About
Product design leader, founder, and hands-on builder working across product strategy, systems, AI-era workflows, interface craft, and production.
Product design leader, founder, and hands-on builder working across product strategy, systems, AI-era workflows, interface craft, and production.
My career started in motion, where timing, narrative, and precision mattered frame by frame. That foundation expanded into digital products, design systems, team leadership, and founder-led product building.
Strategy.
Systems.
Craft.
Build.
Ship.
Collaborator.
Mentor.
Decision-Maker.
Strategy.
Systems.
Craft.
Build.
Ship.
Collaborator.
Mentor.
Decision-Maker.
Strategy.
Systems.
Craft.
Build.
Ship.
Collaborator.
Mentor.
Decision-Maker.
Strategy.
Systems.
Craft.
Build.
Ship.
Collaborator.
Mentor.
Decision-Maker.
My practice
The tools have changed, but the work still comes down to judgment: framing the right problem, shaping a system people can trust, and moving from ambiguity to something real. Building Rivon puts that practice under pressure: live operations, real users, product decisions, implementation tradeoffs, and accountability for what ships.
The tools have changed, but the work still comes down to judgment: framing the right problem, shaping a system people can trust, and moving from ambiguity to something real. Building Rivon puts that practice under pressure: live operations, real users, product decisions, implementation tradeoffs, and accountability for what ships.
What I care about
→ Clear systems
→ Useful interfaces
→ Strong judgment
→ High craft
→ Real shipping
→ Systems people can understand, extend, and trust
→ Interfaces that reveal the right action
Across studio, agency, in-house, and founder environments, the through-line has stayed the same: turn complex product work into something clear enough to build, good enough to use, and strong enough to last.
Across studio, agency, in-house, and founder environments, the through-line has stayed the same: turn complex product work into something clear enough to build, good enough to use, and strong enough to last.
GITHUB
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contributions this year
A visible signal of hands-on product momentum across prototypes, experiments, and shipped systems.
ACTIVITY PATTERN
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What collaborators say
Christian Magsisi
Sports Technology Executive & Angel Investor
Shiera Rovillard
Principal Designer, global ai platform
Hessie Jones
Strategist, Privacy Technologist, Investor
Robleh Jama
Founder @ Boom, Ex-Shopify, Co-Founder of the Shop App
Fawad's capabilities are in the results of his work. Having hired Fawad on multiple occasions for projects that offer tight timelines and at times limited content for creation the result is always fresh, eye catching and on theme. Fawad is able to appreciate the client's requirements large or small and work to timelines in a professional and efficient manner. A true industry professional.
John Cameron
Emmy Award winning founder of META Productions, Director + VFX Supervisor
Christian Magsisi
Sports Technology Executive & Angel Investor
Shiera Rovillard
Principal Designer, global ai platform
Hessie Jones
Strategist, Privacy Technologist, Investor
Robleh Jama
Founder @ Boom, Ex-Shopify, Co-Founder of the Shop App
Fawad's capabilities are in the results of his work. Having hired Fawad on multiple occasions for projects that offer tight timelines and at times limited content for creation the result is always fresh, eye catching and on theme. Fawad is able to appreciate the client's requirements large or small and work to timelines in a professional and efficient manner. A true industry professional.
John Cameron
Emmy Award winning founder of META Productions, Director + VFX Supervisor
Christian Magsisi
Sports Technology Executive & Angel Investor
Shiera Rovillard
Principal Designer, global ai platform
Hessie Jones
Strategist, Privacy Technologist, Investor
Robleh Jama
Founder @ Boom, Ex-Shopify, Co-Founder of the Shop App
Fawad's capabilities are in the results of his work. Having hired Fawad on multiple occasions for projects that offer tight timelines and at times limited content for creation the result is always fresh, eye catching and on theme. Fawad is able to appreciate the client's requirements large or small and work to timelines in a professional and efficient manner. A true industry professional.
John Cameron
Emmy Award winning founder of META Productions, Director + VFX Supervisor
Christian Magsisi
Sports Technology Executive & Angel Investor
Shiera Rovillard
Principal Designer, global ai platform
Hessie Jones
Strategist, Privacy Technologist, Investor
Robleh Jama
Founder @ Boom, Ex-Shopify, Co-Founder of the Shop App
Fawad's capabilities are in the results of his work. Having hired Fawad on multiple occasions for projects that offer tight timelines and at times limited content for creation the result is always fresh, eye catching and on theme. Fawad is able to appreciate the client's requirements large or small and work to timelines in a professional and efficient manner. A true industry professional.
