platforms through structural layouts and user interface designs. Collaborated with user experience researchers to increase understanding of user habits and interaction pathways. • Assisted project planning by creating information architecture and user flow diagrams. • Developed wireframes, prototypes, and mocks to expedite iterative design process for both desktop and mobile. • Utilized and performed usability testing to assist in optimizing design and user experience. • Generated user interface designs and page layouts to visually communicate project functionality and goals. ### Web Designer @ Dolby Laboratories Jan 2006 – Jan 2013 Designed and produced creative work for company website, micro sites, extranets, intranets, offline and online marketing materials, and social media platforms. Gathered client requirements and translated concepts into visuals that ensured brand consistency. Collaborated with local and global departments on projects and campaigns. • Streamlined workflow processes by creating design templates and layout rules for new site integration. • Hand-coded HTML and CSS during development phases to increase accuracy of design intent in a fast-paced and resource-constrained environment. • Increased ease of updating Flash projects by coding extra functionality allowing all content to be driven by external XML. • Redesigned company website career section and created internal recruitment campaign to help HR achieve aggressive hiring goals. • Aided deployment of new site navigation by translating static design into a working JavaScript and jQuery prototype. • Updated website universal typography hierarchy by generating CSS layout rules for consistent message and appearance. ### Web Designer @ Pointivity Jan 2000 – Jan 2006 Designed, integrated, and developed web sites for small to medium-sized clients ranging from simple online presences to full ecommerce to SharePoint intranets. Met and consulted with clients to gather and translate requirements into visual concepts. • Directed business operations by converting client concepts into visual designs for websites, interactive Flash pieces, and dynamic page layouts. • Drove company efficiency and resources by hand-coding HTML and CSS static and dynamic pages during the development phase. • As technical liaison, translated client objectives into functional specifications and wireframes for easier handoff to programmers. • Provided operational efficiency by performing project management and client interaction and support. • Aided company revenue by maintaining a 90% billable rate for several years. ### Web Designer @ SiteLab International Jan 1997 – Jan 1998 Assisted design staff in various web-based projects including site layout, construction, cross-browser QA testing, and client support. • Shortened workflow by streamlining development process for similar client sites through visual template creation and raw HTML coding. • Improved client search rankings through SEO, Internet market research, analysis and surveys, search-engine seeding, and development of site statistics reports. ## Education ### Master of Science (MS) in Interactive Multimedia University of Westminster ### Bachelor of Arts (BA in Communication, General UC San Diego ### Cooper Professional Education ### Cooper Professional Education ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/haotat - Website: https://uxfol.io/9e0e240e --- Source: https://flows.cv/hao JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/hao/resume.json Last updated: 2026-02-23