Dave Ghent

Product designer with experience in startups, agencies, and founding teams.

Recent Work

Strava

Strava

Paid features for a consumer fitness product to help athletes find, view, and analyze their training efforts over time.

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kohort

Founding Designer at Kohort

A remote video collaboration tool with AI assisted meeting topics, live transcription and dedicated team meeting spaces.

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Scoot

Scoot

Fleet management tools for thousands of shared electric eBikes, kick scooters, and mopeds.

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Experience

2023
Product Designer at TruckSmarter (current)
A mobile fintech platform for independent truck drivers.

2020
Founding Designer at Kohort
A remote video collaboration tool with AI-powered meeting topics.

2019
Product Design Lead at Strava
Developing paid features for a social training platform for cyclists and runners.

2018
Product Design Lead at Scoot (acquired by Bird)
A San Francisco-based micromobility service for shared electric vehicles.

2015
Senior Product Designer at Pivotal (acquired by VMware)
Developing efficient products and processes for enterprise clients.

2013
Senior Designer at Architech
Toronto based agile software development agency.

2008
UX Designer at DesignAxiom
A small Flash development agency creating interactive experiences and children’s games.

Contact

Linkedin

Email

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Side projects

Ontario Skateparks
As a skater, I’ve been building a skatepark directory for Ontario, Canada, since 2010, refining my photography and editing skills along the way.

35mil
I hand-coded a website to showcase my landscape photography shot on a 35mm Olympus Stylus Epic.

Sechs Monate in Berlin
A photography journal website I built during my time living and working in Berlin.

Design articles I've written

"How product designers can better collaborate with brand designers"

"How to Validate Your Visual Design Decisions"

"3 Tips for better visual design on an agile team."

"Using Trello for User Research Synthesis"