Allison CooperShe/Her

About Me

With experience leading product strategy, design and research at growing startups and on Fortune 500 innovation teams — and a background in ethnographic research — I'm passionate about designing, building and scaling digital products that solve people's problems to positively impact our future. Previously, I led product strategy at the forefront of the emerging mobility space as the Sr Product Designer (and acting Product Manager) for Goodyear's digital services innovation lab in San Francisco. In my over two-year tenure, I drove research and design for AndGo – a predictive maintenance platform for autonomous and rideshare fleets — from initial user interviews through to launch at CES 2020, before leaving to work on Fall 2020 electoral campaigns. Born and raised in the Berkeley area, I’m also deeply passionate about my East Bay community. In my spare time, I work to empower local arts initiatives through my work as Chair of the El Cerrito Arts and Culture Commission, and to accelerate climate action and sustainable policies as a Board member for 350 Bay Area Action. I also love to play around with music, ceramic art and printmaking. Please don't hesitate to get in touch! I love to chat about design strategy, innovation and applied anthropology, and to meet new people in clean energy, mobility, urbanism and policy advocacy to work together to make the future of our communities better for all of us.

My Skills

• Mobile Development
• Product Design
• User Centered Design
• User Experience
• User Interface

My Career

• Sr Product DesignerChegg Inc2021
  Current
• Sustainable Design & Innovation ConsultantSee the Forest Design2021
  Current
• Software Product ManagerSunPower Corporation2020 - 2021
• Senior Product Designer / Product Manager - AndGo | Goodyear SF Innovation LabAndGo by Goodyear2019 - 2020
• Lead DesignerMissionU (Acquired by WeWork)2017 - 2018

My Education

• McGill UniversityBA (Honours), Anthropology (major), Environmental Studies (minor)
• California College of the Arts MBA, Design Strategy - Graduate Merit Scholar and CCA Scholarship AwardsGraduated 2018
• UC Berkeley ExtensionManaging Product and Go-to-Market Strategies, Product ManagementGraduated 2018
• San Jose State UniversityGraduate Certificate, Transportation and Land Use PlanningGraduated 2021
• Stanford UniversityEnergy Innovation & Emerging Technologies CertificateGraduated November 2020
• General AssemblyUser Experience Design Immersive, Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources DesignGraduated January 2014
• UAM Universidad Autónoma MetropolitanaSummer Study Abroad, Social MovementsGraduated 2011
• Leiden UniversitySemester Abroad, Visual Culture StudiesGraduated 2010

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