David Gómez-Rosado

David Gómez-Rosado

Vice President, User Experience at Lithium Technologies

San Francisco Bay Area

Current
Past
  • Vice President, User Experience at Ask.com
  • User Experience Manager at Microsoft Corporation
  • President, Creative Director, Owner, Founder at Lobe Multimedia S.L.
  • Chief Interface Officer at IconMedialab Inc.
  • Chief Creative Officer at WhiteStone Technology Pte. Ltd.
  • Creative Director Nike.com at Nike Inc.
  • Creative Director at Apogee Networks Inc.
  • Creative Director / Department Manager at iNautix Technologies Inc. (DLJdirect.com) Pershing.
  • Senior Multimedia Designer at Ark Studios Inc.

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Education
  • Dale Carnegie
  • Rhode Island School of Design
  • Rhode Island School of Design
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David Gómez-Rosado’s Summary

- Vice President, User Experience @ Lithium Technologies
- Vice President, User Experience @ Ask.com
- User Experience Manager @ Microsoft
- President @ Lobe Multimedia.
- Creative Director @ Nike.com
- Chief Interface Officer @ IconMedialab
- Chief Creative Officer @ WhiteStone Networks
- Creative Director @ Apogee Networks
- Creative Director @ HarrisDirect.com

Portfolio: http://gomez-rosado.com/gomez-rosado-work.pdf
Resumé PDF: http://gomez-rosado.com/gomez-rosado-resume-2008.pdf

David Gómez-Rosado’s Specialties:

User Experience. User Interface Design. Creative Talent Acquisition & Management. v1.0 Product Development. Corporate Identity. Web Design. Graphic Design. Multimedia. Integrated Marketing. 3D & Motion Design

David Gómez-Rosado’s Experience

  • Vice President, User Experience

    Lithium Technologies

    (Privately Held; Internet industry)

    November 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)

    Responsible for managing user experience for all of Lithium’s products, ensuring consistency of their design throughout the product line. Managing personnel involved with the discipline, and partnering with VP and C-level management to project Lithium’s vision to its customer base.

  • Vice President, User Experience

    Ask.com

    (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; IACI; Internet industry)

    May 2007 — September 2008 (1 year 5 months)

    Oversight and key contributions to the conceptual, visual (UI), and functional execution of Ask.com. Developing task and information architecture models that inform project objectives and bring innovative design solutions responding to user needs, technological progress and product requirements. Partnering with VP-level peers in product, engineering, QA, and marketing. Managing and mentoring UX team as well as external agencies.

  • User Experience Manager

    Microsoft Corporation

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

    April 2005 — April 2007 (2 years 1 month)

    In charge of identifying user needs and requirements, the study of their behavior and forms of interaction, selection of technologies, platforms and standards, implementation of usability and design tactics... And well, anything that represents interface strategy on the diverse Internet initiatives of this multinational (including MSN, Hotmail, Messenger, Live Search, etc). Architect and director of the Human Interface Guidelines for Windows Live. Top performance reviews.

    From August 2006 onwards, acted as Senior User Experience Program Manager as part of the User Experience Framework & Architecture team for the entire network of Windows Live products and services.

  • President, Creative Director, Owner, Founder

    Lobe Multimedia S.L.

    (Design industry)

    October 2002 — April 2005 (2 years 7 months)

    Founder and director of this company dedicated to Communication Services. Covering the following offerings: Consulting, Interface, Brand, Web, Intranet, Extranet, B2B-B2C, CRM-Help Desk, Multimedia, Marketing Online, Interactive Games, Motion Graphics-3D, Graphic Design.

    Portfolio:
    • NetGem MiTV Product, Service, Interface, Video and Promotion Design
    • Siemens Concert Branding and Promotional
    • Camper Online Catalogue Interactives
    • Comunycarse Corporate Identity
    • Bankinter Demo Presentations
    • Whitestone CRM Interfaces
    • Copa Invitacional LF Corporate Identity
    • Arlit Content Management System

  • Chief Interface Officer

    IconMedialab Inc.

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; LBI; Internet industry)

    December 2001 — November 2002 (1 year )

    Responsible of all creative resources for the region of Iberia (Labs of Madrid, Barcelona and Lisbon). Managing a team of 35 people in Art Direction, Human-Computer Interaction and Web Development. Directing the offerings of Interface. Developing projects from prototype stages to final implementation. Acquiring new clients. Establishing production processes. Contributing to IconMedialab organizational structure and business strategy.

    Portfolio:
    • Camper Online Store
    • Camper Online Catalogue
    • Oni Customer Care
    • Oni Institutional
    • Oni Intranet
    • Mapfre Marketing
    • Canal Isabel II Institutional and Marketing
    • Real Fábrica de Tapices Institutional
    • Grifols (Probitas Pharma) Investor Relations
    • Q-Ellos Online Store
    • Preneal Institutional
    • Telefónica Marketing

  • Chief Creative Officer

    WhiteStone Technology Pte. Ltd.

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

    April 2001 — November 2001 (8 months)

    Co-owner of the company and director of the innovative user experience behind Chisel and all of WhiteStone products. Responsible of standards in usability, interactivity and interface. Overseer of corporate identity, customer communication strategy and overall creative engine behind WhiteStone services.

    Portfolio:
    • TivoliChisel 1.0 - 1.5™
    • Chisel 2.0™
    • Chisel Self-Service 1.0™
    • whitestonenet.com 1.0
    • WhiteStone Extranet
    • WhiteStone Promotional

  • Creative Director Nike.com

    Nike Inc.

