# Rowan Emberwing > Product Design @ Metronome Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/rowanemberwing I’m a product designer with over 13 years of experience in technical enterprise software, including a stint as a founder and CEO. I’ve successfully led cross-functional teams and company-level product initiatives. There are two things that make my design approach unique: 1. Systems-based design — I build alignment across feature teams using product vision and other high-leverage assets. These systems empower any team member to make decisions and to contribute their thinking to the whole team’s approach. They also separate concerns (like customer goals, business goals, backend implementation, and UI components) so that we can reason about them independently. 2. Communication — I value a culture of joyful collaboration and high-quality work. To that end, I use NVC (and some frameworks I’ve personally developed) to create space for my teammates to share ideas, disagree, feel heard, buy in to the team’s direction, and take ownership over their contribution. Thanks for reading! ## Work Experience ### Product Designer @ Metronome Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States ### Founder, CEO @ Rizome Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco, California, United States • Served as CEO of a pre-seed company making collaboration tools for Data Scientists • Launched a beta product for data science teams used by 53 companies • Delivered new beta version to differentiate from competitors and address customer feedback ### Senior Principal Product Designer @ Domino Data Lab Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco, California, United States • Served as Senior Principal Product Designer at a $2B company making developer tools • Delivered design system across Domino’s entire user interface in 8 months • Designed new information architecture that improved task completion for new users by 100% • Designed a domain model which increased engineering velocity by over 20% ### Principal Product Designer @ Domino Data Lab Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco, California, United States ### Principal Product Designer @ Okta Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, California, United States • Served as Principal Product Designer at a $20B company making access management tools • Created a 5-year vision for the future of Okta’s products, gaining CEO approval • Led a team of 20+ designers and product managers in migrating to Okta’s new authentication platform • Designed testing tools which increased new feature adoption by 10% • Promoted 3 times within four years ### Staff Product Designer @ Okta Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco, California, United States ### Senior Product Designer @ Okta Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco, California, United States ### Product Designer II @ Okta Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco, California, United States ### UX Designer @ MedeAnalytics Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Emeryville, CA • Served as UX Designer at a $600M company making business intelligence tools for healthcare • Designed analytics and interactive reports used by British NHS • Led user research across 7 healthcare products ### UX Designer @ RTZ Associates Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Oakland, CA • Served as UX Designer for a company making a health record used by 11 state Medicare agencies • Led team of 8 engineers in implementing features • Created a design system for all of RTZ’s products ### Experience Abroad @ Viasko Restaurant Jan 2010 – Jan 2012 | Berlin, Germany and Barcelona, Spain • Studied German, Spanish, Catalon, and Portuguese at UC Berkeley • After graduation, spent 2 years abroad to experience language immersion • Worked as a cook in a restaurant in Berlin ### House Manager @ Berkeley Student Cooperative Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 | Berkeley, CA • Head manager of student housing facility • Led a team of 10 managers and workforce of 150 students • Sat on board committee responsible for $8.5M renovation of a National Historic Landmark ### Head Chef @ Berkeley Student Cooperative Jan 2007 – Jan 2009 | Berkeley, California, United States ## Education ### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Spanish Language and Literature, Rhetoric University of California, Berkeley ### Professional Certificate in Graphic Design UC Berkeley Extension ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/rowanemberwing - Portfolio: https://rowan.emberwi.ng --- Source: https://flows.cv/rowanemberwing JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/rowanemberwing/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13