# Ryan K. > Designing Intelligent Systems that See, Think, and Behave. | Previously Snap, Uber Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/ryank I design and ship category-defining products at the intersection of artificial intelligence, design, and real-world interaction. My work focuses on building agentic, multimodal systems that understand, anticipate, and respond to the physical world — translating breakthrough technology into products people love and rely on. With experience spanning startups and global platforms, I bring a hybrid skill set across product design, product strategy, and team leadership, capable of driving 0→1 innovation as well as large-scale execution. • Inventor on multiple provisional patents in multimodal AI and multi-agent orchestration • Built and launched Seemour, an ambient intelligence platform with 468 WAUs, 21.6% 2-month retention, and 75+ sessions per user — all achieved organically • Outperformed GPT and Gemini in third-party evaluation (87% F1 vs. 60%) • Created Uber’s driver onboarding funnel, used to onboard millions of drivers worldwide and unlock city expansion • Launched multi-modal transportation at Uber, expanding the product moat and redefining the rider experience • Led AR commerce design at Snap, delivering new user experiences and business models in augmented reality • Guided a successful $100M acquisition as Head of Design at Forma ## Work Experience ### Do-It-All @ Bigote Labs LLC Jan 2026 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area I'm the guy. The whole guy. CEO, CTO, CDO, CFO, CMO — I stopped making business cards because I ran out of room. I design it. I build it. I ship it. I write the copy. I pick the fonts. Okay — the robots write a lot of the copy. And well, the code too. I argue with myself about the product roadmap and somehow both sides win. Years in tech taught me. Okay well it refined me, pinky up. Now I'm building things that actually matter (maybe some of the stuff I built before mattered too). On any given day I'm somewhere between dreaming up ideas, obsessing over details, training a model, or asking random strangers in line at the farmers market if they'd use an app idea that I will absolutely take too seriously. It's a one-man circus and the tent is on fire. On purpose. Mostly. ### Chief Product and Design Officer @ Prompt AI Jan 2023 – Jan 2026 | San Francisco, California, United States Second employee and founding product and design leader at Prompt AI. Led the design and development of Seemour, an ambient intelligence platform that uses agentic multimodal AI to interpret, anticipate, and act on live video — transforming everyday cameras into proactive companions that understand people, pets, and environments in real time. • Defined the vision, strategy, and roadmap for Seemour from 0→1, taking it from storyboards to internal prototype to market-ready product with strong early adoption and retention (468 WAUs, 21.6% 2-month retention, 75+ sessions/user). • Designed and shipped core product experience, including user interface, onboarding, and alert system optimized for relevance and trust. • Contributed to multiple provisional patents on multi-agent orchestration and camera inference. • Contributed to the development of the SNAP orchestration system, enabling real-time streaming intelligence that outperformed GPT and Gemini in production environments. • Led all aspects of product design, branding, and storytelling, including naming and positioning Seemour as a category-defining platform. • Contributed to integration partnerships with major hardware providers, including Ring, Tapo, and Verisure. ### Principal Product Designer @ Lime Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | United States Brought a new level of design craft and product innovation to Lime’s global mobility platform. Worked across hardware, software, and platform systems to improve user experience, unlock new growth opportunities, and build a scalable design foundation for the company’s next phase of expansion. • Elevated design quality across the team by introducing new standards, critiques, and practices, and by leading the creation of Casino, a next-generation design system for Lime's Consumer app. • Modernized Lime’s design platform and system architecture, improving collaboration and increasing design velocity across product teams. • Developed AR-based parking guidance solutions for complex markets, pioneering new approaches to micro-mobility compliance and user education. • Designed an in-app turn-by-turn navigation experience within the Lime app, enabling more intuitive routing and improving multi-modal trip completion. • Led a complete redesign of Lime’s subscription product, clarifying value, improving conversion flows, and setting the foundation for growth in recurring revenue. ### Product Design Manager - AR Fashion @ Snap Inc. Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 Led product design for fashion and 2D augmented reality experiences on Snapchat, building new consumer experiences and commerce capabilities inside one of the world’s largest social platforms. • Shipped the first 2D AR try-on lens in Snapchat, pioneering a new category of social commerce experiences. • Managed a team of 14 producers and two managers, along with fashion stylists, to scale creative output and technical execution. • Developed strategies for in-app ecommerce and backend tools, laying the foundation for future monetization opportunities. ### Head Of Design - Product & Brand @ Forma Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area Led product, brand, and design for a fashion tech company acquired for over $100M (14× valuation). • Built and scaled a cross-disciplinary team of product designers, stylists, and production artists. • Delivered three successful iOS app versions, driving user engagement and revenue growth. • Contributed directly to acquisition strategy by defining product vision and user experience for next-generation fashion personalization tools. ### Advisor @ Forma Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Head Of Design - Product & Brand @ Front Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area Managed a team of Product Designers, helped develop a job ladder, and