# Surong Ruan

> Design meaningful things

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/surong

I push for innovative solutions for complex design problems in healthcare, VR and AEC industry. During the whole product design lifecycle, I take initiatives to simplify and humanize designs, and have worked with multiple startup teams to launch products into market. I am passionate about creating engaging and friction-free experiences to help users thrive, and make a meaningful mark in the world.

## Work Experience
### Sr Interaction Designer @ Intuitive
Jan 2020 – Present | Sunnyvale
Working on service designs to enable providers to deliver high quality care to patients

### Sr. Product Designer @ Qventus, Inc
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Designed the patient board for care coordination which became a top selling product
- Lead mobile communication app and nudge design to to enable  behavior change
- Collaborated with designers on design system and shipped mobile redesign

### Senior UX Designer @ Jaunt VR
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Design the pipeline of tools and rendering services for VR content creators
- Deliver onboarding design of rendering platform and improved portal UX
- Prototyped VR player for creator preview and review in headsets
- Lead design projects of publishing and analytics services for VR creators

### Senior UX Designer @ Autodesk
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco, CA
- Lead interaction design and prototype large-scale 3D web application
- Design navigation framework with in-canvas user interface and flow diagram
- Built hi-fi prototype of contextual help patterns and installation experience
- Manage UI Framework projects to deliver consistent components and patterns

### UX/UI Designer @ InContext Solutions
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014
- Lead design of a SaaS platform for virtual store simulation (ShopperMX)
- Coordinated cross-team efforts to build a OOCSS style guide
- Designed marketing research modules and visualized data with D3.js library
- Conducted guerrilla and remote testing with clients to iterate design solutions

### Mobile Interaction Design - Intern @ Autodesk
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Greater Boston Area
– Built Pattern library for mobile platform to integrate internal and external standards.
– Designed primary mobile patterns and the workflow for applying to future products.
– Conducted usability testing of 3D design mobile apps.


## Education
### Master of Science in Information - Human-Computer Interaction
University of Michigan - School of Information
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012

### Bachelor of Science in Automation
Tsinghua University
Jan 2007 – Jan 2011


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/surongruan
- Portfolio: https://surongdesign.com/

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Last updated: 2026-03-25