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Kane Ford
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Principal Product Designer @ American Express

About Me

Hi, I'm Kane! I'm a product design lead at American Express and a lead design instructor at the University of Miami. I'm currently living in the Atlanta metro area, though my work can be found all over the world. I've been designing, leading, teaching, running internship programs, and mentoring junior designers for the last two decades. I bring to the table deep knowledge of user centered design and user-focused research coupled with design leadership and systems-level thinking. I've been lucky enough to lead teams and projects at a number of amazing orgs, brands, governments, and so on, and I want to help others learn from the mistakes I made along the way. Apart from design and DesignOps, my interests include human rights and social justice, environmental responsibility, gaming, the Internet of Things, gadgets, and coming up with ways to make people laugh.

My Skills

  • Design Strategy
  • Design Thinking
  • User Centered Design
  • User Experience
  • User Research

My Career

Principal Product DesignerAmerican ExpressJanuary 2020
Current

Product & Design ManagerInRhythmJanuary 2020
Current

Lead Design InstructorThriveDXJanuary 2019
Current

Experience & Product Design Consultantkaneford.comJanuary 2005
Current

Digital Product Designer IIChico's FAS, Inc.July 2020 - April 2021

My Details

Country
  • United States
Languages
    Years of Experience
    • 15+ years
    Timezone
    • Eastern Standard Time
    Member Since
    • July 12, 2022

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