Victor Lombardi
Freiberuflich, Product Strategist, Climate Central
Hamburg, Deutschland
Werdegang
Berufserfahrung von Victor Lombardi
Bis heute 1 Jahr und 10 Monate, seit Sep. 2022
Product Strategist
Climate Central
Bis heute 11 Jahre und 2 Monate, seit Mai 2013
Product Strategist
Cake & Arrow
3 Jahre und 3 Monate, Jan. 2017 - März 2020
Director, Digital Design
Capital One
2 Jahre und 7 Monate, Juni 2014 - Dez. 2016
Head of Product and UX
Nickel
I co-founded Nickel to provide consumers with affordable, easy-to-use financial planning tools. We built a financial plan generator that, like TurboTax, reduced a highly complex process to a simple questionnaire. My role encompassed business strategy, algorithm design, product design, and team lead.
1 Jahr und 1 Monat, Mai 2013 - Mai 2014
User Experience Manager
MetLife
I led a team of designers to create a greenfield application to enable Japanese insurance agents to conduct the entire sales process, from capturing leads through policy payment. The end result launched in June 2016 and leapfrogged the competition. I'm particularly proud of the process we created: a rapid cadence combining lean UX, localization, and agile development. (Consulting position)
1 Jahr und 5 Monate, Dez. 2011 - Apr. 2013
Author and Consultant
Rosenfeld Media
I wrote a book published by Rosenfeld Media called "Why We Fail: Learning from Experience Design Failures" that is rated 5-stars on Amazon. I also provided product design and process advice to Oracle, Eze Software, and Autodesk.
2 Jahre und 6 Monate, Juni 2009 - Nov. 2011
Vice President, Global Product Development
Fox Mobile Group
Led the product design of a European internet subscription service. Managed the transition to a new platform, a redesign of the website, and creation of a mobile website and iPhone app. Turned the service around from monthly subscriber/revenue losses to consistent net gains in both areas. Ran all operations for an internal group that incubated three startup companies.
2 Jahre und 10 Monate, Sep. 2006 - Juni 2009
Professor
Pratt Institute
I created and taught the Business & Design class, a forum for helping design students understand business by learning business fundamental and working through a business and product development process.
2 Jahre und 2 Monate, Aug. 2004 - Sep. 2006
Principal
Management Innovation Group
Helped companies create new software products while building the capability to do so within their organizations. Clients included the New York Times, Rodale, AARP, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Reuters, and Elsevier.
1 Jahr und 2 Monate, Juli 2003 - Aug. 2004
User Experience Manager
AIG
Built the user-centered design practice within Corporate eBusiness, an internal consulting group. At any one time we serviced several of the 1500+ member companies of this Fortune 20 financial services company.
2 Jahre und 1 Monat, Sep. 2001 - Sep. 2003
Instructor
Parsons School of Design
I taught both distance and onsite digital design classes.
4 Jahre und 4 Monate, März 1999 - Juni 2003
User Experience Manager
Razorfish
Managed client project design teams and practiced information architecture, interaction design, and research/testing. Clients included Guardian Insurance, Sharp Electronics, J.P. Morgan Chase, Instinet, Indigo Books, Derby Bicycles, The Southern Poverty Law Center, Ford Motor Company, Verizon, Cisco Systems, PIMCO, Avaya, T-Mobile, and Office Depot. Managed a department of eleven information architects.
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- Bis heute
Journalism
Rutgers University
Media technology
New York University
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Englisch
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