David Navarro
UI/UX Designer and Researcher
Coffee powered, rock climbing, UX designer, plant parent. whew!
I excel at empathizing with people's pain points and innately understanding what causes them. I've been in the tech industry since 2015 as a front-end developer and now a UI/UX designer and researcher. I am skilled in innovating SAAS, industry-leading, enterprise software.
Design for people, not just users. This is how we understand complex problems to create intuitive and powerful solutions.
Projects and Case Studies
Work History and Education
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Teletrac Navman | Bay Area, CA
January 2019 - Present- Innovating new complex enterprise, industry-standard, SAAS web and mobile applications
- Specialized in designing B2B location-centric insights and vehicle management
- Developing intuitive, high-fidelity prototypes using Figma and React
- Collaborating and leading global teams to align with design systems and user experiences
- Conducting qualitative and quantitative UX research for project stakeholders
- Bridging the gap between mockups and development by coding stylized React components
Web Designer
Cru | Bay Area, CA
January 2018 - June 2018- Overhaul design work for Epic Movement national website
- Developing numerous sites and landing pages using WordPress, PHP, and JavaScript
- Increased website traffic by 30% as a result of improving website discoverability and usability
Software Intern
Turing Eye | Bay Area, CA
May 2016 - October 2016- Front-end development for AI-Big data analytics start-up
- Designed various graphs using D3.js to visualize trends in abstract data points
Programming Intern
Gloo | Boulder, CO
June 2015 - July 2015- Collaborated with programmers to create a task manager that increased development efficiently in a fastpaced agile environment
- Developed the task manager by pulling Pivotal Tracker API using Ruby on Rails and rendering the front-end UI with HTML, Bootstrap, and JavaScript
Education and Certifications
San Jose State University | Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, 2013 - 2018
Certifications- UX Research & Strategy | DesignLab, Issued November 2020
- Learning React.js | Lynda.com, Issued January 2019
- Web Development Foundations: Full Stack vs. Front End | LinkedIn, Issued January 2018