About

From visual design to leading design teams.

I’m a Product Design Manager in Austin, Texas. My career has moved one step at a time toward harder problems and bigger teams, and I still like to build things myself.

The path so far

Visual design
Interactive
Creative technology
Data visualization
Product design
Design leadership

I started in rich media, designing and coding interactive ad campaigns at T3, Dell and Lin Digital, and then at Sizmek, where I built rich-media campaigns in JavaScript, HTML and CSS for more than 20 entertainment and Fortune 500 clients and partnered with a distributed engineering team on the complex builds.

In 2017 I joined Sprinklr as a Senior Product Designer on Display, its large-format data-visualization product. I designed for command centers, executive halls, live events and Times Square, and I used code to prototype what the product could not yet do.

In 2021 I became Product Design Manager, leading designers in New York, London and Dubai. I hired, coached and reviewed, and I kept working on the product and with customers.

What I bring

People leadership. Goals, performance reviews, mentoring, critiques, capacity planning and career development for a distributed team.
Enterprise product design. More than ten years designing complex B2B SaaS with Product and Engineering.
Data visualization. Dense information made readable, on a laptop or on a wall across the room.
Technical prototyping. HTML, CSS and JavaScript to test ideas with real data before they reach a roadmap.
Three languages. Fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

How I lead design

Three habits, each with something to show for it.

Develop people
Hiring, coaching, critiques and career development.
Hired two junior designers and advocated for their advancement to Senior Designer.
Improve delivery
Intake, prioritization, capacity planning and scope.
Monthly project completion up 30% after confirmed data requirements and a five-day minimum build window.
Connect design and engineering
Customer needs turned into feasible capabilities.
Four JavaScript and CSS prototypes became configurable widgets, cutting development hours by 25%.

What colleagues say

Excerpts from my LinkedIn recommendations. Read them in full on LinkedIn

“From my early days as a designer building complex data visualisation layouts for display experiences to progressing into a senior role, Gabriel has been a constant source of guidance, support, and encouragement.”
Magdalena MatejewskaSenior UX / Data Visualisation Designer at SprinklrReported directly to Gabriel
“Gabriel is the kind of manager whose impact shows up not only in the quality of the final deliverables, but also in the trust, respect, and ambition he builds within his team.”
Skottie O’MahonyGlobal Product Experience and Design ExecutiveSenior to Gabriel
“His creativity and adaptability never cease to amaze me, and he brings both dedication and contagious passion to his projects and his team.”
Amy HoltRecruiting OperationsWorked with Gabriel on a different team