Garren DiPasquale
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Charlotte, NC, United States
Toptal member since June 3, 2017
Garren is a product design and UX strategist with deep experience in the financial industry and is passionate about bringing genuine human experiences to fintech and enterprise technologies. With more than 18 years of design experience, Garren focuses on holistic user-centered design practices. He creates solutions to problems for clients and businesses and gives life to incredible brands, interactions, and experiences.
Portfolio
Bank Co Small Business Prototype
Work Experience
Head of AI Programs and Strategy
Beroe Holdings, Inc
- Built and deployed sophisticated multi-agent AI systems for procurement intelligence.
- Rapidly transformed AI concepts into working prototypes for Fortune 50 customers.
- Tested, prototyped, and assisted in the production deployment of novel features like end-to-end customized AI podcast generation.
Senior Director | Head of Product
Beroe
- Served as the 1st design hire, leading company-wide change management from service-oriented to product-focused mindset, working directly with the CEO and C-suite to establish new organizational thinking and operational frameworks.
- Developed B2B SaaS platform targeting Fortune 50 procurement companies, expanding user base to 40,000+ users within three years while maintaining hands-on design responsibilities during the initial growth phase.
- Led extensive user research initiatives, understanding how business users interact with procurement software systems, translating insights into interface design patterns and user guidance systems.
Product Design Lead
Levvel
- Built the product design team, including advice on selling design and input on hiring.
- Worked in conjunction with the practice lead to create productized workshops and user experience audits.
- Consulted on the design strategy for prototyping with clients from small startups to Delta Airlines and Wells Fargo.
Senior User Experience Designer (Consultant)
Wells Fargo
- Aided the Wells Fargo customer experience group finish and deliver a long-running internal standards and constancy project.
- Completed day-to-day tasks including meeting with business stakeholders and CX management to set deliverable expectations and timelines.
Senior User Experience Designer (Consultant)
Pera Health
- Worked as an independent consult to help fund a healthcare startup by auditing existing software that was already in the field as well as research and design a new product for development.
Vice President User Experience (Shared Operations Technology)
Bank of America
- Accepted the full-time role continuing the work that I was performing as a consultant.
Senior User Experience Designer (Consultant)
Bank of America
- Handled and was responsible for the strategy and management of user experience and design of a holistic wholesale check processing exception system for the bank's global check exceptions.
- Worked on HTML prototyping, user testing, delivering design artifacts within the agile team as well as consulting team managers and EVPs on user-centered design practices.
Senior Interaction Designer (Consultant)
Lowe's Inc
- Led the strategy and interaction design on projects for Fortune 50 client.
- Conducted research and created strategy documents, wireframes, personas and storyboards to influence product development and a future roadmap.
Front-end Developer (Contractor)
Lowe's Inc
- Worked as the front-end developer—specializing in web standards HTML5, CSS3, and cross-browser capabilities.
- Help lead the prototyping of many fidelities including working on an iOS iPad app.
Director of Design and Application Development
MyFillin.com (startup)
- Directed the investment, design, and development of a web-based Ruby on Rails application for the dental industry.
- Handled and was responsible for keeping the development within budget, managed the production schedules, contractors, and developed the growth strategies.
Certifications
Designing and Building AI Products and Services
MIT xPRO | via Emeritus
Skills
Tools
Illustrator CC, Photoshop CC, Proto.io, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe CC, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, OmniGraffle, Apple Keynote, InVision, Jira
Languages
CSS, HTML, JavaScript, Ruby, Python
Platforms
MacOS, Desktop, Figma, Webflow, Craft CMS, iRise, iOS, YouTube, Apple Watch, Apple, Mobile
Industry Expertise
Entertainment & Leisure, Fitness, Health, Banking & Finance, Healthcare
Other
Interactive Prototypes, Design Thinking, Interaction Design (IxD), User Experience (UX), User Research, Information Architecture (IA), Fintech, Apple Watch Design, Fintech Design, UX Design, Desktop App Design, Dashboard Design, SaaS Design, Product Design, UI Design, Web App Design, MVP Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Design Consultation, Web Design, User Interface (UI), AI Design, Artificial Intelligence (AI), B2B, Design Systems, Data Visualization, Sass, Visual Design, User Testing, Blockchain, Chatbot Conversation Design, Prototyping, Early-stage Startups, PhoneGap, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Videos, Blog Design, TV, Financial UX, Apps, Chatbots, Wellness, Conversation, Enterprise Software, Business Planning, Visualization Tools, Dashboards, Cursor AI, LangChain, Large Language Models (LLMs), React, Strategy, Notion
Experience
- User Experience (UX) - 20 years
- Visual Design - 20 years
- Information Architecture (IA) - 15 years
- Interaction Design (IxD) - 15 years
- Design Thinking - 15 years
- Sass - 10 years
- User Testing - 10 years
- User Research - 10 years
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