My name is Paul.
I'm a Senior Product Designer with a strong technical background, including FDA-approved technologies.
I engage collaboratively with Product teams to define product goals, contributing to the development of more cohesive design and product experiences.
I'm Passionate about sharing knowledge, and enthusiastically mentor junior designers.
Automattic
2022-Present
Raising the quality bar for the company’s mobile app offerings. Leading growth & retention efforts, & designing paid features to increase revenue per user.
Stealth Startup
2021
Lead Product Designer, Product Manager and Web Developer of a small, early-stage startup.
Led design processes to bring an engineering proof- of-concept through to a cross-platform, chat-based medical application now in beta testing for iOS and Android.
Tidepool
2017–2021
Core designer of an FDA-regulated, automated insulin delivery iPhone app for Type 1 Diabetics. Worked closely and iterated with the Human Factors team, balancing short-term FDA requirements and long-term design vision.
Brought risk-averse device partners into our design process to build confidence.
2014–2017
Design lead for Chrome & Android security teams, focused on biometrics, authentication methods, and browser security features.
20% project researching, designing and publishing public Material Design guidance on User Education.
Before all that
I worked at Instrument, a digital agency based in Portland, OR with partners including Google and Google.org.
Contact me on LinkedIn, or email me at paulforgione@gmail.com to learn more about my work.
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