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285 people in our graph share verified history with Alissa — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Aaron AthanasunlockedAlissa: together at Autodesk (2018–2021)
Alissa: together at Designer Fund
×4Alissa: together at Intuit®
×2Alissa: together at Brigade
About
Design leader who has scaled design, research, and content organizations; currently Director of Design at Autodesk.
Experience
- AutodeskSenior Director, Head of Construction & Data Experience Designcurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Designer FundAdvisorcurrent2020 — present
- Self-employedDesign Leadership Coachcurrent2018 — present
- PlanGridDirector, Head of Design2016 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- BrigadeDirector of User Experience2015 — 2016
- IntuitHead of Design, Employee Management Solutions2009 — 2014
- Assorted OrganizationsDesign & Development Lead2005 — 2009
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Skills & more
User Experience99Interaction Design63User Research41Contextual Inquiry26Usability Testing29User-centered Design48Human Computer Interaction24Designs7Mobile Devices24Brainstorm Facilitation3Heuristic Analysis2Web Applications11
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Information 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 Blumenfeld
Managing Partner at Designer Fund
Ben Blumenrose
Co-founder, Managing Partner at Designer Fund
Ben Siscovick
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
- Who is Alissa Briggs?
- Design leader who has scaled design, research, and content organizations; currently Director of Design at Autodesk.
- Where does Alissa Briggs work?
- Alissa Briggs is Advisor at Designer Fund.
- Where did Alissa Briggs go to school?
- Alissa Briggs studied at Carnegie Mellon University (M.S., Human-Computer Interaction); Yale School of Management (Certificate, AIGA: Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders); Carnegie Mellon University (B.S., Computer Science).
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Also attended Carnegie Mellon University632
Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AILucy GuoCo-founder of Scale AI; founder & CEO of PassesGuillaume LampleCo-founder & Chief Scientist of Mistral AIJoshua XuCo-founder & CEO of HeyGenJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel Capital
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Also attended Yale School of Management207
Sanjot MalhiPartner at NorthzoneTrip HoferVenture Partner at .406 VenturesAustin KwounAnalyst at .406 VenturesAlex GrieveVP of Government Affairs at ParadigmPatrick SherwoodManaging Partner at GroveStreetNate WangVP of Investments at Plum Alley Investments
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Shared employers
Also worked at Autodesk108
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 Brigade4
Also worked at Intuit144
Nate WangVP of Investments at Plum Alley InvestmentsDavid HahnCISO Operating Partner at Ballistic VenturesAnkita BalotiaPrincipal at Fireside Ventures Advisory LlpArjun AroraInvestor at Streamlined VenturesAdam CoccariManaging Director at HubSpot VenturesTekedra MawakanaCo-CEO of Waymo
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