Mark CongiustaHe/Him

About Me

Managing the design process while building and empowering creative teams to effectively execute on a strategic vision is what I do best. Having fun in the process is what I love. Making great products that customers are thrilled to use is my passion. Instilling that passion into my team is my job. I have been organizing, managing, and inspiring design teams of all kinds for over 20 years, and in all that time, I’ve learned more than a few things about process, people, and products. Whether it’s a team of developers, user experience designers, product owners, or a healthy mix of all of the above, everybody wants the same thing: to create something amazing. Happy to talk shop. Happier to do it over beers. I have been organizing, managing, and inspiring design teams of all kinds for over 20 years, and in all that time, I’ve learned more than a few things about process, people, and products. Whether it’s a team of developers, user experience designers, product owners, or a healthy mix of all of the above, everybody wants the same thing: to create something amazing. I want that more than anybody, but as a leader, it’s not my job to tell these people what the phenomenal new idea is. Instead, it is to give them the space and support necessary to do what they do best and be as successful as they can possibly be. Genius is much more effective—and repeatable—when it is a team sport. I work hard at collaborating with the smartest people I can find in order to pool intuition in the pursuit of ever grander ideas and the mitigation of sameness. Because, as I see it, failure isn’t the enemy, mediocrity is.

My Skills

• Design Leadership
• Design Management
• Design Process
• Product Design
• Team Building

My Career

• VP, UX and DesignWorkFusionMarch 2023
  Current
• Director Of Product Design, Unified ExperiencesSplunkAugust 2021 - March 2023
• Senior Manager User Experience, Emerging DatabasesAmazon Web Services (AWS)November 2020 - August 2021
• Director Of User Experience, Cybersecurity and CollaborationCisco SystemsJune 2010 - November 2020
• Adjunct ProfessorDublin City UniversitySeptember 2011 - June 2012

My Education

• Rhode Island School of DesignMaster of Industrial Design - MID, Industrial and Product DesignGraduated 1996
• University at BuffaloBachelor of Arts - BA, Industrial and Product DesignGraduated 1993

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