Dave Keller

Director of Product · promoted from Senior Product Designer (Apr 2024)

Leading strategy and design for the core platform and a suite of data-science workflow apps at the frontier of AI and quantum/HPC computing — helping Fortune 500 science teams formulate complex problems, run compute jobs, and analyze results.

• Promoted from Senior Product Designer to Director of Product within 6 months — taking ownership of the product roadmap and design strategy, and driving cross-functional execution
• Design lead embedded with the engineering team — leading design through stand-ups, sprints, and planning meetings, while partnering with leadership and the science team to research, prototype, and execute new product ideas
• Led design across a range of apps — the Strangeworks Portal for managing compute jobs, an AI-assisted data-science workflow app for formulating, running, and analyzing problems on HPC and quantum hardware, and dozens of client apps focused on large optimization problems (staff scheduling, vehicle routing, etc.)

Senior Product UX/UI Designer

Led design across multiple product teams at this Series B SaaS platform for sales commission modeling, tracking, and analysis.

• Shaped, validated, and shipped platform features monthly — from comp modeling and onboarding flows to sandbox environments and payout workflows
• Designed and launched the Compensation Hub — a top-of-funnel commission plan library and modeling tool that became a key acquisition driver and led to 1.5M+ new leads within a year
• Co-created and rolled out the Shape Up product process across 4 product and engineering teams, improving planning clarity and shipping cadence

Product UX/UI Design Lead · Front-End Developer

Built this B2B device auction platform from idea to launch in a year on a 3-person dev team — grossing $3M+ in the first month of beta and $33M+ in year one.

• Architected, designed, and developed the full product from whiteboard to production launch
• Built the majority of the front-end with React + Tailwind CSS, and designed the branding, marketing site, and go-to-market materials

Product UX/UI Design Lead · Front-End Developer

Built this niche travel listings platform from idea to 8K subscribers (4K+ paid) in under a year with a 3-person dev team.

• Conceived, designed, and coded the full platform — consumer, owner, and admin apps — using Elixir, React/Next.js, and a custom Tailwind CSS framework
• Shipped fully responsive front-end apps across all three product surfaces, and drove the agile process with Jira, Trello, and bi-weekly stakeholder demos

Product UX/UI Design Lead

Led design for Rodio — a workforce communication platform for big retail. Within two years, partnered with a Fortune-100 (Kronos) and signed MarketSource (Target/Best Buy), reaching millions of daily interactions.

Co-Founder · Product UX/UI Design Lead

Co-founded and led design for this conditional messaging app (iOS and Android). Raised $3M from angel investors including Katy Perry and Warner Bros., and landed marketing partnerships with Ellen DeGeneres and Warner Bros.

Co-Founder · Product Designer · Front-End Developer

Co-founded and grew this agency from 2 to 20 employees on 30+ projects — including a #1 Paid iPhone App for A Beautiful Mess and apps for Ellen, Need for Speed, Dreamworks, and The Economist.