Leah Padgett is a Staff Product Designer with over a decade of hands-on experience shaping user-centered products across startups and enterprise teams. She’s led design at technical companies from founding-designer roles to senior positions—most recently joining Cavnue after stints at Dagster Labs, Statype, Gremlin, and Acuity Brands—bringing both strategic vision and executional rigor. Her background blends communication and marketing training with iOS development skills, enabling her to bridge design, engineering, and product strategy effectively. Known for tackling complex UX problems in developer and hardware-adjacent products, she excels at turning ambiguous requirements into clear, usable interfaces. Based in Connecticut, Leah pairs a curious, product-minded approach with deep practical experience shipping polished, production-ready designs.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Communication Major; Concentration in Public Relations and Mass Media; Marketing Minor, Bachelor's Degree Communication Major; Concentration in Public Relations and Mass Media; Marketing Minor at Central Connecticut State University
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