About
Dan Olsavsky, Sr. Product Designer
Hello! I’m Dan. I specialize in designing digital products. I currently work with Scaled Agile as a Sr. Product Designer. I’m also a UX/UI Career Mentor at Springboard.com. In my previous role, I designed the T-Mobile Sentinel law enforcement application and contributed to T-Mobile’s GLUE design system. In my spare time, I like to mountain bike, snowboard, paddle board, golf, camp, and fish. I also enjoy spending time with animals, sports, investing, business administration, and learning new technologies.
Experience
- Sr. UX/UI Designer @ Scaled Agile, from Sept 2018 – Present
- UX/UI Career Mentor @ Springboard, from May 2020 – Present
- Sr. UI Designer @ ProKarma (T-Mobile), from Sep 2017 – Mar 2018
- Principal Product Designer @ Antfarm Collaborative, from Dec 2013 – Aug 2017
- Sr. UX/UI Engineer @ Welltok, from Nov 2012 – Nov 2013
- Sr. UX/UI Engineer @ OppenheimerFunds, from Jan 2011 – Dec 2012
- Sr. Front End Developer @ HealthGrades, from Feb 2010 – Jan 2011
- Sr. Front End Developer @ Crocs, from Jun 2009 – Feb 2010
- Adjunct Instructor, Web Design & Development @ Platt College, from Aug 2006 – Apr 2007
- Design Lead, @ Page1Solutions, from Jul 2005 – Jul 2009
Education
- Bachelors of Science (BS) @ The Art Institute of Pittsburgh from 2002 – 2004
- Associate of Arts (AA) @ The Art Institute of Pittsburgh from 1999 – 2002
Honors & Awards
- Startup of the Year @ Stackup from the Denver Post
- Ad Campaign of the Year @ OppenheimerFunds from The Webby Awards
- Employee of the Quarter @ HealthGrades from Kerry Hicks, CEO
- Certificate of Appreciation @ The Art Institute of Pittsburgh from The National Multiple Sclerosis Society
- Dean’s List @ The Art Institute of Pittsburgh from Edward Gill, Director
“In my years working with many professionals in IT, I have not run across anyone as passionate about their work as Dan. He holds himself to the highest standards in his deliverables – and through solid, fearless leadership encourages the best from his colleagues. He always is on top of the latest UI techniques and technologies and is particularly talented in seeing “the big picture” in a large, complex implementation but also easily focuses on the details and executes even the smallest detail flawlessly.” – Deanna E., Scrum Master at Healthgrades
Reading List
- Hooked by Nir Eyal and Ryan Hoover
- Sprint by Jake Knapp
- Lean UX by Jeff Gothelf and Josh Seiden
- Design Systems Handbook by Diana Mounter, Marco Suarez, Katie Sylor-Miller, Roy Stanfield, Jina Anne
- Atomic Design by Brad Frost
- Principles of Product Design by Aarron Walter
- A Project Guide to UX Design by Carolyn Chandler and Russ Unger
- Rocket Surgery Made Easy by Steve Krug
- Don’t Make Me Think by Steve Krug
- The Elements of User Experience by Jesse James Garrett
- The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman
- Usability Engineering by Jakob Nielsen
- Information Architecture: For the Web and Beyond by Louis Rosenfeld
- Mobile First by Luke Wroblewski
- Designing for Emotion by Aaron Walter
Specialties
- End-to-end Design
- Design Systems
- User Interface Design
- User Experience Design
- User Research
Leadership Skills
- Strategic Planning
- Team Management
- Conflict Resolution
- Decision-Making
- Mentoring and Coaching
Approach
- User-Centered Design
- Lean/Agile Principles
- Product-led Growth
- Continuous Improvement
- Fearless Innovation
Projects/Clients
- Airbus
- Boeing
- Carnegie Science Center
- Crocs
- Dignity Health
- Healthgrades
- Invesco (Oppenheimer Funds)
- LVI Global
- Microsoft
- National Multiple Sclerosis Foundation
- Pittsburgh Penguins
- Platt College
- Scaled Agile
- Sony Entertainment
- Springboard
- Stackup
- T-Mobile
- TimeKeepr
- Virgin Pulse (Welltok)
- Willis Towers Watson