Summary
Daniel Salgado is a Lead Product Designer based in Los Angeles with a decade of experience crafting user-centered products across startups and global brands including SeatGeek, Coinbase, Airbnb, and Breville. He blends product design leadership with hands-on UX/UI and industrial design training from ArtCenter, moving fluidly between digital interfaces and physical product thinking. Comfortable in fast-paced, cross-functional environments, Daniel has led design at scale for consumer fintech and marketplace products while maintaining a maker’s curiosity in Android and Unreal Engine C++/Blueprint development. His background spans agency work to in-house staff roles, giving him a knack for translating business goals into elegant, research-informed experiences. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic collaborator who elevates teams through systems thinking and practical craft.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Extension Industrial and Product Design, Extension Industrial and Product Design at ArtCenter College of Design
Nuevas tecnologías de comunicación, Nuevas tecnologías de comunicación at Universidade de Aveiro
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
English, Portuguese, Spanish