# Henry Modisett

> VP of Design

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

## Work Experience
### VP of Design @ Perplexity
Jan 2023 – Present | SF
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### Founding Designer @ Perplexity
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023
Design, UI engineering, and product.

### Advisor @ Perplexity
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023
Design, UI engineering.

### Founding Designer @ Beam
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023
Design, UI engineering, and product.

### Product Design Lead & Manager @ Quora
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Manager of design leads. Advised on design and process for critical projects across the company.

### Product Design Lead @ Quora
Jan 2015 – Jan 2020 | Mountain View, California
Led design and product strategy on various teams primarily focused on engagement, growth, and monetization.

### Product Designer @ Quora
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Mountain View, California
Designed and engineered (UI) many early Quora features. Primarily focused on Feed and Question Asking.

### UX Design Intern @ Google
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Mountain View, California
Visual and interaction design for Gmail iOS 2.0, mostly focused on Search and Calendar integrations. Early work on Google Inbox.

### Design Intern @ SCVNGR
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011
Responsible for designing and developing web interfaces for LevelUp.

### UI Design Intern @ Global Healthcare Exchange
Jan 2010 – Jan 2010
UI Design for enterprise healthcare software.


## Education
### B.S. in Web Science
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Jan 2009 – Jan 2013

### Fairview High School
Jan 2005 – Jan 2009


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-25