# Ricardo G. > Senior Product Designer Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/ricardog Senior Product Designer with 8+ years of experience bridging design and engineering to build scalable, user-centric tools. At Apple, I lead UX modernization for FileMaker Pro macOS app, driving the evolution of its legacy system into an intuitive, high-performing platform. I partner closely with engineering and product managers to ship features that are not only beautiful and accessible, but deeply aligned with business goals. I bring deep fluency in Product design leadership and front-end architecture, translating complex technical requirements into elegant, intuitive user experiences. ## Work Experience ### Senior Product Designer @ Apple Jan 2023 – Present | United States Led the modernization of FileMaker Pro for macOS, transforming a 30-year-old legacy product into a modern, cohesive experience. Delivered a new design system and layout architecture that streamlined developer workflows and laid the foundation for future IDE-like tools across the platform. Redesigned and shipped FileMaker Pro’s new Inspector panel, eliminating tab switching and introducing contextual properties that improved clarity and workflow efficiency. Collaborated directly with engineering in Xcode and GitKraken, bridging design and implementation to reduce iteration cycles and save months of team effort. Currently partnering with design and engineering to establish a scalable React-based design system that unifies FileMaker Pro’s macOS and web experiences. Driving the next evolution of AI-powered developer workflows, integrating generative capabilities that enhance scripting, calculation, and layout creation experiences across platforms. ### Senior Product Designer @ Gusto Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States Teamed up with cross-functional colleagues and engineers to develop a seamless payroll experience that enables employers to achieve precise and compliant overtime calculations for hourly employees eligible for overtime pay. The outcome ensures that Gusto and employers are fully compliant with federal, state, and local regulations. ### Senior Product Designer @ Lyte Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, California Established and managed a user-centered design team to develop intuitive inward-facing tools that resulted in a 30% boost in productivity. Developed a cohesive set of guidelines, toolkits, and accessible components for Lyte's internal design system. Directed the redesign of Lyte's client dashboard, providing a live overview of the event lifecycle. ### Senior Product Designer @ Flowdash Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, California, United States Led cross-functional teams in redefining the information architecture of a B2B platform, resulting in an improved user experience. Conducted extensive user research, resulting in the identification of untapped business opportunities for a customer portal, which was successfully launched. Collaborated closely with stakeholders to design and deliver a new marketing landing page, leading to improved engagement and conversion rates. ### UX Designer @ Save a Spot Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco, CA Developed and delivered a highly responsive web application that enables users to check-in to restaurants, reserve a spot in line, and track their movements. Defined the end-to-end user experience, interactions, and user interface through user flows, sketches, and wireframes. Established standardized layouts, typography, colors, and user interface components. ### UX Designer @ HDME Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco, CA Headed the overhaul of an e-commerce marketplace that offers artists a reliable platform to establish an online store, sell, and buy art with ease. Collaborated with stakeholders to identify business requirements and define the platform's roadmap. Established design principles for user interactions and user interface components. ### UX Designer @ SAN FRANCISCO SOCCER FOOTBALL LEAGUE INC Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco, CA Crafted a responsive web application for an established semi-professional soccer league that resulted in a 15% increase in player registration. Achieved this by modernizing the user interface, providing precise team schedules, and streamlining the online registration process. Utilized data tools to develop end-to-end user flows that included highly visible entry points and pathways. ### UX Designer @ Nomad Pass Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco, CA Implemented user-centered design techniques to design a landing page that conveys business values and platform benefits. Led design sprint sessions to identify problems, ideate, create and user test solutions. Communicated design work with cross-functional teams using wireframes, mock-ups and prototypes. ### UX Designer @ San Francisco Travel Association Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Led the end-to-end design of a mobile application that allows tourists to quickly learn, navigate and discover San Francisco neighborhoods while using the SF Muni railway system. Carried out user research focused on usability to drive product direction. Created user flows, wireframes and prototypes to create a cohesive user experience. ### Architectural Designer @ Crome Architecture Jan 2013 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco, CA Collaborated with project managers, visual merchandisers and engineers to develop floor plans that provide customers with a simplified shopping experience, resulting in an increase in customer return rate and an upturn in revenue. ## Education ### Bachelors of Architecture in Architecture University of San Francisco Jan 2009 – Jan 2011 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/rigallegos - Website: https://ricardogallegos.com/ - Facebook: https://facebook.com/rigalsan --- Source: https://flows.cv/ricardog JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/ricardog/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-25