Adán Vivas

Adán Vivas

Founding Product Designer (AI Product & UX) | Patent Co-inventor

9 yrs experience · Palo Alto, CA · <10 hrs/week

About

Founding Product Designer focused on AI-powered enterprise learning and design leadership. Former founding designer at Edmodo/NetDragon and UX specialist at Accenture, delivering UX and design-system work across healthcare and enterprise teams. Also a founding partner/board advisor for Casa6 and co-founder of Vitapp, combining brand strategy with product UX/UI to launch and scale consumer and enterprise products.

Skills

AIBrand IdentityBrandingDesign SystemsGo-to-market StrategyInteraction DesignOnboardingProduct DesignUX StrategyUX research

Experience

  • Founding Product Designer · Sparkwise01-01-2023

    Sole designer taking an AI-powered enterprise learning platform from zero to 50+ enterprise organizations (including McKinsey, Google, HBR), owning product design, UX research, and strategy alongside the CEO and CTO. Currently designing an AI-assisted authoring tool that has cut module build time 75% (~2 months → ~2 weeks), making client-specific customization viable across 25+ enterprise accounts. Designed the HBR partnership storefront integration end to end.

  • Founding Product Designer · Edmodo/NetDragon02-01-2022 – 12-31-2022

    Set product direction and led design of the MVP for a social learning platform with product and engineering. Established the design team's structure and core workflows during a period of organizational transition.

  • User Experience Specialist · Accenture07-01-2021 – 02-28-2022

    Redesigned an insurance agent platform for a Fortune 500 healthcare provider (12M+ members) over a 3-month engagement. Built a talent-acquisition tool that cut application time 80% (10→2 min) and raised daily applications ~40%, with a learning hub for onboarding new designers.

  • Casa6 Founding Partner | Board Advisor · Casa606-01-2020

    Led brand and product design engagements for clients including Costa Rican government agencies and the UN's IOM, plus private-sector clients across tech, education, and consumer. Now advising on positioning and studio direction.

  • Co-founder & Product Designer · Vitapp04-01-2017 – 02-28-2018

    Co-founded a consumer air-quality startup. Led design from brand identity to product UX/UI for a pollution-sensing wearable and mobile app; shaped go-to-market from prototype to launch.

Education

  • Instituto Tecnológico de Costa RicaIndustrial Design Engineering

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