# Simon Davey

> Product Design Leader | Tech Incubation at Google: Wing Drones, Advanced Technology & Projects, X, Daydream AR

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/simondavey

Simon Davey is a product design leader with 12+ years of experience spanning both software and physical products for Google Advanced Technology & Projects, Google X, Daydream AR, and Wing Drone Logistics. He incubates and scales emerging technologies in undefined spaces, translating them into impactful B2C and B2B use cases. 

Previously having contributed to product design at AKQA, Google, and Native, he is currently building the future of drone delivery at Wing, a Google X company in the Bay Area.

## Work Experience
### User Experience Lead, Drone Delivery and Logistics @ Wing
Jan 2019 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
Wing is a graduated drone delivery service of Google X. It is now the largest drone delivery company in the world.

- Leading design to create new experiences from the ground up for multiple product and platform verticals, spanning consumer-facing mobile experiences, B2B Marketplace solutions, to highly regulated airspace management software
- Partnering with internal and external stakeholders such as the FAA, CASA, and B2B marketplace partners
- Providing career guidance, design standards, and mentorship to the Design and Research team

### UX Lead at Daydream AR, Immersive Shopping @ Google
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Instrumental role in the formation and growth of the Immersive Shopping Group, led UX effort for immersive retail augmented reality and lens experiences
- Spearheaded retail strategy and service design format for AR experiences with C-level stakeholders 
- Established foundational critical use cases that drove the formation of the Lens Labs engineering research group (focused on ambient knowledge on AR platforms for multiple devices)
- Designed product solutions that are scalable between 1st party and 3rd party experiences, such as mobile web-based AR experiences

### UX Lead at Google Advanced Technology & Projects [ATAP], Computer Vision Group @ Google
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Led a multi-disciplinary team of designers to create a suite of insight-driven, MVP solutions, and roadmaps to integrate speculative R&D technologies
- Worked alongside the engineering group manager to validate the product’s market viability; successfully graduated the product suite and team from ATAP to Daydream
- Led product development and strategic positioning of industry tools for data ingestion, consumer-facing first-party applications, and 3P apps and platforms
- Formed key relationships with external client partners for 3P platform integration

### User Experience Lead @ Native Design
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Led User Experience projects for Native Design’s San Francisco office
- Grew UX team, implemented user-centric design research practices, and led business development
- Managed multiple engagements spanning hardware and digital work streams, with a focus on hardware design within the automotive and healthcare industry

Notable Work:
- Ford: in-car experiences, mobile apps, accessibility principles
- Baxter: future of healthcare, development of flagship medical products 
- Thales: plane in-flight entertainment experiences for Singapore Airlines & Emirates

### Product Designer @ AKQA
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Tapped by global CEO to help open Latin America HQ by building out digital product processes to establish regional presence based in São Paulo
- Founding member of AKQA San Francisco’s first product incubator
- Lead UX designer for multi-project engagements spanning service design, responsive websites, and retail platforms for Activision, Google, Levi’s, Anheuser-Busch, Nike, and Audi

### Product Designer @ olloclip
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012

### Design Consultant @ LUND NIELSEN DESIGN LLC
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Portland, Oregon

### Design Intern @ LUND NIELSEN DESIGN LLC
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011
Shoe design from concept generation to manufacture. Heavy focus on developing form language for brands such as Adidas, Northface, Red Wing and Viking for running, hiking, and lifestyle.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Product Design
ArtCenter College of Design


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/sdavey

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Last updated: 2026-04-05