I'm a product-minded design leader that loves hands-on problem solving as much as growing individuals and teams. I've worked in both large companies (Google, Meta, Microsoft, Walmart) and early stage 0-1 products (Uber, Uber Eats in their first year). My years of startup experience and entrepreneurship has made me resourceful and flexible in my approach to leadership. I lead through example and have an expert-level grasp of today's product and design tools, processes, and underlying technologies.I'm comfortable leading both smaller (5-10) and mid-sized teams (10-20) that require multiple levels of management. I'm particularly interested in late stage startups or public companies that are in rapid growth stage in one or more areas, whether trying to get a 0-1 product or service off the ground, or helping a proven bet scale as a business and up-leveling the quality of the experience. Companies that are looking for a "T-shaped" leader — someone with a strong balance of craft *and* strategy that can be hands on, as well as a strong product sense, business literacy, and technical acumen — should reach out.In the last few roles of my 20+ years of experience, some of my highlights: • Currently building a GenAI product MVP from scratch (UX + brand design, coding in Python using OpenAI APIs).• Led the first Enterprise AI experiences for Walmart.• Led a patent-producing design team for a new hardware wearable for Meta.• Evolved Google Search to leverage AI/ML capabilities for visual search, categorical search and discovery.• Joined Uber Eats when it was just an experiment and unblocked major UX hurdles to scaling the business by 10x as a global brand.• Headed product and design for Series B startups funded by NEA, USV, Spark, and launched a full-service design agency to support 0-1 startups.I also advise startups and individuals and have spoken at international thought leadership venues including SXSW and IXDA, as well as a lecturer at SVA's Design Entrepreneurship Program.Website: http://rongoldin.com