# Kumi A.

> WW CSO AI UX Product Lead/Manager at Apple

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/kumi

## Work Experience
### WW CSO AI UX Product Lead/Manager @ Apple
Jan 2024 – Present | Cupertino, California, United States

### Senior UX Design Manager @ YouTube
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Director of UX at D-Ford Lab @ Ford Motor Company
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022

### VP, User Experience and Design @ Herewith
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Director of UX @ Essential - Startup
Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | Palo Alto, Bay Area
Built and managed a multi-disciplinary UX team and program responsible for shipping best-in-class design solutions for home and mobile products. Served a dual role in the executive initiative and individual contributor performing research and design.

### Principal UX Designer at Samsung Research America @ Samsung Electronics America
Jan 2014 – Jan 2017 | Mountain View, CA
Software and hardware innovation.
Led a multi-disciplinary UX team to deliver innovative home products and mobile experiences. 
Shipped Frame TV.
Received CES 2017 Innovation Award for Lifestyle TV.

Developed and delivered various concepts for augmented reality in everyday use and a new interaction model using touch-less, gesture-based speech input and computer vision. Collaborated with engineers in designing custom experimental hardware, sensing, and input devices. 
Defined universal proximity-based gestures that control the functions of connected devices such as displays in various dimensions and speakers.

### Sr. User Experience Designer @ Microsoft
Jan 2011 – Jan 2014 | Mountain View, California
Led successful launch for Microsoft TV (B2B) service on a multi-screen platform.

### UX Designer II @ Microsoft
Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 | Mountain View, California
Led successful launch for Xbox 360 apps and platform.

### UX Designer II @ Microsoft
Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 | Mountain View, California
Led the email and calendar UX for Windows Outlook with the goal of improving productivity.


## Education
### 1st Class BA Hons in Graphic and Communication Design
Central Saint Martins, University of The Arts London


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

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Last updated: 2026-04-13