Taras Brizitsky-UTC +03
Summary
Over 10 years of end-to-end design web, mobile and desktop.
Love finding elegant solutions to complex design problems.
Think in systems.
Experience
2019–PRESENT
PRODUCT DESIGNER
@U-HODL; A CYBERSECURITY DEVICE
Conducted extensive research and analysis of competing products and their users, proposed a
design that solves most real-world problems without significantly increasing development costs.
Boosted hardware UI development speed by creating interactive software prototypes for testing
early hypotheses, helped create an image processing pipeline for faster iterations.
Set a basis for the upcoming design system-
PRODUCT DESIGNER
@SYMPLI; DESIGN TOOLS
Saved the company over $100 000 by conducting user research that revealed the need to shift the
focus from an expensive and overrated feature towards polishing general flows.
Proposed new, simplified design for the product and a roadmap for transition-
THE HEAD OF BUSINESS PRODUCT DESIGN
@ACRONIS; DATA PROTECTION AND SECURITY SOFTWARE
Reduced design task execution time from 7 to 3 days by updating processes and improving
communication with the developers, technical writing and QA teams.
2016–PRESENT
PRODUCT DESIGNER, FOUNDER
@BLUEPRINT APPS; DESIGN TOOLS
Building Iterate, a mobile CAD app that helps designers create wireframes at least twice faster
than using a pen and paper.
Designed and tested unique interaction patterns to gain significant efficiency improvements-
UI/UX DESIGNER @FREELANCE
Helped IoT startups make their products more usable and useful by focusing on actual users’
needs rather than technical possibilities.
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PRODUCT DESIGNER, FOUNDER
@SOFTWARE AMBIENCE; CUSTOMER-LOVED DESKTOP APPS
Designed DaisyDisk, a handy Mac utility and turned it into a de-facto standard tool by focusing on
providing the best user experience possible.
Zero to 350K+ customers on organic traffic in a highly competitive environment, US TG 100.
Corporate customers include Apple, Facebook, and Pixar.
Featured in the Best of Mac App store list in 2011, 2013 and 2015, 5-star user rating.
Appears in a movie, a TV series, visualization adopted by countless companies worldwide-
INTERACTION DESIGNER
@UNISON; UNIFIED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
Designed an easy to use management UI for a complex B2B communication system by analyzing
loosely defined and conflicting requirements and helping stakeholders shape the vision of the
product-
UI DESIGNER
@ABBYY; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SOFTWARE
Created icons and other UI elements for the company’s desktop and mobile products, including
Lingvo and FineReader-
INTERFACE DESIGNER
@GLADIATORS SOFTWARE; POPULAR DESKTOP APPS
Crafted product UI and user manuals for Aston Shell and AltDesk.
My interfaces lowered the entry barrier for new customers and remained relevant for years.
Education- Sarov State Institute of Physics and Technology (former MIFI-4)
Specialist (Bachelor+), Applied physics and mathematics.
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