alyssa reese
Staff Designer at Twitter
staff designer , twitter
14 year design experience , 11 year ui/ux design , 10 year design leadership & mentorship
Twitter
https://www.linkedin.com/company/twitter
Design Lead, Developer Innovation (2020-)
- Strategy, vision & design for innovative new ways that external developers can partner with Twitter to serve the public conversation.

Design Lead, Twitter Developer Platform (2018-2020)
- Founded a new function: Built out a design department for Twitter Developer Platform where one had never existed before
- Analyzed current state: Ran comprehensive review of developer experience strengths and weaknesses
- Product improvements: Lead process to rebuild Twitter Developer Portal, rethink user models and improve overall developer experience
- Cultural impact: Introduced design thinking and user centered practices to Twitter Developer Platform team
- Collaboration: Built and iterated processes to create cross functional design collaboration with product, research, engineering, developer relations and marketing teams
- Team growth: Helped advocate for, hire, onboard and mentor several additions to the team
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Staff Designer
Cognizant
https://www.linkedin.com/company/cognizant
Senior Designer
- Design Lead for Accelerator products: worked with a research, product, eng team to design a healthcare app for people with chronic heart problems

Manager
- Organizational design: helped to iterate the design and research process for the internal accelerator. Lead process to create design principles for the design team.
- Management and creative direction: managed designers & researchers working on accelerator projects.
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Senior Product Designer / Manager
Independent Consulting
Innovated with companies worldwide on building products, designing teams, processes and thought patterns that will help them achieve excellent UX. Clients include LEGO, NASA, Century Link, Bell Labs, Richard Dawkins & many startups in San Francisco & worldwide.
Worldwide
Independent Design Consultant
Ujoin
https://www.linkedin.com/company/ujoin
- Lead assessment current state of app from a UX & technical perspective
- Lead process to rebuild product for both technical and UX improvements
- Executed on all designs for rebuild
- Managed a global team of engineers to execute on rebuild, brought in more experienced experts to advise on critical decisions, review code etc
- Rebuild led to consistent, YOY growth for platform where before growth had become stagnant. Growth continues to this day.
San Francisco Bay Area
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Founding Partner, Design & Engineering Lead
General Assemb.ly
https://www.linkedin.com/company/generalassembly
Taught General Assembly UI/UX course & helped advise on course curriculum.
San Francisco Bay Area
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UX Instructor
fleetCreature UI/UX
https://www.linkedin.com/company/fleetcreature-ui-ux
- Built Boulder, CO's first UX Agency
- Partnered with large companies and startups to design new products and update existing products
- Grew team to 4-5 designers & 1 COO
- No UX degrees at the time: created internship program to teach talented creatives how to become UX Designers
Boulder, CO
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Founder & CEO
Boulder Digital Arts
https://www.linkedin.com/company/boulder-digital-arts
- Built all curriculum and taught 1 week intensive introductory UI/UX course
- Course was BDA's highest rated course for the 2 years it ran
Boulder, CO
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UI/UX Instructor
Dojo4, LLC
https://www.linkedin.com/company/dojo4-llc
- Lead designer for all projects in agency
- Mentored second designer (a graphic designer) and taught them how to do UI/UX design
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Lead UI/UX Designer for Mobile and Web apps
Push IO Inc.
https://www.linkedin.com/company/push-io-inc.
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iPhone/iPad App Design
CU Honors Journal
Provide management, leadership and creative direction for the 13 editors working on the board in order to create an excellent and compelling product.
Editor in Chief and Creative Director
University of Colorado at Boulder
https://www.linkedin.com/company/cuboulder
Combing my biology and creative backgrounds I designed award-winning research projects to learn about various feasibility aspects of the production of Algal Biofuels and designed a museum exhibition to display the research and educate visitors about the exploration of using algae for biofuels.
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Biofuel Research & Exhibition Design
Denver Art Museum
https://www.linkedin.com/company/denver-art-museum
Helped strategize public education and involvement with the museum through exhibitions and events.

While there I created a digital interactive program for the Untitled monthly event that was used by over 700 people and helped assist with other creative, planning and execution tasks for events and exhibitions.
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Interactive Exhibit Design
Optibike
https://www.linkedin.com/company/optibike
Optibike is a company in Boulder, CO that builds high-end electric bicycles.
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Graphic Design & Marketing
BA, double major
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Digital Art
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University of Colorado Boulder
https://www.linkedin.com/school/cuboulder/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonypaves
San Francisco, CA
Tony Pavés
Staff Product Designer at Twitter
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexakaspar
Silverthorne, CO
Alexa Kaspar
Senior Product Designer at Twitter
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucyne-babayan
San Francisco, CA
lucyné babayan
Product Designer @Twitter
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashlieford
San Francisco, CA
Ashlie Ford
Product Designer and Design Systems at Twitter
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alphonsojordan
Atlanta, GA
Alphonso Jordan
Product Designer at Twitter
https://www.linkedin.com/in/diego-martinez-758527135
San Francisco, CA
Diego Martinez
Sr. HR Coordinator/Specialist
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jkutik
San Francisco Bay Area
Jibran Kutik
Product Design at Twitter
https://sg.linkedin.com/in/junichi-okj-okamoto-3a844927
Singapore
Junichi OKJ Okamoto
Head of Partnerships Ads API - JAPAC
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonmadden
Olympia, WA
Jonathan Madden
Product Manager at Twitter
https://www.linkedin.com/in/astroexodus
Brooklyn, NY
Jimmy Smith
Product Designer at Twitter
https://www.linkedin.com/in/manuel-ryan-espinosa
San Francisco Bay Area
Manuel Ryan Espinosa, MHCID
Sr HMI Product Designer - Master of Human Computer Interaction ( HCI + D )
https://www.linkedin.com/in/krisbell
Seattle, WA
Kris Bell
Sr. Principal Designer at Amazon
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivanvolodkin
Denver Metropolitan Area
Ivan Volod'kin
Product UX/UI Design Leader
https://www.linkedin.com/in/juanangustia
Seattle, WA
Juan Angustia
Product Designer at Google
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alwyn
Greater Boston
Alwyn Velásquez
Senior Product Designer at Kessel Run
https://www.linkedin.com/in/elliotpeng
Seattle, WA
Elliot Peng
Design @ Google
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gkbgautam
New York, NY
Gautam Kamat Bambolkar
Interaction Designer at Google
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sures
Seattle, WA
Sures Kumar TS
Designer at Google
https://in.linkedin.com/in/kirtikumari
Gurugram
Kirti Kumari
Product Designer at Dehaat | MS in HCDE
https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbaraperkowski
New York City Metropolitan Area
Barbara (Basia) Perkowski, UXC
Product Design at Atlassian
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alyssa-reese-342b08152
Denver Metropolitan Area
Alyssa Reese
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alyssadreese
Houston, TX
Alyssa Reese
Assistant to the Director of Advancement at The Menil Collection
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alyssareese
Pittsburgh, PA
Alyssa Reese
Digital Marketing Leader and Director
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alyssa-reese-196349136
Buffalo, NY
Alyssa Reese
Medical Student at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alyssajreese
Philadelphia, PA
Alyssa Reese
Financial Analyst at myCIO Wealth Partners
Apps for Good
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