Experience
Senior Staff Product Designer · Credit Karma
2021 – 2026- Launched Credit Builder, the company's first active credit building feature.
- Crafted native app vision for Money banking experience, including instant transfer, direct deposit and early-to-credit experiences.
- Accelerated adoption of prototyping with AI by designers and PMs. Created an AI-ready design system for use by Claude Code, Cursor, Figma Make, and Lovable.
VP, Design · Modsy
2019 – 2021- Directed the product design and creative marketing teams, responsible for end-to-end Modsy acquisition and user experiences.
- Launched first native iPhone app with ML-powered 3D room scanning, messaging integration and interactive shopping with a 4.8-star rating.
- Responsible for ground-up creation and launch of Monarch, an atomic design system.
Director of Product Design · HotelTonight (acquired by Airbnb)
2017 – 2019- Led the Product Design team responsible for consumer and hotel partner experiences.
- Delivered designs and vision for key initiatives such as 100 day booking, Perks, Daily Drop deals, cancellations, and watched searches resulting in significant conversion increases.
- Scaled the business beyond mobile by launching the first desktop consumer experience.
Sr. Design Manager / Sr. Product Designer · Fitbit
2012 – 2017- Directly managed and grew a collaborative team of designers responsible for the end-to-end hardware and interactive user experience on 10+ hardware products.
- Led launch of Fitbit Alta, Blaze, and Charge 2 to #1 products in their categories, and brought a premium fitness experience to tens of millions of users across the globe.
- Crafted the interactive heart rate experience across 5+ platforms; launched Surge as the top-selling GPS touchscreen running watch.
Lead User Interface Designer · Salesforce
2009 – 2012- Led designs of Chatter, Sales Forecasting, and Social Contacts using contextual-inquiry research methods, interactive prototyping and mobile-first approaches.
Interaction Designer · Yahoo!
2007 – 2009Software Engineer · BAE Systems
2003 – 2006Education
Master in Human-Computer Interaction · Carnegie Mellon University
2007- Degree coursework: research methods in HCI, interface and interaction design, information design, communication design, software architecture for user interfaces, ubiquitous computing.
BS, Software Engineering · Milwaukee School of Engineering
2003- Minor in Business Management
- Accredited engineering degree coursework: algorithms, computer architecture, compilers, programming languages, operating systems, databases and discrete mathematics. Cross country student athlete.
Skills
Leadership
Product Visioning · Product Strategy · Coaching · Ideation Workshops · Design Critique · Design Sprints · Project Planning
Definition
Experience Principles · Journey Mapping · Persona Creation · Mental Models · Prototype-First
Research
User Interviews · Concept Validation · Think-Aloud Usability · Heuristic Evaluation · Card Sorting · Diary Studies · Surveys
Toolkit
Figma · Cursor · Claude Code · Figma Make · Lovable · Github
Patents
Dave is a named inventor on the following granted U.S. patents.
Health & Fitness at Fitbit
Fitness activity related messaging
Methods, systems and devices for physical contact activated display and navigation
Delayed goal celebration
Biometric monitoring device with contextually or environmentally dependent display
Enterprise at Salesforce
Systems and methods for identifying contacts as users of a multi-tenant database and application system
Interactive data forecasting features for a graphical user interface
Medical at GE Healthcare
Method and apparatus for PACS software tool customization and interaction
System and method for a worklist search and creation tool in a healthcare environment