CURRICULUM VITAE / EST. 2004

Lawrence Craig
Wilson

Principal Product Designer · Lead Product Design Engineer · Prototyper

A strategic thinker with a broad background in interaction design and user-centred design principles — now weaving AI into every layer of the design process, from research synthesis to live prototype code.

20+
Years in UX
10+
Enterprises Served
1
Published Author
100%
AI-Augmented
Profile

Who I am and how I work.

A snapshot of the principles, mindset, and operating mode I bring to every product team I lead.

A well-seasoned and passionate Principal Product Designer and Lead Product Engineer. Author of The UX Engineering Playbook. Experienced using AI in creating robust design systems, ideating new features, and translating complex user flows into clearly visualized systems, maps, and journeys.

Colossal experience in developing, leading, and scaling Product Design practices and methodologies within an organization — managing design teams across multiple projects with a track record of driving mobile product design and design systems.

Mastery of Product Design principles and experience producing and managing multi-platform design systems, user flows, rapid prototypes, wireframes, experience maps, and functional product documentation.

Focused on synthesizing user-centred design from consumer insight, data analytics, user research, and business requirements — translating findings into actionable, measurable design decisions.

Technical and business fluency with excellence in breaking down large challenges into incremental solutions. Comfortable driving big-picture thinking along with deep experience in agile development methodology.

Proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment, often juggling multiple priorities and successfully balancing immediate short-term needs while maintaining a strategic vision for the long term.

Core Competencies

The full toolkit.

Two decades of product design distilled into the capabilities I lean on every day — from research and strategy to engineering execution.
AI Integration
Figma & Figma Dev Mode
Mobile-First App Design
AI Product Design
Web & Mobile App Dev
User & Interaction Flows
Product Research
Product Design Strategy
Information Architecture
Quantitative & Qualitative Analysis
Cross-device / Platform
Agile Scrum Project Mgmt
Story & Journey Mapping
User Interviews & Epics
Usability Testing
Human Factors Engineering
Heuristic Analysis
Design System Development
Technical Skills

Tools, languages, and stacks.

A working stack across design, code, and version control — picked deliberately so I can move from sketch to production in a single sitting.

Wireframing & Prototyping

UX Pilot AI Integration Figma Figma Dev Mode Adobe XD Expression Blend 4 Photoshop CS6 Illustrator CS6

Coding & Markup

HTML5 CSS3 JavaScript jQuery .NET Framework C# ASPX ASP WPF

Dev Tools & Version Control

DeepSeek CoPilot UX Pilot Visual Studio VS Code .NET Team Foundation Server Visual Source Safe Jira Confluence
Professional Experience

A timeline of real product wins.

