# Zach V. > Crafting digital experiences through product management, design, and program management Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/zachv My mission is to create tools that make people's lives more efficient and fulfilled. My approach is to listen, then ask questions in order to understand the problem. I believe a good designer and a good product manager share an overlap of skills. View my work at www.zachvieth.com ## Work Experience ### Sr. Digital Product Designer @ QuidelOrtho Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area The company's first Digital Product Design hire bringing expertise in user experience design, research, and product implementation to the new digital assets of a health-tech and diagnostics manufacturer. ### Senior Product Manager and Design Manager @ Reliant Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco, California, United States Product Manager across 6 verticals releasing consumer-facing healthcare apps, a partner API integration platform, and a bespoke medical records SaaS product. Hiring and leading a team of 4 direct reports across design, research, and QA. Leading cross-functional product development cycles from conception to launch via metric setting, design session stakeholder presentations, roadmapping, sprint management, prototypes, and crafting user stories. ### Senior Product Designer @ Reliant Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco, California, United States Created experiences and design artifacts for cross functional stakeholders Managed the design process from research, ideation, wireframing, prototypes and engineering coordination. ### Product Designer and Program Manager (Project Contract for San Francisco Bike Coalition) @ Bridge Studio Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area Improved accessibility using W3C guidelines and by streamlining the hierarchy of information, resulting in a 72% time reduction in navigation pathways for the primary objective of increased membership. Focused on including unrepresented and marginalized stakeholders in research, connecting with over 200 survey respondents. ### Digital Product Designer and Researcher (Project Contract for Epoch) @ Bridge Studio Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 Designer and researcher for dashboard and chatbot experience in the workplace engagement space;reduced time on task for the 3 most used pathways by 45%. Employed 1:1 interviews, surveys, and remote prototype testing to find insights into user mental models; conveyed this information to stakeholders through customer journey mapping, data visualization, and personas. ### User Experience Content Creator (Ongoing Project for Design X Us) @ Bridge Studio Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 Amplified design voices by publishing interviews with designers at Google and Sidewalk Labs that explore inspiration and process for user centric solutions. ### Design Instructor @ University of California, Berkeley Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area Taught technical engineering and design concepts via tailored in person lectures. Achieved a 98% approval via course surveys by implementing real world design assignments where students gave fresh thinking on industry problems. ### Associate Principal - Urban Designer @ SWA Group Jan 2010 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Produced physical urban experience design for a global market while incorporating critical indigenous resources and traits. Managed a team and agency design operations. Honed leadership skills by creating training courses, custom design tools, and wiki workflow documents; solutions reduced employee onboarding time by 73%. ## Education ### UXDI - Design and Research for Digital Product Design (Full Time) General Assembly ### BS in Environmental Design/Architecture University of Wisconsin-Madison ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-vieth - Website: www.zachvieth.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/zachv JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/zachv/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-07