# TRI NGUYEN > Senior Product Designer Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/tringuyen1 I led interaction design for communication features on the Google Assistant. In that role, I design multi-modal experiences for voice and touch UIs on mobile, watch, smart displays, and Android Auto. Focus on pioneering the next generation conversational and intelligent Google-powered voice assistant. I’ve also led design of new UX frameworks and product features for Google Photos and Google Drive. Over 13+ years experience as a professional ux designer in several large companies with 8+ years at Google, I’ve built an expertise helping teams launch high-profile and impactful products using UX and design. I’m a design lead for feature teams in large companies primarily working closely with product management and engineer leads. • Previously at Intuit, Autodesk, Apple, eBay, GE, Meta, Samsung • Instructor of UX; Fall semester 2017 - lectured 15 classes with 20 students • MFA at Academy of Art University; studied design + new media • BA Economics at University of California, Santa Cruz I have a strong passion to improve experiences through user research and solid interaction design. I love scalable design systems that help with team velocity and component re-usability in a large team environment. SPECIALTIES: User interface design / Product design / Mobile design, Conversational design, Multi-modal design, Scalable design systems, Usability / Heuristics, Information Architecture, Goal / Task analysis, User research, Product definition, Vision TOOLS: Figma, Sketch, Principle, Invision, Axure, Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects PORTFOLIO*: www.tridesigner.com (*Case studies available upon request) ## Work Experience ### Design @ Google Jan 2026 – Present | Mountain View, CA Defining new AI experiences ### Senior Staff Product Designer @ Samsung Research America (SRA) Jan 2025 – Jan 2026 | Mountain View, CA • Led UX exploration for social wellness features (Samsung Health UX framework for challenges evolution in “Together”) • Shaped product direction in a pre-launch, zero-to-one environment ### Senior User Experience Designer @ Google Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 | Mountain View, CA Google Photos, Google Drive Sharing Assistant, Tablets & GenAI ### Senior Product Designer, Reality Labs @ Meta Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 Worked on Meta’s Portal device design & Growth ### Senior Interaction Designer, Google Assistant @ Google Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Mountain View, California, United States Designing conversational interfaces for Google Assistant across Android Auto, Mobile, and Smart Display surfaces (Communications Pillar) • Lead interaction designer for Zoom on Nest Hub Max for WFH/Covid launch • Designed new scalable UI patterns for video conferencing on smart displays (Meet, Zoom, etc) ### Interaction Designer, Google Workspace Intelligence @ Google Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Sunnyvale, CA Brought the first set G Suite / Google Workspace's productivity and communication features on the Google Assistant. Led the vision to bring in-app & in-line assistance to G Suite apps. • Lead interaction designer on Assistant for Work • Design for conversational interfaces (voice, mobile, smart displays) • Created Multi-Modal (voice and touch) design patterns • Core member of the Search and Intelligence, AI/ML UX Team @ G Suite I'm personally discovering the intersection between ML & UX and how both influence each other in product development Position history Senior Interaction Designer (Feb 11, 2019 - June 15, 2020) ### Interaction Designer, Google Identity @ Google Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | Mountain View, CA • Led redesign of Security Checkup (g.co/securitycheckup) in 2017 – keeping users safe making assistive security tools • Led ux design for 'Android phone as a built-in security key' for 2-step verification users, including Pixel 3 Titan chip interaction - launched @ Google Cloud Next'19 • Google Account creation UI patterns and user flows • Simplified and seamless sign-in for accounts on devices • Phone Number based accounts for Next Billion Users (NBU) • Recently led account authentication at Google through: 1) Enabling new experiences with WebAuthN and FIDO2, 2) Device-to-device approvals, 3) Built-in biometrics & security keys Position History: • Interaction Designer (Jan 9, 2017 - Feb 11, 2019) • Interaction Designer – Contractor (April 18 2016 - Jan 6, 2017) ### Instructor of UX, Fall 2017 Academic Semester @ Academy of Art University Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco, CA Taught a group of 20 graduate students pursuing their MFA and MA degrees; developing ideas, and understanding design principles for web, mobile, tablet, and UX/UI designs. Wrote lesson plans, organize activities and agendas to guide students to make design decisions based on industry best practices. Class: WNM 606 - Principles of User Experience Semester: Fall 2017 Department: Web Design & New Media (artuwnm.com) University: www.academyart.edu ### Senior Interaction Designer, QuickBooks Online @ Intuit Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Mountain View, CA Designed strategic partner integrations that add new interaction workflows inside QuickBooks Online (QBO). Additional tasks include conducting customer research interviews, evaluative product testing, leverage and extend the Harmony Design System (harmony.intuit.com) across IDG. • Lead the AmEx Working Capital Terms integration into QuickBooks • Drove small business user research using Intuit's Follow Me Home (FMH) methodology and recruiting facilities • Collaborated with other Intuit experience designers to define customer journeys and principles for Apps and Partner Integrations ### Senior