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Alissa Briggs

Investor

Advisor at Designer Fund

San Francisco, California, United States

About

Design leader who has scaled design, research, and content organizations; currently Director of Design at Autodesk.

Experience

  1. AutodeskSenior Director, Head of Construction & Data Experience Designcurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Designer FundAdvisorcurrent2020 — present
  3. Self-employedDesign Leadership Coachcurrent2018 — present
  4. PlanGridDirector, Head of Design2016 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  5. BrigadeDirector of User Experience2015 — 2016
  6. IntuitHead of Design, Employee Management Solutions2009 — 2014
  7. Assorted OrganizationsDesign & Development Lead2005 — 2009

Education

  1. Carnegie Mellon UniversityM.S., Human-Computer Interaction
  2. Yale School of ManagementCertificate, AIGA: Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders
  3. Carnegie Mellon UniversityB.S., Computer Science

Skills & more

User Experience99Interaction Design63User Research41Contextual Inquiry26Usability Testing29User-centered Design48Human Computer Interaction24Designs7Mobile Devices24Brainstorm Facilitation3Heuristic Analysis2Web Applications11
+12 moreInformation ArchitectureLean StartupAgile MethodologiesCard SortingMobile Interaction DesignAndroid DesignOmniGraffleHeuristic EvaluationCSSActionScriptJavaAdobe Creative Suite
  • Certified Coach — Quantum Coaching, an ICF Certified Program
  • Design Leadership Forum Member — InVision

From Alissa's professional profile.

Colleagues at Designer Fund

Alex Diehl
Advisor at Designer Fund
Ben Blumenrose
Co-founder, Managing Partner at Designer Fund
Ben Siscovick
Advisor at Designer Fund
Dan Becker
Advisor at Designer Fund
Dan Bomze
Advisor at Designer Fund
Daniel Scrivner
Advisor at Designer Fund
Dantley Davis
Advisor at Designer Fund
Dave Baggeroer
Design Partner, Advisor at Designer Fund

Frequently asked questions

Where does Alissa Briggs work?
Alissa Briggs is Advisor at Designer Fund.

Same school

Also attended Carnegie Mellon University383

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Also attended Yale School of Management126

Sanjot MalhiPartner at NorthzoneTrip HoferVenture Partner at .406 VenturesAustin KwounAnalyst at .406 VenturesNate WangVP of Investments at Plum Alley InvestmentsGabby CazeauInvestor at Harlem Capital PartnersRobert BettigoleManaging Partner at Elm Street Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Autodesk52

Aaron AthanasPeople Operations Associate at GreycroftAaron EpsteinGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorJesse Coors-BlankenshipCo-founder, General Partner at Parkway Venture CapitalDavid OppenheimerPartner, CFO at Verissimo VenturesJesse DevitteCo-founder and General Partner at Building VenturesAllen PregerPartner at Building Ventures

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Also worked at Brigade2

Barr YaronPartner at Amplify PartnersHillary LehrManaging Director, Fund V at Higher Ground Labs

Also worked at Intuit98

Nate WangVP of Investments at Plum Alley InvestmentsDavid HahnCISO Operating Partner at Ballistic VenturesGregory BillingtonResearch at Transform Capital ManagementArjun AroraInvestor at Streamlined VenturesAdam CoccariManaging Director at HubSpot VenturesTekedra MawakanaCo-CEO of Waymo

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