Mike Rivera

Leadership

Senior UX Designer
Workday
Aug 2021–Mar 2024

Co-led information architecture and navigation for Workday's entire ecosystem from the ground up.

Design Manager
Workday
Jul 2017–Aug 2021

Helped mature product design’s practice across the Workforce & Pay division along with a staff of four designers and researchers. Advocated for greater emphasis on people rather than corporate customer needs as a better balance between new customer sales and long term subscription renewals.

Principal UX Designer
Pivotal
1.5 years  |  Jan 2016–Jul 2017

Brought a more rigorous research approach to Pivotal's platform-as-a-service product division, Cloud Foundry. Lead an effort to support and simplify customer contact for the many product teams within the organization while building capacity and sophistication among staff through training.

Director of UX
Slice of Lime
4 years  |  Apr 2012–Jan 2016

Built the UX practice including process, training needs, and project oversight. Helped evolve the practice to adopt agile and lean principles. Led and worked alongside teams of researchers, user interaction designers, and visual designers to provide business strategy recommendations, customer insight, and design direction for clients like Google, Medtronic, Allegion (Schlage), Healthgrades, and startup incubators.

Social Media Manager
Univeristy of Denver
4 years  |  Jan 2008-Apr 2012

Managed the University’s brand through its flagship social media accounts. Duties included community management, content production, scheduling and coordinating with marketing, PR and all divisions across campus. Launched and led operational effectiveness program including bi-weekly, campus wide trainings to build community and share knowledge. The training sessions covered digital technology, university policy, best practices and helped break down the university's soloed groups.

UX & Design

Senior Web Designer  |  Slice of Lime
3 years  |  Feb 2005-Jan 2008

Created and led the company’s information architecture process to instill analytic rigor to product decisions. Extensive strategic design experience with fast growth, start up companies. Completed strategy, data analysis, design, and front-end code for client web sites, apps and advertising.

UX Designer  |  Denver Museum of Nature & Science
3 years  |  Jul 2002-Feb 2005

Was a UX team of one handling research, information architecture and design needs across the museum's external and internal facing online properties.

Information Architect  |  SpireMedia
2 year  |  1999–2001

Defined, designed and created messaging, concept and media delivery plans for client projects.

Designer  |  MatchLogic
2 years  |  1997 – 1999

Education

Executive MBA
University of Denver, 2011

BS Advertising
University of Colorado, 1993

Community

Mentorship/Coaching
Techstars Boulder        
Nike+ Accelerator        
Galvanize    

Speaking
Boulder Start Up Week
Denver Start Up Week
University of Denver

Meetup Founder/Host
Creative Mornings Denver
UX/CX Leaders