# Hari Simons

> Product design consulting for early stage startups

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/hari

Product design lead for early stage startups.

## Work Experience
### Product Design Lead @ Product & Design Consulting
Jan 2024 – Present | Remote
Product design services for early stage startups.

### Product Design Lead @ Calendly
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023
Led design for Calendly's enterprise scheduling solution for recruiting teams. Built a vision for incorporating aspects of Prelude into the Calendly product. Designed AI meeting workflows.

### Product Design Lead @ Prelude
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022
First and only designer at Prelude. I designed and launched solutions for complex scheduling that were loved by recruiting teams at Thoughtworks, Airtable, Wayfair, NerdWallet and many more. 

In 2022 I also took on product management responsibilities as we onboarded several major new clients. Prelude was purchased by Calendly in September 2022.

### Product Design Manager @ Checkr, Inc.
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco
Led the design team of 5 amazing product designers and a user researcher. Together we launched Checkr Assess for consistent and fair hiring outcomes, Checkr's first design system, and explored ways to automate aspects of the background check process while reducing bias in the process.

### Senior Product Designer @ Checkr, Inc.
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco
Working to reduce bias and bring fairness to the background check process.

### Director of User Experience @ Discover World
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018
I led mobile product design for Discover World, a platform for all things travel—before, during, and after a trip. I designed and launched the first two versions of the mobile app, the best and easiest way for travelers to capture and share their adventures.

### Director of Product & UX @ Zenfolio, Inc
Jan 2010 – Jan 2016 | Menlo Park
I led a team of product managers and UX designers at Zenfolio, a design-minded company where we built an award-winning service for professional photographers to showcase and sell their work online.

As a product designer I've researched, designed and shipped many many web and mobile projects including our own blogging platform, video hosting, high-volume events system, responsive grid website layouts, contact list & email scheduler, music integration, iPhone and iPad apps. 

As a design manager I've also let my team through a site redesign, eCommerce redesign, new digital-delivery client app, and new vendor integrations.

· Director of Product (September 2015 - July 2016)

· Group Product Manager (March 2014 - September 2015)

· Senior Product Manager (September 2013 - March 2014)

· User Experience Designer (September 2010 - September 2013)

### Freelance User Experience Designer @ Various Startups
Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 | San Francisco

### Product Manager / UX Designer @ Yelp.com
Jan 2008 – Jan 2010 | San Francisco
Designed and launched business owner comments, event management, and back-office tools to help the company scale its operations.

### User Experience Designer @ Tellme, A Microsoft Subsidiary
Jan 2005 – Jan 2008 | Mountain View
Designed and launched voice + visual interfaces for buying ringtones, searching for businesses, getting directions and more.

### Software Engineer - Technical Support @ IBM
Jan 2002 – Jan 2004 | Silicon Valley Lab
Supported DB2 Content Manager customers around the world.

### Java Tutor / TA @ UC San Diego Computer Science and Engineering Department (CSE)
Jan 2000 – Jan 2002 | San Diego
Led a student discussion section and provided tutoring for beginning computer science students.

### Software Engineer Intern @ Raytheon
Jan 2001 – Jan 2001 | San Diego
Built a custom source lines of code counter for reporting on government contracts.

### Software Engineer Intern @ Cubic Transportation Systems
Jan 2000 – Jan 2000 | San Diego
Built software for ticket vending machines and managing transit station equipment.


## Education
### Master of Human-Computer Interaction
Carnegie Mellon University

### B.S. in Computer Science
UC San Diego


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

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Source: https://flows.cv/hari
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Last updated: 2026-02-23