    (Public Company; NKE; Sporting Goods industry)

    May 2000 — April 2001 (1 year )

    Responsible of the presence in the Internet for Nike, Inc. Including site design, global web identity, e-commerce efforts, brand initiatives, usability, information architecture, promotion & advertising. Built and managed a full in-house team of up to 27 people and a budget of US$5.1 million.

    Portfolio:
    • nike.com 2.0 - 3.0
    • niketown.com 2.0 - 2.7
    • Nike ShowCase™
    • Nike Portable Sport Audio DJ online
    • Nike Digital™
    • Nike Inside Line™
    • Nike.com global Web identity
    • Nike 2001 Ad banner & promotional campaign

  • Creative Director

    Apogee Networks Inc.

    (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

    August 1998 — April 2000 (1 year 9 months)

    Responsible for all the company's design needs: Interface & web design, corporate identity, promotion and advertising.

    Portfolio:
    • apogeenet.com 1.0 - 2.0
    • Netcountant™
    • Apogee Intranet
    • Bottom Line™
    • Networld+Interop Atlanta ‘98 & Las Vegas ‘99
    • Netsense™
    • Apogee Networks’ corporate and promotional identity.

  • Creative Director / Department Manager

    iNautix Technologies Inc. (DLJdirect.com) Pershing.

    (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Investment Management industry)

    March 1997 — August 1998 (1 year 6 months)

    Developed design department from the ground-up n specified resources, hired personnel and directed all company Design services: Interface, web, promotional & corporate identity. Managed a staff of 10 designers & programmers.

    Portfolio:
    • DLJdirect for Windows™
    • DLJdirect ‘StockCenter’
    • inautix.com 1.0
    • Pershing ‘NetExchange Pro™
    • Nautix’s corporate and promotional identity
    • iNautix Intranet
    • dljdirect.com 2.0

  • Senior Multimedia Designer

    Ark Studios Inc.

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Design industry)

    January 1994 — March 1997 (3 years 3 months)

    Created many of the companies’ award-winning edutainment products. Dealt directly with multiple clients and accounts. Responsible for this agency’s Web and 3D animation competencies.

    Portfolio:
    • Harmonix, Inc. Juke™
    • MIT Star Festival™ CD-ROM
    • Joseph & Wetzel Associates, Inc. Frank O. Gehry’s Experience Music™ Museum 3D fly-by animation
    • Houghton Mifflin interactive The Polar Express Share the Spirit Campaign™ web site
    • PureSpeech, Inc. Juggler™agenda software
    • Winter Harbor Group, Inc. business identity
    • Zoom Electronics Connect™ CD-ROM
    • Tom Snyder, Inc. Exploring Science™ CD-ROM demo
    • Heinle & Heinle, Inc. Mundos Hispanos™ CD-ROM
    • Houghton Mifflin Interactive Inside Magic™ CD-ROM & corporate identity
    • arkstudios.com 1.0
    • Apple Computer, Inc. Central Park Virtual Reality™ CD-ROM demo

David Gómez-Rosado’s Education

  • Dale Carnegie

    2006 — 2007

    Reception of "Highest Award for Achievement" on graduation of the Spring 2006 Dale Carnegie Course. Dale Carnegie Training. Teacher Assistant on Winter 2006-2007

  • Rhode Island School of Design

    BID , Industrial Design , 1991 — 1995

    - Bachelor of Industrial Design.
    - 1995 IDSA Merit Award: Winner and Representative for RISD on annual convention.

  • Rhode Island School of Design

    BFA , Fine Arts , 1991 — 1994

    - Bachelor of Fine Arts.
    - RISD 'Honor Student': Fall 1994, Fall 1993, Spring 1993, Spring 1992
    - Columbia-Greene College ‘President’s List’: Spring 1991, Spring 1990, Fall 1989, Fall 1990

Additional Information

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David Gómez-Rosado’s Interests:

User experience, interface, new architecture, film, Apple-anything, other shiny gadgets, art exhibits, design magazines, bite-sized philosophy, coffee-table books, Nutella, rice pudding, thai food

David Gómez-Rosado’s Groups:

BayCHI
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  •    BayCHI
  •    inusual
  •    Interaction Design Association
  •    Rhode Island School of Design
  •    Cadius
  •    Ask UX Design Group
  •    UX Professionals
  •    User Experience
  •    Country Branding
  •    Ark Studios Alumni
  •    Web Standards Design + Development
  •    Microsoft Alumni (& Employees)
  •    AIGA | the professional association for design
  •    DMI Design Management Institute
  •    Nike Networking
  •    Future Social Media
  •    E-Rev
  •    Revista Faz
  •    Social Media Metrics & Buzz Monitoring

David Gómez-Rosado’s Honors:

'03-I Remember the Towers website in “Deep Sites. Intelligent Innovation in Contemporary Web Design”
'01-Nike website in “Web Designs that Work”
'01-Nike of Nike Portable Sport Audio DJ in ID Magazine's Interactive Media Design Review
'01-Billing World Magazine Excellence Award “Best Billing Financial Software” for NetCountant
'01-COMNET New Product Achievement Award for NetCountant
'01-Internet Telephony Product of the Year Award for NetCountant
'00-Communications ASP Product Of The Year Award for NetCountant
'00-Distinguished Award by Multimedia Grandprix for Star Festival
'98-Numerous critical acclaims in Boston Globe, Time, The Times, Billboard, etc. for Harmonix’s Juke
'98-Data Communications and LAN Times Editors BEST OF SHOW AWARD WINNER fo NetCountant
'97-PC Computing Magazine ‘a-list’ for DLJdirect
'97-PC Computing Magazine ‘MVP finalist’ for DLJdirect
'97-Boston MacWorld Expo ‘Best of Show’ award for Star Festival
'97-ID Magazine's Interactive Media Design Review

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