Bob Ryskamp

https://bob.ryskamp.org  •  bob@ryskamp.org  •  (650) 283-4218

Principal product designer, UX Architect, Productboard  2025-present

• Responsible for overall UX strategy and design with a focus on AI experiences.
• Led design for Productboard Spark feedback and competitive analysis AI agents.
• Lead design in the Productboard San Francisco office.

Principal product designer, Zoom  2021-2024

• Started and led the Design Accelerator team to help the company innovate faster.
• Led the Design Systems team to establish a design system in both design patterns and code.
• Led the design for several new Zoom products, including the Zoom Workplace App, Huddles, Frontline, and Multi-Speaker view
• Worked with corporate strategy team on concepts to evaluate investments; filed 18 new utility patents.

Founding product designer, Woven  2017-2021

• Led research, concept design, branding, and more for Woven as part of the founding team
• Designed all features, components, and interfaces across desktop (web/Mac/Windows) and mobile (iOS/iPad) apps
• Managed design and marketing consultants, responsible for initial marketing creative work
• Woven was acquired by Slack in 2021.

Product designer, Google  2005-2017

• Design Lead, Google Chat  2016-2017
  • Led design of the compose, app integrations, presence and privacy experiences
  • Created product and visual design concepts that influenced product strategy
• UX Design Lead, Google Glass  2012-2016
  • Led all interaction and visual design for the initial product launch in May 2013
  • Built a team of 15 multidisciplinary designers and engineers
  • Coordinated usability testing and market research with user research team
  • Granted multiple patents for core technologies and interactions
  • Gave public presentations on wearable design strategy and techniques
• Design Lead, Emerging Markets  2010-2012
  • First designer for Google's Emerging Markets team, focused on creating new products for Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and Latin America
  • Led research trips, design workshops, and prototyping to discover new product opportunities
  • Designed and launched multiple new products including low-bandwidth Mobile Search, Google Trader, Site Creator (became My Business)
• Product and Design Strategy, YouTube  2009
  • Led project to define product and visual design strategy for YouTube across desktop, mobile, and television
  • Coordinated market and user research; created concept designs
  • Project resulted in multiple new product efforts including a redesigned desktop site
• Design Lead, Google AdSense  2005-2008
  • Sole designer for AdSense publisher tools, ad formats, and platforms (Online, Direct, Print Ads)
  • Led comprehensive redesign of publisher experience, which supported $6B of annual revenue and the new DoubleClick Ad Exchange product

User Interface Designer, National Semiconductor  2003-2005

• Designed interfaces for System ONE, an inventory and forecasting application, ranked as InformationWeek's top IT company in 2008
• Developed complex frontend prototypes in HTML/Javascript/CSS

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B.S. Product Design, Stanford University  1998-2002

• Coursework in mechanical engineering, computer science, industrial design, art, and psychology.