Sylvia Nguyen Dang | Principal Product Designer

About

 

About me

 

I'm a Principal Product Designer with 14+ years of experience building impactful products across healthcare, B2B SaaS, education, and consumer services. I transform complex business challenges into simple and engaging solutions that improve people's lives.

Currently, I lead design at Providence Digital Innovation Group, where I'm developing AI-powered healthcare solutions. Previously, I've shaped product experiences at Frame, Elation Health, Lambda School, and Uber.

My background in business development and marketing gives me a unique edge. I approach every project with both user empathy and strategic thinking, ensuring the products I build not only solve user problems, but also achieve business goals.

When I'm not designing, you'll find me illustrating short stories or exploring the East Bay with my family and our dog Megatron 🐾

Education: Master of Interaction Design (California College of the Arts), M.A. Sociology, B.A. Ethnic Studies and Human Biology (Stanford University)

Want to learn more? Read my Medium post or my interview with Talented Recruiting.

 
 

clients

 
  • California Environmental Protection Agency

  • CBRE Commercial Real Estate

  • City CarShare

  • Daylight Design

  • Elation Health

  • Guideline

  • Harrison Hotel

  • Helping Hands

  • In Place

  • JP Morgan Chase Bank

  • Lambda School

  • Pollen

  • PTG Linen Service

  • Uber Technologies

 
 

How I can help you

I excel at building relationships and big ideas, and I move fast to execute and implement. No problem is too big or too small. I will help you dream big, discover opportunities, and design impactful, end-to-end solutions. How I can add value to your business:

 
 
  • Lead user research to uncover customer pain points

  • Translate user insights and product metrics into actionable opportunities

  • Collaborate with product managers and engineers to define product vision, roadmap, and key priorities

  • Present to senior leadership with compelling storytelling to gain alignment on product strategy

  • Bring your product to life with high-fidelity designs and working prototypes

  • Grow your design system by creating reusable components and libraries

  • Create processes and best practices for design operations and cross-team collaboration

  • Conduct usability testing and gather user feedback to continuously improve your product

  • Coach and mentor new designers. I aim to bring out the best in the people I work with