John Cameron
Emmy Award winning founder of META Productions, Director + VFX Supervisor
Christian Magsisi
Sports Technology Executive & Angel Investor
Shiera Rovillard
Principal Designer, global ai platform
Hessie Jones
Strategist, Privacy Technologist, Investor
Robleh Jama
Founder @ Boom, Ex-Shopify, Co-Founder of the Shop App
Fawad's capabilities are in the results of his work. Having hired Fawad on multiple occasions for projects that offer tight timelines and at times limited content for creation the result is always fresh, eye catching and on theme. Fawad is able to appreciate the client's requirements large or small and work to timelines in a professional and efficient manner. A true industry professional.
John Cameron
Emmy Award winning founder of META Productions, Director + VFX Supervisor
Christian Magsisi
Sports Technology Executive & Angel Investor
Shiera Rovillard
Principal Designer, global ai platform
Hessie Jones
Strategist, Privacy Technologist, Investor
Robleh Jama
Founder @ Boom, Ex-Shopify, Co-Founder of the Shop App
Fawad's capabilities are in the results of his work. Having hired Fawad on multiple occasions for projects that offer tight timelines and at times limited content for creation the result is always fresh, eye catching and on theme. Fawad is able to appreciate the client's requirements large or small and work to timelines in a professional and efficient manner. A true industry professional.
John Cameron
Emmy Award winning founder of META Productions, Director + VFX Supervisor
Christian Magsisi
Sports Technology Executive & Angel Investor
Shiera Rovillard
Principal Designer, global ai platform
Hessie Jones
Strategist, Privacy Technologist, Investor
Robleh Jama
Founder @ Boom, Ex-Shopify, Co-Founder of the Shop App
Fawad's capabilities are in the results of his work. Having hired Fawad on multiple occasions for projects that offer tight timelines and at times limited content for creation the result is always fresh, eye catching and on theme. Fawad is able to appreciate the client's requirements large or small and work to timelines in a professional and efficient manner. A true industry professional.
John Cameron
Emmy Award winning founder of META Productions, Director + VFX Supervisor
Christian Magsisi
Sports Technology Executive & Angel Investor
Shiera Rovillard
Principal Designer, global ai platform
Hessie Jones
Strategist, Privacy Technologist, Investor
Robleh Jama
Founder @ Boom, Ex-Shopify, Co-Founder of the Shop App
Fawad's capabilities are in the results of his work. Having hired Fawad on multiple occasions for projects that offer tight timelines and at times limited content for creation the result is always fresh, eye catching and on theme. Fawad is able to appreciate the client's requirements large or small and work to timelines in a professional and efficient manner. A true industry professional.
John Cameron
Emmy Award winning founder of META Productions, Director + VFX Supervisor
Human judgment, clearly applied
Clear systems. Useful interfaces. High craft. Real shipping.
Human judgment, clearly applied
Clear systems. Useful interfaces. High craft. Real shipping.
What stays human
Problem Framing
Problem Framing
Product Judgment
Product Judgment
Systems Thinking
Systems Thinking
Interaction & Visual Craft
Interaction & Visual Craft
Trust & Responsibility
Trust & Responsibility
Leadership & Communication
Leadership & Communication
Modern tools expand what is possible. Taste and judgment decide what deserves to ship.
Modern tools expand what is possible. Taste and judgment decide what deserves to ship.
A connected product practice
Product direction
Frame ambiguous opportunities, align priorities, and define what responsible success looks like.
Frame ambiguous opportunities, align priorities, and define what responsible success looks like.
Product direction
Frame ambiguous opportunities, align priorities, and define what responsible success looks like.
Modern operating model
Work across research, product framing, prototyping, implementation, testing, evaluation, and operations while keeping human judgment close to the decisions that matter.
Work across research, product framing, prototyping, implementation, testing, evaluation, and operations while keeping human judgment close to the decisions that matter.
Modern operating model
Work across research, product framing, prototyping, implementation, testing, evaluation, and operations while keeping human judgment close to the decisions that matter.
Product systems
Model workflows, states, permissions, trust boundaries, and interaction patterns that remain coherent as products grow.
