Dan Schmitz, Mstc Email & Phone Number

Boulder, CO, US

Golden, CO, US

Designing AI software and systems that apply computer vision, anomaly detection, and predictive analytics to problems in the commercial construction industry.

Cupertino, California, US

• As the lead designer on an agile engineering team, I spearheaded product design and product management functions on a tactical and strategic level for a business-critical, technical enterprise web application in use by.
• Measurably improved usability and utility through research-driven user experience design and testing
• Managed product design sprints and backlog through effective requirements gathering, user story writing, and roadmap management for near-term and long-term initiatives
• Streamlined design operations and established sustainable governance systems
• Initiated the product's migration to a uniform design system to facilitate consistent, efficient, and higher-quality experiences

Austin, Texas, US

• Founded a bootstrapped, profitable AI neurotechnology startup that commercializes novel systems and methods for brainwave data access, analysis, and utility.
• Led product success that has had +515% yr/yr revenue growth in 2024 while minimizing operating expenses through workflow automation
• Chartered and executed a successful go-to-market strategy
• Sold licenses for custom, research-grade instrumentation, toolkits, APIs, and Al-training software
• Used by researchers, developers, and creative technologists in 1000s of leading tech companies, universities, labs, museums, and practices globally
• Hired and managed a highly technical team of engineers, scientists, and data analysts

Austin, Texas, US

• Planned and liaised go-to-market strategies for East Asian startups seeking to commercialize their R&D technologies in US markets
• Authored and presented executive-level reports summarizing technical research, strategic analysis, and market validation interviews
• Formed warm relationships with cold outbound leads through novel mass-prospecting techniques then personal customer discovery engagements

Vienna, Virginia, US

• Managed an agile product design team in building enterprise-scale, digital infrastructure for a leading, growth-stage startup in the cybersecurity industry.
• Pioneered design standards, systems, and operations as the cloud-engineering team's first design hire
• Managed risk and influenced technical product roadmap through analysis, executive stakeholder communication, and strategic foresight
• Recruited and supervised a visual designer to expand and manage an interactive design system
• Transformed initial napkin sketch ideas into market-validated, interactive prototypesTools: Figma, JIRA, Storybook, React, Miro, Excel

Austin, Texas, US

• Senior user experience designer (design lead) responsible for digital transformation of the sales support business units (service request management, product documentation, asset management, live chat, tools network.
• Streamlined design processes through the creation of a dynamic component library
• Lifted target conversions by 568% through usability testing and iterative design
• Unified design architecture and components throughout a comprehensive brand redesignActivities:
• User research
• Flow diagrams

Austin, Texas, US

• For Magic Leap, I was brought on to design and build prototypes for core experiences and interaction paradigms for the Lumin operating system on the Magic Leap 1 mixed reality headset.
• Defined operating system-level interaction paradigms for spatial computing
• Programmed a spatial audio simulator in C# with Unity to test and inform audio mode design
• Prototyped hand-gestural input experiences
• Presented future vision concepts

Dublin 2, IE

• As part of a sales and innovation unit, I led clients through prototyping experimental business models, new products and services, innovation workshops, and bespoke workshop methodologies.Accomplishments:
• Boosted sales and operations efficiency by programming an AI chatbot to manage 80% of incoming requests
• Developed and implemented new business models and innovation projects for Fortune 50+ enterprises
• Devised methodologies and frameworks for AI and voice interaction projects
• Demonstrated the benefits of virtual reality and augmented reality through 3D simulation software presentations at the Extended Reality (XR) Lab of Chicago

Edina, Minnesota, US

• I designed custom UX solutions for large enterprise clients and startups. This involved workshop facilitation, experience strategy, user research, business analysis, information architecture, interaction design, visual.
• Fostered an internal research and development club to convert deep-tech to wealth.
• Led the vision and growth of a novel, revenue-generating user experience research lab.
• Provided thought leadership in public tech seminars, panels, articles, and special events.Favorite tools for crafting software and hardware prototypes: Unity, Axure, Arduino, JavaScript, and Sketch.

Phoenix, Arizona, US

• Guided clients throughout the lean, agile development process for custom mobile and web projects.
• Consulted with engineers during sprints to ensure user stories were built according to business requirements.

Phoenix, Arizona, US

• Led discovery meetings to gather business and user goals and requirements.
• Conducted user behavior research and validated user testing findings with analytics.
• Designed flows, structures and detailed interactions for web and mobile applications.
• Produced user-centered interactive prototypes in Axure.
• Designed in iterations to quickly learn from feedback and make smarter design decisions.
• Created a comprehensive wireframe library for faster mobile and web prototyping.

• Led a team of computer science, business and marketing minds throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Facilitated whiteboard sessions and produced wireframes.
• Provided support to the client and development team.

Northbrook, IL, US

La Hulpe, Wallonia, BE

Master Of Science In Technology Commercialization (Mstc)

Bachelor Of Journalism, Strategic Communication