Christian Baptiste
Visionary Director of UX and Product Design from the San Francisco Bay Area.
D
DESIGN IS
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about communication
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building relationships, both internal and external
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working collaboratively with product, dev, sales, and most importantly customers
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extracting and focusing on the why rather than the how
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about using creative thinking to solve complex problems
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finding opportunities
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obtaining alignment and clarity
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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 users
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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
What you should know
about me
24
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YEARS DESIGNING UX
40
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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
2020 - Present
Corderum
Director of Experience and Product Design
Led all things related to customer and
employee experience, product design, product management, and business strategies.
2018 - 2020
Omnisci
Director of UX and Product Design
Led a team of designers to produce Omnisci's revolutionary enterprise and cloud analytics applications.
2009 - 2012
DEMANDTEC/IBM
Principal UX and Product Design Lead
Principal design lead for DemandTec's Platform and Design System, and Allowance Billing, Shopper Insights, Price Optimization, Promotion, Markdown, Assortment Planning, Customer Trade, and Deal Management applications.
2012-2015
IBM
Principal UX and Product Design Lead
Principle design lead for IBM's Digital Analytics, Customer Analytics, Coremetrics, Tea Leaf, Deal Management, and DemandTec applications.
2015 - 2018
APTTUS
Director of UX and Product Design
Principal design lead for Apttus platform and commerce applications. CPQ, eCommerce, Admin, ABO, Sales Incentives.
2007 - 2009
SEARCHFORCE
Principal UX and Product Design Lead
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
Web Designer Front End Developer
2002 - 2003
WEB-EZE
Web Designer Front End Developer
2001 - 2005
ONLINE INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS
My own startup
OIVS
1997 - 2001
ZIP|SEND
Web and Application Designer/FE Developer
Blind Gift, Zip|Send and Frog Magic
PORTFOLIO
CONTACT
Available for speaking engagements, mentoring and geeking out.
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