Model workflows, states, permissions, trust boundaries, and interaction patterns that remain coherent as products grow.
Product systems
Model workflows, states, permissions, trust boundaries, and interaction patterns that remain coherent as products grow.
Build leadership
Create shared context, review boundaries, and working practices that help multidisciplinary teams move together.
Create shared context, review boundaries, and working practices that help multidisciplinary teams move together.
Build leadership
Create shared context, review boundaries, and working practices that help multidisciplinary teams move together.
Working software
Turn concepts into working proof and stay close enough to implementation to protect intent and quality.
Turn concepts into working proof and stay close enough to implementation to protect intent and quality.
Working software
Turn concepts into working proof and stay close enough to implementation to protect intent and quality.
Narrative systems
Use timing, story, and motion to make complex behavior clear, useful, and memorable.
Use timing, story, and motion to make complex behavior clear, useful, and memorable.
Narrative systems
Use timing, story, and motion to make complex behavior clear, useful, and memorable.
Human judgment
Own the problem definition, tradeoffs, trust boundaries, evaluation, and consequences of what ships.
Own the problem definition, tradeoffs, trust boundaries, evaluation, and consequences of what ships.
Human judgment
Own the problem definition, tradeoffs, trust boundaries, evaluation, and consequences of what ships.
Operate & learn
Measure real use, inspect failure modes, and improve the system without losing the original intent.
Measure real use, inspect failure modes, and improve the system without losing the original intent.
Operate & learn
Measure real use, inspect failure modes, and improve the system without losing the original intent.
Selected Experience
Design Leader
Accenture Song
Design Leader
Accenture Song
Led design across complex enterprise initiatives, connecting product strategy, systems thinking, AI opportunity, and delivery across multidisciplinary teams.
SHIPPED:
Product direction
SHIPPED:
Complex systems
highlights:
Enterprise delivery
highlights:
Cross-functional leadership
Founder
Rivon
Founded and built a live sports operations platform for tournaments, team management, and persistent player records, taking it from concept to production with real users.
SHIPPED:
0-to-1 platform
SHIPPED:
Live tournaments
highlights:
Team and player systems
highlights:
Product + engineering
Founder / Design Director
NspireDesign
Founder / Design Director
NspireDesign
I have worked across sports, media, commerce, and technology, from founder-led 0-to-1 products to design leadership inside larger organizations.
SHIPPED:
250+ motion projects
SHIPPED:
Product & brand
highlights:
Founder
highlights:
Team leadership
Staff Product Designer
Mlse
Staff Product Designer
Mlse
Led NHL Edge from concept to working product, turning advanced hockey data into an interactive fan experience with Sportsnet, the NHL, and MLSE.
SHIPPED:
Working product
SHIPPED:
Advanced data
highlights:
NHL / Sportsnet
highlights:
Product + motion
Lead Designer
Mlse
Lead Designer
Mlse
Led the design of a second-screen sports platform and helped grow the product design team from three to six.
SHIPPED:
0-to-1 platform
SHIPPED:
Workshops
highlights:
Team of six
highlights:
Live sports
Instructor
Centennial College
Instructor
Centennial College
Taught product and motion design through a practice-led curriculum focused on craft, discipline, communication, and career growth.
SHIPPED:
Product design
SHIPPED:
Motion design
highlights:
Practice-led
highlights:
Mentorship
Lead Designer
Wavefront
Lead Designer
Wavefront
Built a product design team from one to five and led strategy and experience design for a major Canadian mortgage platform.
SHIPPED:
Mortgage platform
SHIPPED:
Executive strategy
highlights:
Team of five
highlights:
0-to-1
Sr. Motion Designer
Bell media
Sr. Motion Designer
Bell media
Created motion and broadcast work for the Discovery Channel, the Junos, the Olympics, and other national media brands.
SHIPPED:
Broadcast
SHIPPED:
Motion systems
highlights:
Olympics
highlights:
Discovery
Education
Bachelor of Design (BDes)
— York University, Toronto
— York University, Toronto
— York University, Toronto
— Summa Cum Laude
— Summa Cum Laude
— summa cum laude
The tools, teams, and pace keep changing. The responsibility to make useful, trustworthy products remains human.
The tools, teams, and pace keep changing. The responsibility to make useful, trustworthy products remains human.
