Ralph Gunderson

Applying design and user research to inform product & business decisions. Listen and synthesize customer requirements into product concepts and workflows. Support and mentor our growing team of designers, developers, and problem solvers. + Manage design pipeline and research across all active clients + Launched 5 products within our Innovation Labs + Organized new processes & tools for faster, collaborative results + Growth from 7 to 14 designers + Leading 2 teams in Seattle and Bangalore, India

Design, user experience and creative direction for client work: Created responsive, mobile layouts for web and native mobile applications. Designed interfaces and visual layouts for our internal suite of products. Design and strategy for DS company branding and marketing campaigns, and other scientific stuff. Proudly serving digital needs for clients large and small: Thomson-Reuters, Office Depot, NAPA, Lamar, AmericasMart, Gables Residential, Interface, London Fog, and many, many more.

Furniture designer: Created concepts and oversaw samples for new product developments, created cut part lists, managed fabric markers, managed new foam cut parts development, some store design, web and graphic work. Trained on, produced concept samples with CNC hardware: Lectra fabric cutter, Fecken-Kirfel 2-axis foam cutter.

Worked with design and engineering teams to create a cohesive line of touch-sensitive controls for the kitchen (cooking and refrigeration) lines. Supported coordination of design constraints with hardware vendor(s). On contract for project duration.

While working at The Rocket Science Group and MailChimp – Supported visual designs and application layouts for MailChimp app. Created visual designs and mockups for RSG web projects and clients. Involved from concept to layout, image selection / slicing, HTML and CSS. Assisted with RSG company branding work.

Worked on contract with designers in the Licensed Product division. Developed branded product campaigns using licensee graphics: product for Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, and other brands in 2D and 3D applications.

Bachelor of Science, Industrial Design Certificate in Psychology