Mentions

Apple
Eli, Sr Product Designer

Ryan is a Natural system thinker. He listens to product need and turns them into successful broadly loved and adopted experiences. What I like about Ryan the most is that he's a leader through the work. He will be there with you in the trenches and not just guiding by saying but also but doing and inspiring. I think he's an incredible addition to any team trying to figure out their product and their visual identity and language. He has a LOT of respect for the user and its association with the brand through a great product and a solid first. 

One of his most notable projects was, of course, Oculus pre-FB-acquisition. Ryan was on the Original Design team that worked on the software and the experiences that allowed Mark Zuckerberg to realize the true potential of VR. I would recommend Ryan to any team or Organization looking for a Design Leader who's focused not only on the product but also in the work itself.

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Raffi, Co-Founder

Ryan is a rare talent who has the ability to solve complex problems through great design on any given project. He’s able to adapt quickly, lead projects working closely with stakeholders and cross-functional teams, and provides great mentorship for earlier career designers while also keeping things fun and engaging. He’s extremely passionate about his work and would make a great addition to teams at both early and later stage companies. I highly recommend Ryan if you’re looking for both talent and someone who can deliver extremely timely innovative design solutions!

Created Boomerang for IG
Tim, CEO & Engineer

Ryan is the perfect startup designer. He helped my Silicon Valley startup launch 12 different apps in an 18 month period. When given a new challenge he picks it up quickly and delivers top-notch results. He’s particularly good at iconography, branding, and UI. His portfolio speaks for itself.

Walmart Global
Vidya, Sr User Researcher

Ryan is one of the most detail oriented designers I have seen. It was inspiring to see him work on various projects. It was a pleasure to brainstorm design ideas by Ryan after user tests. I loved the enthusiasm with which he always came to user research with projects to test as well as providing all material in a timely fashion. I learnt quite a lot collaborating with Ryan. And hope our paths cross again in the future. He is a true asset.

Slickdeals
Chad , VP of Product

I had the pleasure of working with Ryan. He did branding, print, UI/UX, and Web design work. Projects ranged from UI and Web design for a software application to print brochures to an investor deck. Ryan successfully took the inputs and feedback we gave him and time after time produced outstanding finished products. I HIGHLY recommend Ryan for design work. I plan to work with him again in the future. He worked well when we gave him very few inputs and he worked well when we gave him tons of narrow requirements.

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Miguel, Engineering Manager

Ryan was the lead designer of Oculus Horizon, the main application of the Samsung Gear VR, and was responsible for managing the entire UI design including the app store, library, social/friending, registration workflows and configuration screens. His main strengths were definitely his knowledge of Android design patterns and his ability to understand the limitations of the platform, not only in terms of the capabilities that are available but also in terms of time that developers require to implement interfaces. He's extremely detail oriented and he works really hard to support developers. 

Pinterest
Juan, Product Manager

As a designer, Ryan brings the complete package. He's extremely reliable, consistent, and talented. He asks the right questions and makes sure he completely understands the task at hand. He’s very reliable and consistent, a pleasure to work with and highly recommended for any size project!

Meta
Tanya , Product Designer

Ryan is an amazing designer with solid product thinking, interaction design, and execution & craft skills. Given high-level problems, he delivered concrete end-to-end solutions that helped define product visions. He also actively mentored junior designers and participated in design-team-wide initiatives. 

2022 — 2025
Design Work

View some of my recent product design and visual design works.