Product, Design & Research Leader
Rob Parker - Product, Design & Research Leader
"Rob is one of the best managers I have ever had. He is not only a fantastic leader, but also a mentor who helped his team when needed while encouraging growth and innovation. Combined with his superb UX and product skills, Rob is truly a unicorn in a field of horses."
- LinkedIn recommendation
Rob is an infectiously creative product and research leader with a solid record driving the development of cutting-edge digital products and services that resonate with customers, from ideation to design and development to commercialization. A positive and engaging growth architect, with a broad breadth of leadership skills, he is continuously testing and looking for innovative ways to delight customers. A passionate and inspiring team leader, Rob is able to communicate effectively with both engineers and non-technical stakeholders and brings everyone together across an organization to bring products to market.
Skills & Experience
Management
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Executive and director-level leadership (18 yrs)
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Building & growing creative teams (22 yrs)
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Product Management leader (12 yrs)
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Chief UX Architect (15 yrs)
Research & Testing Methodologies
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Design Thinking
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Guerilla (hallway) testing
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Lab usability testing
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Contextual inquiry
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Heuristic analysis
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Survey design
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Ethnographic field research
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Quantitative / secondary data analysis
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Experimental design
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User and customer interviews
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Beta testing program design
Design Ops
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UX design (22 yrs)
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Agile project management (12 yrs)
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Design to dev pipelines (22 yrs)
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Iterative design / testing cycles (22 yrs)
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Rapid prototyping (22 yrs)
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Design QA systems (22 yrs)
Technical Design
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Adobe Creative Suite (24 yrs)
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Figma (5 yrs)
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Zeplin (10 yrs)
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Sketch (12 yrs)
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HTML (24 yrs)
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CSS (20 yrs)
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JavaScript (20 yrs)
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SQL (20 yrs)
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CMS system design (20 yrs)
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CRM system design (12 yrs)
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Video & audio editing (25 yrs)