UI Designer @ Apple Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Sunnyvale, CA ### Senior User Experience Designer, A360 @ Autodesk Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco, CA On Cloud Platforms’ user experience team, I led the design for A360 Item Experience; how users navigate and viewing 3D models specific to all of Autodesk software (various CAD / CAM files) and collaboration between mechanical designers / engineers / stakeholders. Responsibilities: • Lead the design for A360 Item Experience; focused on navigating and viewing of various CAD / CAM files • Continuous product design audits and heuristic evaluations for issues that break the UX • Create executable design briefs to manage product scope for various features ### UX Designer, Selling Experience @ eBay Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | San Jose, CA On eBay's Selling and Local Marketplace team, I had a great opportunity to work with large team of talented designers where we produced UX, interaction and visual design deliverables to create product experiences for B2C sellers. Depending on the scope of the projects, I designed task flows and wireframes based on PRD requirements, UER and system data. I also produced high-fidelity visual mockups leveraging eBay design system guidelines and redline specs for developers. Projects: • Merchant Integration platform (MIP) project for large sellers (Self-service feed based system to list inventory onto eBay) • Promoted Listings, an eBay seller listings advertising platform • B2C Order management vision concept • Worked with a small cross-functional team to design and deliver a prototype for mobile messaging between buyers and sellers. This project was debuted at eBay’s annual skunkworks 2014 expo with great success. • Provided design enhancements for Seller Manager Pro • Supported visual design for Post Transaction, an eBay resolution center experience. ### UX Designer @ Digitalist Group & Network Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco, CA Ixonos is a global design + technology consultancy based out of Finland; With design studios in London, Helsinki, Košice, and San Francisco, we work with retail, media, and OEM companies to design user experiences of digital products and services. During my time at Ixonos, I was their UX designer and usability specialist in the San Francisco studio. Most of my work dealt with designing UI and UX architecture for emerging computer systems and devices. Responsibilities: • Designing user experiences of software using various tools and methods; including workshops, brainstorming, journey mapping, wire framing, rapid prototyping and usability testing. • Conducted formal task-based usability testing on 18 participants at Nicols Research; Designed the test plan, co-facilitated the study, and led post-analysis to deliver a thorough usability research report to inform the state of the project. • Clients include Intel, HP, AJ+ ### Visual User Experience Designer @ GE Research Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | San Ramon, CA Work at GE's UX Innovation Lab in San Ramon assisting in user research, interaction and visual design. • Creating experiences across multiple software and industrial internet initiatives by providing visual designs and refined visual elements on the UI that fits the project requirements and convey interaction logistics • Delivered a final user research report for GE Healthcare's Medical Diagnostics project gathering key insights and future opportunities to inform various phases in design and release stages. • Supported discovery research activities including participating in design workshops, creating interview protocols for various user types, interview transcriptions, synthesis of research data, persona creation, and building user journey models ### UX Lab Coordinator @ Academy of Art University Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | San Francisco Bay Area Ran the AAU usability lab. Conducted over 100+ of usability tests, ranging from testing web apps, mobile, and tablets. Improving lab procedures through improved scheduling, facilitation, pilot tests, guiding brainstorming sessions, and conducting task-based formal testing in the lab and remote usability studies. Tools: Morae, Silverback, and video cameras within the lab setting. Key Responsibilities: • Created user scenarios and testable tasks for MFA thesis projects. • Moderated on-site and remote user testing sessions at the AAU UX Lab • Evaluated prototype designs of student final projects. • Guided designers with post-testing design analysis. ### User Experience Designer @ Model N Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Redwood Shores, California ### Web Designer / Owner @ Orange Aura Jan 2008 – Jan 2011 I began building websites during my early years of college. My design career started when I took my first website design client in 2008. Over the last few years, I’ve been tinkering on personal projects and working in industry as a user experience designer. Experience + Clients: • Created e-commerce and informational websites for real estate and small businesses in HTML/CSS using content management systems (Magento and Wordpress 2.7-3.0). • Partial client list: 594 Apparel / Body Damage Clothing / Fighting Pride Apparel / Summit Realty Group / Aaron Roberts and Associates ## Education ### Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A) in Web Design and New Media Academy of Art University ### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Economics University of California, Santa Cruz ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/triwashere - Portfolio: http://tridesigner.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/tringuyen1 JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/tringuyen1/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13