# Maple K.

> Staff Designer & UX Lead at Google

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

As a UX design lead, I’m passionate about understanding people, and using that understanding to create experiences that solve real problems. I believe great design starts with user empathy, and my work focuses on building connections between users and products, and between cross-functional teams striving toward a shared vision.

Throughout my career, I’ve helped teams navigate complexity by bringing clarity to ambiguity. I’ve had the privilege of leading UX efforts on high-stakes initiatives, partnering with executive stakeholders to champion user-centered outcomes that drive real impact across companies like Google and Twitter.

## Work Experience
### Staff Designer & UX Lead @ Google
Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States
Notable accomplishments:
• Launched Satellite SOS on Pixel 9, which enables users to get emergency help through satellite connectivity
• Defined UX vision, strategy, and execution for Android Satellite Connectivity, leading a UX team of 8 across multiple VP-level satellite programs
• Drove strategic collaboration and facilitated alignment across executive stakeholders through leadership reviews, cross-functional workshops, and strategy summits

### Senior UX Designer @ Google
Jan 2019 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States
Notable accomplishments:
• Led UX strategy and execution on Firebase, Google's mobile app development platform
• Redesigned and launched Firebase Crashlytics, the industry-leading crash reporter
• Redesigned and launched Performance Monitoring dashboard
• Speaker at the 2020 Firebase Developer Summit, presenting on best practices to monitor app releases

### UX Designer @ Google
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Cambridge, MA

### Product Designer @ Twitter
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Cambridge, MA
Sole UX designer – Fabric mobile app (iOS & Android, 25K+ MAU)

Notable accomplishments:
• Led the design process for the Fabric mobile app across both iOS and Android platforms, driving key UX decisions that impacted over 25K monthly active users
• Fostered user empathy across cross-functional teams by leading workshops and user research sessions to align on user-focused solutions
• Successfully designed and optimized the mobile app experience for both iOS and Android, ensuring seamless user experiences across platforms

### UX/UI Designer @ Intrepid Pursuits, LLC (acquired by Accenture)
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Cambridge, MA
UX/UI Designer for a mobile app design & development agency. Clients included: Quanttus, Newbury Comics, Yoga by Numbers, and more

• End-to-end design for mobile apps, from client consultation to initial brainstorming for UX strategy & user journeys to pixel mockups and pitching work directly to clients
• Collaborated directly with clients, developers, and product leads
• Mentored junior design apprentices and conducted trainings for the apprentice program
• Interviewed and evaluated potential new hires and apprentices

### Graphic Designer & Editorial Designer @ Splash Productions Pte Ltd
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Singapore
• Designed layouts, art directed photo shoots, and photographed for Kaixine, Singapore's first creative magazine for kids
• Created the inaugural box for DaBox, a one-stop activity craft box for children. Work included designing the box itself, illustrations for all the instructions
• Designed logos, posters, and newsletters for clients including: Singapore government's Ministry of Social and Family Development, National University of Singapore, and Artease Cafe
• Conceptualized the interior design for a café through vision boards

### Assistant Graphic & Web Designer @ Brigham and Women's Hospital
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012
• Designed and implemented a new visual style for the Biomedical Research Institute and BRI research center webpages
• Conceptualized a pop-up event for National DNA Day, creating informative posters to engage hospital staff
• Designed templates, web pages, and print work including posters, booklets, and event cards


## Education
### BFA in Graphic Design & Interactive Media
Northeastern University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kuomaple
- Portfolio: http://www.maplekuo.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-13