# Miche Capone > Product Designer, Collaborator Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/miche I am a designer who thrives on collaboration and feedback; I'm happiest when guiding teams through ambiguity to find simple solutions to hard problems. ## Work Experience ### Principal Product Designer @ Navan Jan 2022 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area ### Freelance Product Designer & Developer @ Miche Capone Jan 1997 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area I've had the opportunity to work with some great partners over the past ~20 years as an independent product designer and consultant, including AngelList and Mint.com. ### Product Design Lead @ Meta Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Director of Design, Product Design Lead @ Able Co. Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area Able is a product studio that owns, operates, and invests in a portfolio of technology companies. As Director of Design, I brought a group of designers divided across projects and locations together into a collaborative and supportive team. And in early 2019, I moved to a Product Design Lead role where I get to provide hands-on coaching and mentorship while helping to drive product strategy and design solutions for our partners and users. ### Co-Founder @ Brigade Media Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area Brigade was founded to expand on the civic engagement tools and technology we created at Votizen. I helped drive the launch of Brigade's iOS, Android, and web apps as a manager and individual contributor in various capacities, including UX design, product management, and product growth. ### Product Designer, VP of Product @ Causes Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco Bay Area Causes, the social advocacy platform, acquired Votizen in December 2012. I joined as a Product Designer in the acquisition, leading the design of the new campaigns feature for Causes's millions of activist users and moved to VP of Product shortly after that feature’s launch in September of 2013. ### Product Manager & UX Designer @ Votizen Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | San Francisco Bay Area Votizen aimed to politically empower individuals by helping them leverage their existing networks. I was the first product hire at Votizen, where I led UXR and UXD for Votizen's civic engagement tools in addition to defining product strategy and success. Votizen was acquired by Causes in December 2012. ### Designer in Residence @ 500 Startups Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 | San Francisco Bay Area 500 Startups is an early-stage venture fund and seed accelerator. As a DiR, I acted as a product design advisor to 500's accelerator companies, working with founders to conduct user research and run design audits. I helped create (and teach) 500's first Design Bootcamp, and designed and built the firm's website. ### Director of User Experience @ VeryVoo! Jan 2009 – Jan 2011 | San Francisco Bay Area VeryVoo! was a social creative collaboration platform. I led the UXD, IxD and visual design of the company's photo sharing app. ### Product Designer & Engineer @ Workshare Jan 2007 – Jan 2009 | San Francisco Bay Area First design hire for Workshare's Protect Network products. Designed and engineered the UIs for both Protect Network and Protect Server. ### Co-Founder @ Six Madison Jan 2006 – Jan 2006 | Greater Pittsburgh Area A spin-off from Novaurora, I led the design and development of Six Madison's tools to help insurance special investigation units work with their vendors. ### Designer & Creative Director @ Novaurora Jan 2003 – Jan 2006 | Greater Pittsburgh Area Novaurora was a print and interactive creative agency. I led and designed interactive and print campaigns, logos, and web products for the agency's clients and helped grow the agency from two of us working at the kitchen table to one of Pittsburgh Magazine’s “Six Hot Ad Agencies”. ## Education ### BA in Computer Science University of Pittsburgh ### Computer Science Indiana University of Pennsylvania ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/capone --- Source: https://flows.cv/miche JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/miche/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13