ROMAN SMOLKIN Product Design & UX Leader West Palm Beach, FL | (561) 247-3146 | resume@pixeltrics.com linkedin.com/in/pixelwiz | U.S. Citizen PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY Product Design and UX leader with 20+ years driving product vision, design strategy, enterprise design systems, product management and UX/UI architecture in agile environments. Track record of scaling design teams, re-engineering complex clinical workflows, and aligning Product, Engineering and executive leadership. Experienced instructor in UX/UI design and front-end technologies, with a deep multimedia background in photography and video production. QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY - Dependable leader and mentor, effective communicator, intelligent planner and problem solver - 20+ years driving product vision, design strategy, design systems, product management and UX/UI - 15+ years leading digital product design and architecture in agile environments - 10+ years of photography, video editing, camera operating, live streaming and switching - B.S. in Computer Science and B.A. in Digital Arts, Stetson University PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Head of Product Design & UX AbbaDox | Aventura, FL | 2019 - Present - Scaled the Product Design team by 260% and spearheaded a departmental pivot to a high-output, remote, Agile DesignOps workflow leveraging Figma, Miro and other collaboration tools. - Mentor a remote team of Product Owners and Designers, helping them mature from novices into high-performing UX professionals. - Drive enterprise value by re-engineering complex clinical workflows to maximize efficiency with great user experience. - Maintain the long-term product roadmap and UX vision in direct partnership with executive leadership. - Pioneer the Design Thinking approach to deliver high-quality, intuitive features while collaborating with Engineering, Design and Client Success teams. - Build and oversee maintenance of a robust enterprise design system in Figma. - Ensure WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility compliance to deliver inclusive healthcare experiences. UX/UI Course Instructor, Caltech & Purdue Bootcamps SimpliLearn | Online | 2024 - 2026 - Cultivated the next generation of UX talent by teaching weekend bootcamp courses for adults covering Product UX/UI Design, Design Thinking, UX Research, Wireframing, Prototyping and Usability Evaluation. Sr. Software UX Designer (9-month contract) NextEra Energy | Juno Beach, FL | 2019 - Designed NAESB-compliant gas pipeline software for the transportation of natural gas. - Created wireframes, high- and low-fidelity mockups and design diagrams in Figma. - Collaborated with Product Owner, Business Analyst and front-end and back-end Agile Scrum development teams. Product Manager (formerly Lead Software Developer) The PGA of America | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | 2007 - 2019 - Led development of a near real-time online golf scoring system used in 150+ tournaments, with live leaderboards, admin tools, mobile scoring devices, bulk SMS texting, reporting tools and data feeds. - Managed and trained walking scorers and scoring control staff for major championships. - Reduced scoring costs by over $200,000 per major event, including the PGA Championship and the Ryder Cup. - Supported 28,000 Golf Professionals and 11,000 Golf Facilities by developing custom websites and reports. UX/UI and Web Development Instructor Palm Beach Code School | Palm Beach, FL | 2015 - 2016 - Taught User Experience, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and jQuery in 3.5-hour evening classes to groups of adults. Multimedia Developer Web Power, Inc. | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | 2005 - 2007 - Developed a multi-user, ColdFusion and MS-SQL database driven enterprise web-based solution to organize and meta-tag thousands of video clips for search and distribution. - Integrated Sony Vegas with ASP.NET and MS-SQL to automatically edit and encode video files into multiple formats with bumpers, overlays and fades. - Developed Visio mockups and wireframes of user interfaces with functional specifications driving UX. EDUCATION B.S. in Computer Science & B.A. in Digital Arts Stetson University | DeLand, FL - CS Research: Automated categorization of video based on audio content. - DA Research: A toolkit for real-time audio and video processing. The Landmark Forum Graduate Landmark Education AREAS OF EXPERTISE Product Design, Product Management, Software Design, UX/UI Tools: Figma, Miro, Jira, Confluence, Deque Systems Axe DevTools, Claude and Claude Design. Activities: Design system creation and maintenance, wireframes, interactive prototypes, accessibility, low/mid/high fidelity mockups, personas, flow charts, UX diagrams. Software Development, Software Engineering Tools: Visual Studio Code, GitHub, GitKraken, SQL Server Management Studio, Storybook. Activities: Software architecture, database architecture, code writing, code review. Photography, Video, Digital Media Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, Premiere Pro and Audition; Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Sony Vegas, Sony DVD Architect, Media 100. Activities: Professional, real-estate, automotive, corporate headshot and portrait photography; video shooting, switching, streaming and editing. General Tools: Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Visio, OneNote, SharePoint and Teams; Google Analytics, Google Search Appliance, Slack, Businessmap. Activities: Software strategy, software roadmap. ACTIVITIES AND AWARDS - Led a team to 1st place at the 2016 UX-Dev Summit Hackathon and Design-a-thon. - Contest-winning photographer. - University Symphony Orchestra Scholarship (violin) and Chamber Orchestra Scholarship (violin). - University Dean Scholarship and multiple academic awards. - Association for Computing Machinery Vice President; Video, Photography and Math Clubs. CITIZENSHIP AND LANGUAGES U.S. Citizen. Fluent in English and Russian. REFERENCES Available upon request.