I'm Ryan Trees
A Digital Product & UX Design Executive
- Address Dallas, Texas USA
- Email ryan@ryantrees.com
- Birthday July 14
- Family Married with children
Welcome! This site is a high level overview of my professional career. If you would like to see more details, please visit my LinkedIn page. This site also connects to all of my social media accounts, as well as highlights some of my interests and hobbies. Please feel free to connect with me!
Stats about me
Years of Experience
in product, design, & technology
Years Leading Teams
and managing people
Largest Team Size
who directly reported to me
Certifications
and 1 patent
Work Experience
Executive Director of UX Design
JPMorgan Chase
Responsible for Design and Customer Experience within Customer Acquisition and Marketing Platforms of Consumer and Community Banking.
VP, Head of UX Design for Innovation & Employee Segments
U.S. Bank
Led an organization of Product Owners and 40+ UX Designers spanning five different office locations, overseeing a diverse portfolio of products.
Global Director of Experience Design
BBVA
Directed an end-to-end design team of 35 designers and front-end developers that utilize Scrum and SAFe Agile methodologies.
Vice President, Design Principal
Barclays
Led and mentored 33 UX designers and front-developers across multiple Scrum teams, overseeing team management to meet project timelines, resourcing and budgeting needs.
Team Manager, Innovation & UX Design for FiOS Video
Verizon
Directed 16 people across five UX Design and Innovation teams supporting nine next-generation Verizon FiOS video projects, including the cable set-top box interface, the FiOS Xbox One app, and the FiOS mobile application.
Lead Prototype Developer
Verizon
Led a team of four developers, building next-generation prototype applications for both hardware and software products.
Senior Flash Developer
Verizon (contract)
Led multiple projects involving Flash & ActionScripting for verizon.com
Owner & President
Multimediafreelancer.com
Sole proprietor of my own business, offering a variety of digital client solutions built using Flash and Director.
Senior Digital Media Specialist
Satama Interactive
Led multiple project teams for the Dallas office, creating interactive CD-ROMs using Director and Lingo.
Multimedia Specialist
imc2
Led all Shockwave projects and online games built using Director and Lingo.
Professional Skills
- Executive Leadership
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Product Management
- Product Innovation
- Customer Experience / CX
- Design Thinking
- Design Systems
- Experience Design / XD
- Blockchain / Distributed Ledger
- Cryptocurrency
- User Experience / UX Design
- Digital Transformation
- Business Strategy
- Business Operations
- Stakeholder Management
- Mobile Applications
- Web Applications / Web Sites
- User Testing / Usability Studies
- Accessibility Compliance / ADA
- Agile Methodologies / Scrum
Certifications
- Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC)
- Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
- Leading for Creativity – IDEO U
- The Complete Cryptocurrency Investment Course
- The Advanced Cryptocurrency Trading Course – With Strategies
- Blockchain A-Z: Learn How To Build Your First Blockchain
Patents
System and Methods for Touch-Screen-Based Remote Interaction with a Graphical User Interface
- Issued Mar 3, 2017
- us 9,588,677
Education
My Interests
These are some of the things I enjoy in my free time.
- My Family
- Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
- Cryptocurrency
- Movies
- Reading
- Travel
- Wine
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Contact Me
Email: ryan@ryantrees.com