# Nicholas M. Chapa > AI Powered PM / Sports Coach Location: Stanford, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/nicholasmchapa With over five years of experience in UX/UI design and behavior design, Nicolas M. Chapa is a product manager. He designed for Traq, Pulse, and Intended Zones Tracker, three innovative products that help baseball players and coaches optimize their performance, training, and recovery. Nicolas is passionate about creating intuitive and engaging designs that leverage mobile, AR/VR, and persuasive technology to influence positive and healthy behaviors. He has worked with various stakeholders, including startups, Fortune 500 firms, non-profits, and academic institutions, to deliver user-centric solutions that address their needs and goals. He is also a mentor, a speaker, and a sports coach who enjoys teaching others the behavior design process and throwing hard. ## Work Experience ### Sports Coach @ Menlo School Jan 2012 – Present | Sand Hill Road If it's a football...don't throw it Everything else throw it as hard and as far as you can ### Product Designer @ Driveline Baseball Enterprises, Inc Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 Design for: Traq, Pulse, Edge Refine Internal and External sites, applications, shiny apps, dashboards, blogs, brochures, decks, logos Pretend to demo products but really use them in earnest to try and throw harder than 81mph AR/VR Prototyping ### UX/UI Designer @ Blockchain Health Co Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area Work with all stakeholders to create intuitive designs for native mobile, and responsive web Lead educational and client workshops to find best areas of collaboration ### Partner @ Leap Innovation Advisory Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Silicon Valley and Latin America Leap is the leading innovation advisory firm; working with entrepreneurs, investors, and governments to develop Ecosystems of Innovation throughout the Americas. Leap has three core businesses including: Leap Ventures: Leap Ventures invests in the most innovative Latin American founders across the globe to empower the next generation of innovation. Leap Advisors: Leap Advisors works with influential entrepreneurs, investors, and governments to build and foster an ecosystem of innovation that can maximize returns for all stakeholders Leap Labs: Leap Labs partners with talented entrepreneurs to close the gap between ideation and value creation, supporting unparalleled growth Join us and take the Leap. ### Mobile UX Designer @ Bilingual Children's Enterprises Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Head Start Bilingual Children's Enterprises will help the next billion people learn English and other languages through a dual language methodology platform that's fun and entertaining. Recent Accomplishments: - Signed content licensing contract with American Greetings Entertainment 2016 - Accepted into Unreasonable Institute's early childhood accelerator 2016 - Scholarship winner of SOCAP 2015; a bootcamp and conference for social impact entrepreneurs. - Facebook Start (FBStart) winner; a program funded by Facebook to provide 30K of services, advertising and promotion for an app/startup. ### Mobile Behavior Designer @ Stanford Persuasive Tech Lab Jan 2010 – Jan 2016 | East Palo Alto I design behavior ### Program Manager, Kahuna Labs @ Kahuna Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Redwood City, CA Deliver consulting and educational services Cultivate and maintain database of mobile behavioral insights Research customer and industry trends that might influence program design and delivery ### Mobile UX/UI Designer @ Tangelo Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Menlo Park, CA Mobile UX Research, Design, Acquisition, and Retention ### Mobile UX Designer @ Sennseis Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Palo Alto, CA Mobile UX Research, Acquisition, and Retention At Sennseis, we're working with some of the world's most innovative educational, non-profit, and corporate entities to reimagine education for the people they serve. Focus today: innovations in content, community and commerce support. Partners include UC Berkeley Greater Good Science Center and Life Reimagined (AARP). ### Senior Consulting Fellow @ SocialxDesign Jan 2012 – Jan 2015 We’re a new marketing consulting firm dedicated to bridging the worlds of online engagement and offline movements. With offices in Silicon Valley, San Francisco, and Washington DC, we’re enabling businesses, government agencies, and NGOs to grow by deliberately empowering the people they serve. ### Mentor @ Manos Accelerator, LLC Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | San Jose, CA Assist teams in acquiring more users, improving retention, and increasing user lifetime value ### Behavior Design @ MobiSocial Inc. Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Mountain View Acquisition, Retention, Magia "This Stanford Team is Re-Inventing the Internet" http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/28/these-stanford-team-is-reinventing-the-entire-internet-for-just-10m/ ### Mobile Behavior Designer @ CareMessage Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciúncula Mobile messaging to assist participants in managing chronic disease YCombinator Winter 2014 Google.org Global Impact Awardee https://google.org/global-impact-awards/care-message/ ### Behavior Design Consultant @ Pitney Bowes Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Stamford, CT -refine user experiences across products -create mobile strategy ### Mobile Behavior Designer @ KRIKORJAN, Inc. Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Stanford, CA refined SMS experience for health behavioral outcomes ### Product Consultant @ Juntos Finanzas Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Palo Alto -refined user experience -grew users from ~5 per week to 300+ per week -increased profiles created from 1 per week to 150 per week -increased customer retention Juntos Finanzas won the G2012 Mexico Financial Inclusion: Innovative Solutions for Unlocking Access competition beating over 250 entries and securing international recognition for its innovative financial tools. Press Release: http://goo.gl/4rDU5 ### Mobile Intern @ Plug and Play Tech Center Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 Manage, cultivate, and serve the Mobile Community at PnP ### Business Development Associate @ A-List Promoters Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 | Sunset Strip Create new partnerships with club owners, DJ's, bouncers, event promoters, and attendees ### Vice Chair @ UCLA Communications Board Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 | Westwood -Allocate budget of $1.8 million and select editors for all publications on campus -Develop new media initiatives to ensure continued success of UCLA Student Media -Oversee 10 student media leaders and Communications Board -Produce legislation and referendums to enhance student experience regarding 10 media outlets ### Associate Producer of Speaking @ Ferrazzi Greenlight Jan 2009 – Jan 2009 ## Education ### Behavior Design Stanford University ### Startup House University ### English in American Literature and Culture University of California, Los Angeles ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/behaviordesign - Website: http://captology.stanford.edu/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/nicholasmchapa JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/nicholasmchapa/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-08