developed a Personal OKR system for designer growth. - Managed a team of 4 Product Designers - Developed Job Ladder for Product Designs - Created Hiring Practices - Help establish the Company OKR system - Developed Re-brand strategy ### Senior Design Manager - Driver, Mobility, & Vehicle Solutions @ Uber Jan 2015 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco, California Drove major platform initiatives across driver, vehicle, and mobility products at global scale. • Created and launched Uber’s online driver onboarding funnel, used to onboard millions of drivers and unlock rapid city expansion — designed, tested, and shipped in under a year. • Co-founded the mobility team, integrating bikes, scooters, and mass transit into the core rider experience. • Managed multiple large design teams (25+ designers, managers, and content strategists) with zero team turnover. • Repeatedly delivered high-impact work on compressed timelines, influencing core product and brand evolution. ### Senior Product Designer - Growth @ Uber Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco Bay Area Part of the founding Growth team at Uber. We focused on quick iterations and implementation of foundational technology to help Uber grow faster than any company in history. ### Designer, CEO @ Ryan David Koziel Design Jan 1999 – Jan 2015 | Earth I've been working freelance most of my career sometimes in parallel to full time work other times full time. Most of my work focus has been on web, and mobile design. Below are is and abbreviated list the clients I've done work for: Breezeway Entertainment Bunim-Murray Productions Cisco Disney Dropcam Ebates Fujitsu Linksey Mixpanel Paramount Pictures Sony/BMG Toyota Warner Bros. ### Co-founder @ Feast Now Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 Created Feast, a start up focused and bring elite dinner parties into everyones home. Creating a 3 way market place that that chefs, foodies, and host could collaborate to create amazing dinner parties to meet interesting people, share great experience and consume amazing food ### Co-Founder, CEO @ Bartenders Whimsy Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 Bartenders Whimsy is designed to help people learn to make, order, and experience better cocktails, punches, and drinks. Bartenders Whimsy, helps user choose drinks based off spirit, sensations, or style then curates 4 drinks from a database of 70 classic tried and true cocktails. Users can expand their library buy purchasing drinks recipes curated from the best bartenders in the world. Users can go from never making drinks to being as good as the best bartenders throughout the world. ### Lead Product Designer & Manager @ Zoosk Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 - Built, trained, and mentored a six-person user experience team comprised of user experience (UX) and visual (UI) designers. - Created platform-specific (web, touch, android, iOS) design patterns and principles, which help facilitate faster product iterations. - Worked directly with executive staff and product managers to create new products and features to increase engagement and reach company goals. - Helped Zoosk become the number one dating app on android and iOS ### Associate Creative Director @ Zinc Solutions Jan 2008 – Jan 2012 Lead team to Conceptualize, strategize, and Design for a whole manner of companies in industries such as Actionsports, Financial, Retail and IT. Work includes: Trademark creation, Branding, Market analysis, Interactive Design (Flash, Ecommerce, Wordpress). ### Instructor @ Lake Tahoe Community College Jan 2008 – Jan 2009 Develop unique art and design related curriculum including conception, course outlining, teaching, and mentoring student online. Classes to date include: “Logos and Business Identity Systems” a class that explores all the element that go into a good logo and identity system, and “Welcome to the Blogosphere,” a class that introduces students to Blog creation and authoring. ### Senior Designer/ Art Director @ Fidelity National Financial Jan 2007 – Jan 2008 Leading a small marketing team to create campaigns, design and conceptualize a marketing magazine (Quota), create various collateral and direct mail pieces for both consumers and business-to-business audiences, design and produce comprehensive product catalogs, as well as art direct and design various multimedia websites. ### Art Director @ Ervin Bell Marketing Communications Jan 2005 – Jan 2007 Working with account and creative staff in the development and art direction of multiple annual reports , conceptualizing entire business-to-business advertising campaigns with copywriters, designing and developing retail campaigns including sku’s, signage, and POS graphics, creating and designing interactive kiosk, as well as tradeshow graphics for business conferences, creating branding and identity systems for various clients, and designing and developing self-promotional pieces for the agency including portfolio site design, leave behind pieces, and campaign launches. ### Designer @ Mad Dogg Athletics Jan 2005 – Jan 2005 Design and production of manuals for Spinning bikes, classes, and instructors, illustrating and creating original artwork for merchandise, art directing photoshoots for new merchandise, and updating Spinning's vast ecommerce website. ### Designer @ Houchin and Mize Advertising Jan 2004 – Jan 2005 Working with several small retailers, city organization (transit system), and large agricultural operations to develop a marketing presence with identity, advertising (print, broadcast, outdoor), and various collateral pieces, also designing and developing self promotional pieces for the agency including portfolio site design, leave behind pieces, and campaign launches. ## Education ### Organizational Leadership Harvard Business School Online ### BA in Graphic Design California State University, Fresno ### AA in General Education Cerro Coso Community College ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ryankoziel - Portfolio: http://www.ryandavidkoziel.com - Dribbble: http://dribbble.com/HelloImRyan --- Source: https://flows.cv/ryank JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/ryank/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13