# Siyuan Tu

> Designer | ex-Netflix, Autodesk, civic tech

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

Making complex systems and information more accessible by designing with the people who use them—most recently for the public sector.

## Work Experience
### Product Designer @ Substack
Jan 2026 – Present

### Product design lead/manager @ Pavilion
Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco, California, United States
First product designer & design manager. Empowering public servants with thoughtfully designed tools to make public procurement more efficient and accessible. I established the company's design practice, helped guide product strategy by introducing user-centered frameworks, and designed foundational 0-to-1 workflows to drive adoption.

Why I joined: withpavilion.com/about/resources/welcoming-siyuan-tu

### Product Designer @ Netflix
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area
As part of Netflix Studio, I built tools to power Netflix creative teams. I designed scalable media management solutions to help post production teams manage their growing slates and media pipelines.

### Principal Experience Designer @ Autodesk
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
Reimagined Shotgun's complex workflows as easy-to-use, surprisingly powerful producer experiences.  Created end-to-end systematic redesigns, designed detailed workflows, and organized large-scale research summits. Helped cultivate a design-led vision on a distributed product team across North America and Europe. 

Shotgun is an Emmy award-winning production and collaboration platform, used by the world's most creative studios to streamline their workflows.

### Senior Experience Designer @ Autodesk
Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area

### UX Design Lead @ Pandera Systems
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015

### Mobile Strategic Advisor @ Strategy
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | Tyson's Corner, VA
Led end-to-end design of mobile BI apps for clients across industries like retail, healthcare, and finance

### Consultant (mobile design) @ Strategy
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Tyson's Corner, VA

### Co-op Intern @ LMI
Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 | McLean, Virginia
Data analysis, quality assurance, and policy research for congressional studies


## Education
### Master’s Degree in Human Computer Interaction
Carnegie Mellon University

### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Operations Research & Information Engineering
Cornell University


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

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Source: https://flows.cv/siyuantu
JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/siyuantu/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-04-05