Jason Stone
San Francisco, CA
Jason is an contextual and human-centered experience designer at the intersection of physical and digital.
Accomplished in design leadership, Jason boasts over 20 years of rich experience in human-centered design spanning Product, Service, and Industrial Design domains. Proficient in guiding product teams through the design journey, Jason crafts comprehensive end-to-end experiences that go beyond mere product interfaces.
His toolkit is diverse, encompassing digital tools like Figma, Sketch, InVision, Miro, Jira, Confluence, Adobe CS, Rhino3D, and G-Suite, alongside traditional tools like pen, paper, and post-its, seamlessly blending in-person and remote collaboration. Known for his creative, innovative, and forward-thinking leadership, Jason thrives in collaborative environments, driving teams towards excellence.
With exceptional communication, problem-solving, and team leadership skills, coupled with a keen business acumen, Jason fosters positive relationships across diverse backgrounds and organizational levels. As an articulate communicator, he is dedicated to delivering impactful business and design solutions.
A few highlights:
Led Google-ATAP's Project Tango: Spearheaded a multidisciplinary design team to deliver cutting-edge spatial computing technology, driving 0-1 product development for Google's Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) division.
Design Leadership in Enterprise Systems: Directed UX efforts for large-scale, multiplatform enterprise systems at Natera and Ontada, enhancing Electronic Health Record (EHR) platforms and enterprise tools like Salesforce and Twilio for customer support.
Innovator in MedTech/ HealthTech: Contributed to groundbreaking healthcare projects such as the Medibeacon Kidney Function Monitor, Omron/Adept’s mobile robotics systems, and Proteus Digital Health’s ingestible sensor system, blending UX with complex medtech solutions.
20+ Years of Design Leadership: Steered design teams across corporate and consultancy environments, transitioning from industrial design at Kensington and Speck Design to a UX focus, while maintaining excellence in both physical and digital product design.
Expert in Cross-disciplinary Design: Specialized in bridging people, processes, and technology through user-centered design, excelling at service design and complex system integration across med-tech, industrial design, and enterprise software.
Education
- User Experience Design at General Assembly
- 2017 San Francisco
- BFA in Industrial Design at Academy of Art University
- 1999 San Francisco, CA
Awards
- 2015
- Gold Award for Industrial Design, IBO
- 2014
- Innovations Award, CES
- 2012
- IDEA finalist, IDSA Business week
- 2012
- Innovations Award, CES
- 2012
- Product Design, Red Dot
- 2011
- Innovations Award, CES
- 2008
- iF Award Product, International Forum Design
- 2008
- Best of CES Innovations, CES
- 2008
- Innovations Award, CES
- 2008
- Product Design, Red Dot
- 2008
- Product Design, Red Dot
- 2007
- Innovations Award, CES
- 2007
- Design SFO, IDSA / ICSID and SFO
- 2006
- Innovations Award, CES
- 2006
- Innovations Award, CES
- 2005
- Innovations Award, CES
Clients
- Tintri
- BioCision
- Dermira
- Kensington
- Tropos
- Dexcom
- Conceptus
- Samsung
- Panasonic
- Stryker
- zSpace
- Cisco
- Ford
- Toyota
- Microsoft
- Adept
- Omron
- Medibeacon
- Minecraft
- Kedacom
- Albertsons
- Safeway
- Proteus Digital Health
- Otsuka
Specialties
- Consumer
- Automotive
- Medical Device
- Cromprehensive and Complex interaction and usability models.
- Robotics
- Service Design
- Ecommerce
Skills
- Ethnography
- Persona Developemnt
- User Research
- User Goal Framing / Definition
- Problem Stament Creation (HMW)
- User Stories
- Paper Prototyping
- Wireframing
- Keyword Sort and Map
- Card Sorting
- Key Screens development
- Visual Design
- High Fidelity Prototypes
- Feature Prioritization
- Journey Map
- Usability Testing
- Adobe CS Photoshop, AI, ID
- Sketch
- InVision
- Craft