Kevin Fox
InvestorDirector at Thompson Street Capital Partners
St. Louis, Missouri
Writes $5M β $50M checks Β· typically $25M
About
Kevin Fox is a product design leader with 24 years of experience in consumer-facing digital products. He led the initial design and early development of Gmail, designed Google Calendar and Google Reader 2.0, served as design director at FriendFeed prior to its 2009 acquisition by Facebook, and co-founded and directed design at Electric Imp before its 2020 acquisition by Twilio. He currently holds the position of Product Design Leader at Fury Labs.
Experience
- Fury LabsProduct Design Leadercurrent2013 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- fuzzy.aiAdvisor2016 β 2019Greater Montreal Metropolitan Area
- fuzzy.aiChief Experience Officer2015 β 2016San Francisco and Montreal
- Electric Imp, Inc.Co-Founder2011 β 2013Los Altos, CA
- MozillaPrincipal Designer - Mozilla Labs2010 β 2011Mountain View, CA
- FacebookSenior Product Designer2009 β 2010Palo Alto, CA
- FriendFeedDirector of User Experience2008 β 2009Mountain View, CA
- GoogleSenior User Experience Design Lead2003 β 2008Mountain View, CA
- YahooUser Experience Designer2001 β 2002Sunnyvale, CA
- Eleven, Inc.Senior Technologist1999 β 2000San Francisco, CA
- CKS PartnersSenior Technical Lead1996 β 1999San Francisco / Cupertino, CA
- Casady & GreeneNewton PDA Software Developer1993 β 1996Berkeley, CA
- MacWEEK MagazineReviews Intern and Writer1993 β 1996San Francisco, CA
Education
- Carnegie Mellon UniversityMHCI, Human-Computer Interaction
- University of California, BerkeleyB.A., Cognitive Science with emphasis in Computational Modeling
Skills & more
User Interface37User Experience31User Experience Design26User Research14Interaction Design10User Interface Design8Wire Framing5Human Computer Interaction6User-centered Design7Information Architecture5Contextual Inquiry3Persona3
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UsabilityStart-upsHeuristic EvaluationVisual DesignMobile DesignUsability TestingWireframesPaper PrototypingDesign StrategyCard SortingEthnographyMobile ApplicationsFrom Kevin's professional profile.
Colleagues at Thompson Street Capital Partners
Aanika Patel
CXO at Thompson Street Capital Partners
Alec Guzov
Director at Thompson Street Capital Partners
Alex Mace
Investor at Thompson Street Capital Partners
Alex Stewart
Associate at Thompson Street Capital Partners
Alexis Vanstone
Director at Thompson Street Capital Partners
Alison Schulte
Vice President at Thompson Street Capital Partners
Allison Boyle
Vice President, Finance at Thompson Street Capital Partners
Andy Bauer
Vice President at Thompson Street Capital Partners
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Kevin Fox?
- Kevin Fox is a product design leader with 24 years of experience in consumer-facing digital products. He led the initial design and early development of Gmail, designed Google Calendar and Google Reader 2.0, served as design director at FriendFeed prior to its 2009 acquisition by Facebook, and co-founded and directed design at Electric Imp before its 2020 acquisition by Twilio. He currently holds the position of Product Design Leader at Fury Labs.
- Where does Kevin Fox work?
- Kevin Fox is Director at Thompson Street Capital Partners.
- What check size does Kevin Fox write?
- Kevin Fox typically writes checks of $5M β $50M.
- Where did Kevin Fox go to school?
- Kevin Fox studied at Carnegie Mellon University (MHCI, Human-Computer Interaction); University of California, Berkeley (B.A., Cognitive Science with emphasis in Computational Modeling).
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