Ryan Arnaudin
I’m an aerospace engineer turned UX Designer who operates at the intersection of people, technology, and innovation. I design software that is useful, usable, and inspires people to make the world a better place.
I thrive on crafting intuitive, impactful experiences forged through collaboration, experimentation, and carefully researched insights. I bring a human-centered perspective to technical teams, with over 15 years of experience delivering profitable products with elegant UX in complex industries like computer-aided design (CAD), additive manufacturing & 3D printing, and innovation management.
Beyond UI and visuals, I believe that design provides a path to team alignment, derisks business decisions, and allows us to reliably deliver value by solving people’s real problems.
I’m currently open to opportunities, so if you have an exciting challenge please reach out here or contact me on Gmail using my last name.
For additional professional details, see below or visit my LinkedIn profile.
Experience
January 2023 - October 2024
Lead Product Designer
October 2017 - March 2022
Product Lead · Product and Design Lead · Senior Product Designer
March 2011 - October 2017
Senior User Experience Designer · Senior Product Designer
Blue Ridge Numerics
January 2008 - March 2011, Acquired by Autodesk
Product Design Engineer · Quality Assurance Engineer · Technical Support Engineer
Education
BS, Aerospace Engineering
Cum Laude, Honors Commonwealth Scholar
Virginia Tech
Certificate in User Experience
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Nielsen Norman Group
LUMA Certified Practitioner
Advanced Facilitation · Advancing Innovation · Human-Centered Design
LUMA Institute
Human Computer Interaction
Studio Track with Distinction
Coursera/Stanford
Situational Leadership
Ken Blanchard Companies
Expertise
- Product Design
- User Experience (UX)
- User Interfaces (UI)
- Interaction Design (IxD)
- Information Architecture
- Product Vision
- Product Strategy
- Product Leadership
- Product Management
- User Research
- Usability [Testing]
- Innovation Management
- Idea Management
- Facilitation
- CAD, CAM, CAE
About This Site
- This static site is built with Jekyll.
- The theme is forked from himatt.com.
- Form submission uses staticforms.xyz
- The typefaces used are Playfair Display and Lato.
- The code for generating this site is open source on Github.
- Other sources and libraries used include SASS, jQuery, Headspace, Normalize.css, and PhotoSwipe + jQuery wrapper.
- Although the code is opensource under the GNU General Public License v3, all content (text & images, for example) is Copyrighted by Ryan Arnaudin unless otherwise specified. Read more in the license file.