Neil Estacio
Member, Design Leadership Forum
Culver City, California, United States
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Top SchoolNeil Estacio is a design leader with 14 years of experience building emotionally impactful B2B and B2C SaaS products across EdTech, cybersecurity, and integrated hardware experiences. He previously led design for flagship Google services and later scaled GoGuardian’s product design function from early startup to a billion-dollar valuation while growing ARR and product breadth. Neil combines hands-on craft in visual and interaction design with operational rigor—establishing design systems, accessibility tokens, metrics-driven OKRs, and cross-functional partnerships. He’s hired and mentored senior designers and researchers, raising team satisfaction and retention through structured career frameworks. Based in Culver City, he advocates for people-first outcomes balanced with organizational needs and has a quiet streak of developer-friendly thinking from his time shaping developer events and integrations at Google.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate Program, User Experience and Usability, 4.0, Certificate Program, User Experience and Usability, 4.0 at Cal State FullertonBachelor of Arts (B.A.), English Language and Literature/Letters, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English Language and Literature/Letters at University of California, Los AngelesGithub contributions (1)
neiluxd/Hex-Game-Project
Aug 2011 - Sep 2011
Contributions:11 commits in 12 days
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