Shaun McTaggert, Product Management at Apple
Jun 22, 2022, Shaun worked with Dave on the same team at Apple Marcom.
“Dave is a talented digital user experience leader. I collaborated with Dave on a large scale and complex product at Apple. The product solved a myriad of use cases for many different user types. Dave's work was critical to the success of the product. Right throughout Dave was attentive to all the details, eager to ensure use cases were thought through and understood and was committed to creating an amazing product experience which end users would benefit from. The product was a great success! One of Dave's great strengths is his creative problem solving ability. I am so impressed with Dave as a professional. He is a UX Pro. On top of that he is a great team mate and a joy to work with. I absolutely would welcome the chance to work with Dave again. If you have the opportunity to hire Dave don't hesitate. He is a star!”
Yuhan Liu, Product Design at Microsoft
Oct 21, 2020, Yuhan reported directly to Dave
“I had an awesome time working with Dave at Apple. He is a thoughtful, creative, and talented UX designer. He is also a good mentor that always tried to help and support me. As a UX designer, he has a strong understanding of both products and customers. I've learned so much from Dave, both in terms of big strategic thinking as well as creative problem-solving.”
Jodie Jorgensen, MSW ‘23 at University of Southern California
Feb 10, 2015, Jodie worked with Dave but on different teams
“Dave is an experienced UX designer and passionate about creating delightful user experiences. He works expertly with product and business teams to create savvy customer experiences that are precise and inspired. He thinks beyond the screen and into the real life of our end users because he's able to put himself into their shoes.
We have worked on many projects that require a functional design layout while being content-concise to a wide range of customer segments within the automotive industry. Translating complex topics within a multi-faceted industry is no easy feat, but Dave brought his passion for Motors to the forefront. Together, we developed polished content through web-based apps with minimal time and resources. The end result was high-fidelity content with scalable applications that wowed our team and our customers. Dave steps up to new projects with enthusiasm and a can-do attitude. You can count on Dave to help navigate uncertain territory and achieve great results.”
Michael Barnes, Interaction Design Lead at Roku
Nov 20, 2014, Michael worked with Dave on the same team
“I had the pleasure of working alongside Dave for over 2 years at eBay where he was the lead interaction designer for the eBay Motors business. During this time, I was impressed with Dave’s design leadership and tenacity for getting things done. Dave brings a passion for the user experience and great customer empathy to his design work. Additionally, Dave is a master of process – both design process as well as the larger development process. He does a great job communicating user needs/stories, high-level design solutions, final design specifications, and provides ongoing design oversight throughout the development process. If you get a chance to work with Dave – do it!”
Khushwant Singh, SVP of Product Management, Platform, Salesforce
Oct 12, 2014
“Dave's one of the most passionate designers I have worked with. His empathy for the customer, appetite to consistently push the needle and openness to receiving unfiltered feedback is truly admirable. It's working with good natured, humble and competent individuals like Dave that makes coming to work fun.”
David Green, Vice President of Product Management, Experience Cloud at Salesforce
Oct 11, 2014, David worked with Dave on the same team
“Dave's passion for truly understanding customers needs and translating them into a cohesive experience have always impressed me. He brings a great sense of humor, collaboration and dedication to the workplace that simply makes it "fun" to come in.”
Brian Servatius, Vice President of Business Development, Revolution Parts, Inc.
Oct 10, 2014, Brian worked with Dave but on different teams
“Dave has been a great asset to our business with both his design skills and understanding of ecommerce as well as our eBay Motors vertical. He has great vision, and even more importantly, ability to turn vision into great design and usability for our customers and projects.”
Jason Gurley, Head of Design @ Sixty AI
Apr 30, 2010, Jason was Dave’s client
“Dave assisted on a project with an accelerated timeline and little room for ramping-up. He was a successful augmentation of our project team, reliably meeting deadlines at short notice, providing high-quality deliverables with quick turnarounds. His positive attitude, dependability and good reception to feedback made him a solid asset on this project.”
Michelle Baccus, Senior Program Manager @ Intuitive Surgical | Certified Scrum Master
Apr 29, 2010, Michelle was Dave’s client
“Dave has done a fantastic job with delivering some great wireframes in a significantly short amount of time. He was a pleasure to work with and very responsive and able to meet deliverables. The client was able to approve the wireframes in only 1 round of review and was very pleased with the quality of work delivered.”
Dianne Vernon, Retired Sales & Marketing Professional
Mar 11, 2009, Dianne worked with Dave but on different teams
Dave is fabulous to work with. He listens well and grasps business problems and translates them to business software solutions. He is a Data Magician I highly recommend him!
Timothy Haley, Board Member at Netflix, VC at Redpoint
May 2, 2008, Timothy was Dave’s client
Awesome guy! Would hire him again in a minute. Great values as a person. Really understands software development and how to attract great people.
Sameer Deshpande, Adaptive Program Manager
May 1, 2008, Sameer was Dave’s client
I have known Dave for over a year now and I must say he continues to amaze me. I admire his expertise in user-centered interaction design. His creativity is enviable. It's a pleasure working with Dave
Pieter de Zwart, Director, Advertising Engineering
Feb 7, 2008, Pieter worked with Dave on the same team at Cisco
There are few people on the planet whose advice I trust more than Dave's. His experience, knowledge, and common sense when it comes to usability, design and development are traits I hope to emulate in my career. Dave is always passionate about what he does, and you always feel that the end result was specially crafted just for you. This, combined with his business acumen, deep understanding of technology, and unquenchable thirst for learning new things make him a formidable force to have on your team.
Will Mayall, former VP of Engineering at ACIUS and Garage Technology Ventures
Jun 16, 2007, Will managed Dave directly
I've worked with Dave on many projects and at multiple firms. His ability to grasp concepts, design creative solutions, and implement those solutions is superb. Along with his extensive skills, comes his talent at communicating -- he's a geek who can truly speak. Dave is a great guy to work with.