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Gerald Carvalho

Design Leadership
San Francisco bay area, CA
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tinyurl.com/mvesrtk7
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geraldcarvalho@gmail.com
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408.623.1252
T-shaped design leader with 20+ years of experience in design strategy, user experience, leadership, research, and prototyping. I bring a strategic and entrepreneurial mindset to deliver transformative design solutions across multiple touchpoints. Proven track record in managing and launching successful products in business banking, accelerated payments, and working capital experiences. Also a design strategy consultant for startups, leveraging user research and prototyping skills to craft outstanding user experiences.
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Work Experience

BILL

Design Director + Strategist
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Sep 2022 - Current

My team and I led a substantial range of fintech products that are experiencing rapid growth, including those related to business banking, accelerated payments, and working capital experiences.

Intuit

Product Design Manager
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2019 - Sep 2022

I manage two key portfolios of customer-facing experiences (CFX) across the ‘Connections’ and ‘Document Management’, with a distributed team between Mountain View and Bengaluru, India.

VMware

PRODUCT DESIGN MANANGER
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2018 - 2019
  • Managed and mentored a team of designers within the Operations group
  • Lad design and strategy for ‘Wavefront’ and a ‘Stealth mode SaaS initiative’

Intuit

SENIOR EXPERIENCE DESIGNER
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2014 - 2018
  • Lead the global data-In (bank feeds and apps) experiences on Quickbooks
  • Led the PayPal + QBO integration
  • Led the Direct Feed experience for UK and AU
  • Led the redesign of the QBO Reconciliation experience

Kony Solutions

Design Manager
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2013 - 2014
  • Provided strategic leadership in rapid-paced projects split between offshore and onsite
  • Mentored junior designers and strategized design initiatives on multiple projects
  • Analyzed requirements from business teams and influenced product roadmaps

Sears

LEAD EXPERIENCE DESIGNER
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2012 - 2013
  • Led the e-Coupon mobile experience as a part of the IR Labs initiative (Integrated Retail)
  • Led the mobile experience for sweepstakes and contests
  • Conceptualized future shopping experiences

Google

SENIOR EXPERIENCE DESIGNER
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2011 - 2012
  • Redesigned the e2e mobile and web experience for Google Coupons
  • Presented design strategies at UX reviews to higher management
  • Initiated Google coupons phase 2.0 redesign for integration with Google wallet and offers

VISA /Wells Fargo / PayPal

DESIGN CONSULTANT
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2004 - 2011
  • Designed PayPal Virtual Terminal, Storefront applications, and Global Seller experience
  • Led the ‘Wells Fargo Mortgage Product Recommendation Tool’ experience
  • Designed the ‘Visa Information Management’ portal

Education

California College of Arts

MBA Design Strategy
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2013 - 2015

Annamalai University

BSc Information Technology
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2001 - 2003

Skills

  • Design Leadership
  • Design Strategy
  • User Experience Design
  • User Research
  • Rapid Prototyping
  • Entrepreneurship