Visionary Designer
Christian Baptiste
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DESIGN IS
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about using creative thinking to solve complex problems
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finding opportunities
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extracting and focusing on the why rather than the how
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about communicating
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building relationships, both internal and external
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working collaboratively with product, dev, executives, sales and most importantly customers
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about alignment and clarity
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about empathy and understanding
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validating the right assumptions and learning from the wrong ones
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extracting the unknown and the yet-to-be-discovered [innovation]
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the foundation for creativity and ideating
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a medium to tell the story and to create the vision
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a utility to find ways for technology to assist the user
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creating delight and focusing on beneficial ways to make our lives easier
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a passion and a dedicated desire to want to make things better
Christian Baptiste
What you should know
about me
20
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YEARS DESIGNING UX
20
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DESIGN THINKING SESSIONS
20
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SPEAKING ENGAGMENTS
200
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FORT. 500 CO. USE MY WORK
ENDLESS
INSPIRATION
70
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APPLICATIONS DESIGNED
7,000
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HAND DRAWN SKETCHES
1,000
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CUSTOMER HOURS
Experience
2018 - 2020
Omnisci
Director of UX and Product Design
Led a team of designers to produce Omnisci's revolutionary enterprise and cloud analytics applications.
2015 - 2017
APTTUS
2012-2014
IBM
Director of UX and Product Design
Principal design lead for Apttus platform and commerce applications. CPQ, eCommerce, Admin, ABO, Sales Incentives.
Senior UX Lead Designer
Principle design lead for IBM's Coremetrics, Tea Leaf, Deal Management. DemandTec applications
2009 - 2012
DEMANDTEC
2007 - 2009
Director of Design
Principal design lead for Allowance Billing, Shopper Insights, Price Optimization, Promotion, Markdown, Customer Trade, Assortment Planning, and many other applications. Created the design system.
SEARCHFORCE
UI/UX Design
Set design and technology direction with PM, Dev and Executives for the SearchForce paid search ad management platform.
2005-2007
ROXIO/SONIC SOLTUIONS
UI/UX Design/Front End Developer
Design lead for Roxio.com and Sonic.com, Roxio labs and all OEM sites.
2003 - 2005
SIEBEL/ORACLE
2002 - 2003
WEB-EZE
2001 - 2005
ONLINE INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS
My own startup
OIVS
1996 - 2001
ZIP|SEND
Web and Application Designer
Blind Gift, Zip|Send and Frog Magic
PORTFOLIO
CONTACT
Available for speaking engagements, mentoring and geeking out.
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