Roberto "Roby" Saavedra

Product Designer IV

Olympus Corporation of the Americas · Remote

Medical technology company building connected surgical and diagnostic solutions.

• Built AI-enhanced traceability tools that unified millions of disparate clinical data points into a natural language interface for endoscopy unit staff
• Led AI workshops to embed AI-informed thinking into the product design process across internal teams
• Conducted field research in hospital endoscopy units across multiple countries, identifying workflow pain points directly at the point of care

Senior Product Designer

Cavnue · Remote

Infrastructure startup bridging current AV capabilities and full self-driving.

• Designed a real-time data dashboard communicating sensor accuracy and system confidence to operators — saving millions in operational costs that would have been spent on third-party tools
• Established design foundations for an in-house analytics suite, reducing vendor dependency and improving data transparency
• Drove product roadmap with PMs, integrating user research and market insights

Senior Product Designer

Revel · Brooklyn, NY

Electric mobility startup (mopeds + EV charging) operating across major US cities.

• First designer at the company; built the entire internal operations and logistics tooling suite from scratch
• Led design on the user-facing iOS and Android apps
• Worked directly with every department lead to align tooling with real operational needs — launch resulted in significant spikes in productivity and financial efficiency
• Built design system scaling across multiple product lines

Product Designer

Flocabulary · Brooklyn, NY

EdTech company using hip-hop to engage K–12 students across core curricula.

• Led design on pedagogical tools, games, and classroom activities for students and teachers
• Ran user research and usability testing; iterated on findings to measurably improve product performance

Lead Product Designer

Propel ML · Brooklyn, NY

• Designed an in-browser JavaScript ML notebook that streamlined developer workflow for machine learning model iteration

Product Designer

Diligent Corporation · New York, NY

B2B SaaS platform for secure boardroom document management (S&P 500 clients).

• Led cross-platform design across iOS, Android, macOS, and Windows
• Drove progressive web app (PWA) initiative end-to-end, bringing full feature parity to the browser and enabling a CI/CD release pipeline — unlocking platform access for enterprise users regardless of OS or device

Freelance Designer

• Designed digital products and brand experiences for Google (self-driving car project / Waymo), Spotify, Zipcar, Kayak, Blue Apron, and others

Good Song Club

React, Node.js, Firebase

A collaborative music platform where users post one song a day — a social layer on top of YouTube with a worldwide shared playlist.

Dig This

React, Node.js, Discogs API

Music discovery tool that pulls random recommendations from the Discogs database by genre. Featured in DJ Mag.

Concrete 95

React, Node.js, Firebase

Experimental audio web app inspired by Musique Concrète — lets users create generative soundscapes from synth pads and found sound.

Lever

Figma Plugin

Figma plugin providing a consistent, opinionated structure to Figma files — reducing setup friction and enforcing file hygiene across teams.