# John Rotondo > User Experience & Product Design Location: Sudbury, Massachusetts, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/johnrotondo Design and User Experience User-centered design, Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe XD, Figma, LucidChart, Multivariate user-testing, responsive design and mobile-first development Development Life Cycle Epic and story definition, process improvement, coding standards, agile and waterfall development methodologies, requirements gathering from stakeholders and customers, Atlassian products: Jira, Confluence, BitBucket Leadership Team building & management of cross-functional teams, hiring, business/career goal development, focus on retention & work satisfaction, stakeholder communication Technical Expertise AI-assisted coding with Cursor and WindSurf, Front-end web development, SQL, CSS, SCSS, Typescript, AngularJS, command line, content management systems, MVC and JavaScript frameworks ## Work Experience ### Principal UX Designer @ Madaket Health Jan 2015 – Present | Cambridge MA Drove the vision and design strategy behind a platform of healthcare SaaS products, shaping ideas from research and insight into cohesive, user-centered experiences. Blended Product Design and Human-Computer Interaction principles to align innovation with business goals and customer needs. Partnered across disciplines—engineering, product, operations, and leadership—to create a unified experience ecosystem. Mentored developers and designers alike, fostering a shared design language, culture of collaboration, and commitment to thoughtful, human-centered solutions. ### Software Engineering Manager @ GSN (TV & Games) Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Boston MA Championed secure and data-informed product development by leading cross-functional web and mobile teams to deliver scalable, high-impact solutions in an Agile environment. Drove the remediation of 80+ critical OWASP vulnerabilities, advanced UX strategy through A/B experimentation and data visualization, and guided a mobile e-commerce product from launch to $200K in monthly revenue. Founded and directed an internship program that developed emerging talent into key hires, cultivating innovation, strategic design thinking, and cross-team collaboration. ### Senior Web Engineer (Front End) @ GSN (TV & Games) Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Waltham, MA Development Lead for our cash games division, focused on driving best practices and team efficiency. ### Manager of Web Development @ Brainshark Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Waltham, MA Managed a team of designers and developers to create custom learning portals for notable clients such as Pepsi, TripAdvisor.com, The Casual Male, TD Bank, and Medtronic. Worked with clients to provide RFPs and product specifications, and collaborated with engineering to build custom web components to deliver on new features. ### Interactive Producer @ Boathouse Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Waltham, MA Responsible for project management and development of client web sites. ### Creative Development Producer @ 38 Studios Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Providence, RI Managed development and release of hundreds of media assets from screenshots to cinematic videos to key art for the launch of the video game Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning™. Defined asset development schedules, worked with internal artists, hired and managed contract artists. Introduced Kanban to better meet individual daily deadlines for dozens of media outlets. ### Senior Web Developer @ 38 Studios Jan 2008 – Jan 2011 Core team member for launch site for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning™ video game, supporting 80k+ unique monthly visitors. Sole front-end developer for azerothadvisor.com dynamically-generated newsletter service for World of Warcraft, built on Ruby on Rails. Sole creator of 38 Studios corporate website using Drupal content management system. ### Owner @ Blastoff Interactive Jan 1997 – Jan 2009 Web and interactive media development for a wide range of clients in varied industries. ### Electronic Media Specialist @ Avidyne Corporation Jan 2007 – Jan 2008 Responsible for all aspects of Avidyne’s customer-facing web presence including Web production, Web maintenance, Web analytics, Internet Marketing, and Search Engine Optimization, as well as interactive media (Flash/Director/Video) creation and production for Web and CD/DVD delivery for trade show demos and sales/support training. ### Webmaster @ Harman Specialty Group Jan 2003 – Jan 2007 I am responsible for development, maintenance, and upgrades for all Harman Specialty Group web sites. Responsibilities include IIS web server maintenance, MySQL database development/maintenance, ASP page development, and all graphic design for online content. ### Web Designer @ Lexicon, Inc. Jan 1999 – Jan 2003 I was responsible for the web site and corresponding databases for lexicon.com. Performed daily maintenance and routine upgrades and additional functionality. ### Product Manager @ Lexicon, Inc. a division of HARMAN International Jan 1995 – Jan 1999 Responsible for product development of desktop audio recording products. Reponsible for LexiVerb Reverb plug-in (TEC award winner 1998) and Lexicon Studio hard disc recording system. Other products included PCM91, PCM81, and 960L. ## Education ### B.A. Music Performance in Emphasis on Sound Recording University of Massachusetts Lowell ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jrotondo - Portfolio: http://www.pmc-speakers.com - Portfolio: http://www.neact.org --- Source: https://flows.cv/johnrotondo JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/johnrotondo/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-31