Summary
Ryan Cather is a founding product designer based in San Diego with 11 years of experience crafting SaaS and consumer digital products, now focused on AI-native experiences and scalable design systems. He led impactful work at Intuit, where his Proactive Intervention Module reached 45M+ users and reduced abandonment by 14% through real-time, signal-driven UX triggers. Ryan’s background spans enterprise workflow design at ServiceNow to hands-on product and visual design across startups and agencies, blending research-driven UX, accessibility, and production-ready specifications. He pairs multidisciplinary training—graphic design, cognitive psychology, and hands-on hardware/3D prototyping—with a pragmatic knack for translating user data into measurable product outcomes. Known for rapid iteration and aligning solutions with engineering constraints, he helps founders take early ideas to production using modern AI development pipelines.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
UX NANO DEGREE, UX NANO DEGREE at Udacity
3d Printing, 3d Printing at 3D printing club SDSU
Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences in Multimedia Graphic Design, Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences in Multimedia Graphic Design at San Diego State University
Associate of Arts and Sciences (A.A.S.) Cognitive psychology, Associate of Arts and Sciences (A.A.S.) Cognitive psychology at San Diego Mesa College