Where I've been building.

25+ years taking products from strategy to launch across fintech, healthcare, retail, and emerging tech — now designing and building AI-native products end to end.

2023 — Present

AI Product Designer & Strategist — Independent practice

AI-native product design and build across fintech, real estate, construction, travel, and blockchain — problem definition through working prototypes, on an AI-assisted toolchain.

2021 — 2023

VP, Technology & User Experience — Bang Energy

Led digital transformation and owned omnichannel creative strategy — setting standards across product delivery, UX, and analytics while directing a team of writers, designers, and developers.

2017 — 2021

UX Director / Practice Lead — Peak Activity

Led a cross-functional team of five designers end to end — research, IA, interaction, and UI — and built a mobile-first design system across client engagements.

2015 — 2017

Senior UX Architect — Office Depot

Designed the mobile app and site and led the B2B portal redesign, building a style guide on atomic-design principles and lifting conversion through A/B and multivariate testing.

2013 — 2016

Director of User Experience — AIM Consulting

Led teams through the full UX process for web and mobile — prototyping in Axure and coding wireframes — for clients including Novation, Verizon, and Travelocity.

1990s — 2012

UX Strategist & Digital Producer — Consultant

Two decades of multi-channel digital strategy and production for brands including Nissan, Pepsi, and Levi's — information architecture, prototyping, and analytics across print, web, and mobile.

Toolkit

Focus
AI & conversationalReactive AI systemsDesign systems for AIProduct strategy
Design
FigmaFramerSketchAxure
Build
Claude CodeCursorVercelSupabase
AI & automation
Claude · ChatGPTn8n · CrewAILangGraph · MCPNotebookLM

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from the first question to working software.

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david.cervantes AI product designer & strategist
Available for select contract engagements