From banks and exchanges to athletic gear and energy giants — five major chapters of leading product design pods, design systems, and the engineering that ships them.
Plan End Game
Salt Lake City, UT
Sept 2024 — Present
Principal UX Designer Principal UX Engineer Sr. UX Manager
I love the versatility of my role. I lead all of our product design projects — managing a team of contractors, creating and coding our UX engineering needs, and working closely with our development team.
  • Lead all product design projects and coordinate a team of contractor designers.
  • Currently designing several financial dashboards end-to-end in Figma.
  • Embedded AI tools directly into our design process — dramatically increasing iteration speed and team efficiency.
  • Hand off pixel-perfect specs and code to engineering using Figma Dev Mode and tokens.
Silicon Valley Bank
Salt Lake City, UT
Mar 2021 — Sept 2024
Principal Product Designer Lead Product Design Engineer
Oversaw Product Design features and capabilities that deliver the best possible experience — leading a large, well-rounded team of design managers across broad initiatives. Defined and prioritized problems, coordinated efforts of multiple design pods, and built new enterprise standards for extensible UI components.
  • Designed and coded the front end of the SVB Design System (prototype available in portfolio).
  • Completed the Treasury Gateway Mobile designs for the new SVB Go — released publicly end of 2024.
  • Advocated for Product Design priorities within interdisciplinary teams; worked in Figma Dev Mode to create reusable components using design tokens.
  • Designed and coded the front end of SVB's API portal including Key Generation and Sandbox.
  • Translated highly complex issues into clean, focused Product Design solutions by defining new ways of working.
  • Crafted and led implementation of a Product Design strategy plan to meet user needs and accelerate business growth.
  • Delivered systems-level design thinking via the Product Maturity model review process.
  • Championed the "persona-driven experiences for experience-driven components" philosophy.
  • Represented the voice of users by initiating and leading User Interviews.
Zions Bancorporation
Salt Lake City, UT
Jan 2018 — Feb 2021
Principal Product Designer Principal Solutions Architect
Took a lead role in strategic design and project implementation — translating business and user requirements into design solutions for end-users and stakeholders. Proposed pragmatic solutions consistent with industry best practices while balancing technical, data, and schedule constraints.
  • Applied advanced understanding in the conceptualization, design, and evaluation of existing systems — offering expert reviews to business and technology teams.
  • Collected and analyzed both quantitative and qualitative data to make design decisions based on usability standards.
  • Carried out user research and translated insights into personas, user journey maps, wireframes, and prototypes.
  • Coordinated with teams, continuously aligning the UI Digital Experience platform with end-user interactions.
  • Created UI Style Guides, Pattern Libraries, and streamlined design processes shared across application development.
Fidelity Investments
Salt Lake City, UT
Jun 2015 — Jan 2018
Principal Product Designer & Architect Product Manager
Led and executed the design strategy that transformed XTRAC's core work management solution. Acted as Voice of the User — articulating points of view, pain points, and desires — to develop a highly responsive web application with HTML5/CSS3, Angular, and Git, replacing the legacy Flash/Flex product.
  • Excellent communicator & storyteller — using sketches, journeys, prototypes, workshops, wireframes, and presentations to move ideas forward.
  • Implemented the Lean Product Design approach, refined to "Persona-driven experiences — experience-driven components" — reducing product development cycles.
  • Partnered with User Research to test design solutions and translate learnings into actionable insights.
  • Designed and developed the "Developer Career Portal" — increasing efficiency of candidate assessment during hiring.
  • Translated requirements into detailed wireframes, mockups, and prototypes; contributed to RSA's design system.
  • Mentored multiple Product Design interns and grew adoption of the Product Maturity model.
Under Armour
Baltimore, MD
Jun 2014 — Jan 2015
Principal IxD / UI / Product Engineer Human Factors
Provided adept Human Factors Engineering guidance based on usability results and HF principles. Generated the company's Product Design Future Vision through impactful web and mobile apps.
  • Directed the development of protocols, study designs, and execution of formative and summative usability studies.
  • Guided 4 development teams using lean Product strategies and prototyping with Axure 7.0 and Sketch.
  • Applied coding expertise in HTML5/CSS3, jQuery, and Angular to complete UI projects.
  • Led the reporting of HF Engineering evaluation findings and built style guides and design pattern libraries for cohesive engineering consumption.
Earlier Career

The foundation years.

The roles that built the foundation — energy, defense, fintech, and enterprise software.
ExxonMobil
Principal IxD / UI / Product / Human Factors Engineering Architect & Manager
Houston, TX · Apr 2013 — Jun 2014
Northrop Grumman
Principal IxD / UI / Product / Human Factors Engineer
Albuquerque, NM · Jan 2013 — May 2013
Open Solutions Inc.
Principal IxD / UI / Product / Human Factors Engineer
Glastonbury, CT · Jan 2012 — Dec 2012
On-Site Systems Support LLC
President & Founder
2010 — 2012
LANDesk Software
UI Design Engineer
2007 — 2010
Professional Development

Education & Authorship.

Brigham Young University
4 Years · Design Graphics Technology
Professional Development
Published Author
The UX Engineering Playbook — available on Amazon
Let's Talk

Ready to design the next thing?

I'm always open to conversations about product design leadership, AI-augmented design workflows, and design systems engineering.

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