As a design lead, much of my work isn’t design. It’s getting people who don’t report to me to want to use what my team built.
That is not a claim you can make about yourself, so the two pages below are other people’s words rather than mine.
What other people say
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Peers
“He is a strong leader both as a direct manager, and with soft skills influencing areas where he does not have direct control.”
Ted Sander, Senior Staff SWE, Uber TL -
Direct reports
“Pat has continued to provide strong support for my career development, as well as my overall well-being.”
Anonymous
Career
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2000
Dynamic Trade, then Performics
Technical support, then front-end development
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2004
DoubleClick
Acquired. The work starts including design
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2008
Google
Acquired again. UX Design Lead, Google Affiliate Network
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2010
First design manager role
DoubleClick Ad Exchange UX. Sole designer, then the team
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2018
Design systems, from here on
Ads Central UX, and Google’s Ads Design System
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2024
The Trade Desk
Principal designer. Founded Harbor