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Cameron Vizenor

Hi, I’m Cam.

I’ve been making internets for going on 20 years. Over that time, I’ve worn many hats, and now think of myself as a square-shaped contributor: I’ve been an executive-level product manager, I’ve run UX/UI teams, established a graphic design and branding firm, been an independant contributor on cross-functional tech teams, and led business strategy units. Lately, I’ve been tapped to drive deep consulting engagements across various industries and to build out client-facing, scaleable agentic AI solutions. I strongly believe that new products and technologies should grant people new superpowers.

Experience

Dentsu Creative & Merkle

VP, Design Engineering

Feb 2020 – Current
New York, NY

Headed the Experience Design discipline for Dentsu North America and later moved to Merkle, Inc. to co-develop an agentic-AI-powered Design Engineering practice. Collaborated with Microsoft Copilot, AWS Bedrock, and Google Vertex teams to train our people, run hackathons, and deploy scalable internal and client-facing agentic AI solutions. Our team was highlighted at the 2023 Microsoft Build Keynote. After helping establish the practice, I co-headed a team of 200+ designers, strategists, data analysts, and software engineers focusing on digital experiences and business transformation.

Clients include: Sanmina, Adobe, American Express, Subaru, Shiseido, IMAX, Northrop Grumman, Intel

Smith and Crown

Partner, Product & Design

July 2018 – Sept 2019 (1 Year)
Portland, OR

Established the company’s design practice and launched a new cryptofinance research terminal for professional investors. Wrote and published peer-reviewed blockchain research, led enterprise consulting engagements, and wrote the weekly HTML newsletter with 50,000+ subscribers.

Clients include: Nike, JLL, Ethereum Foundation, HM Government of Gibraltar

Bright Iron Group

Partner

June 2016 – Sept 2019 (3.5 Years)
New York, NY

Responsible for business development, creative direction, program management, and resource management (from 2 to 40 employees + freelance) for a design firm, which was acquired by Smith and Crown in 2019.

Clients include: BlackRock, Samsung, New York MTA, Boston MBTA, Polaroid, Nitstone Finserv, Dr. Reddy’s Pharmaceuticals

Mcgarrybowen

Creative Director, Product Innovations

May 2013 – June 2016 (3 Years)
New York, NY

Founding member of mbInnovations, a strategic consulting group and 0→1 product prototyping lab within a larger advertising agency. Initial 3 years underwritten by Verizon.

Clients include: JP Morgan Chase, Verizon

DDB

Senior User Experience Designer

April 2011 – May 2013 (2 Years)
New York, NY

Lead UX Designer for responsive websites and mobile applications. Worked across a wide variety of clients and spent most weeks in multiple cities.

Clients include: State Farm Insurance, Reebok, PWC, Merck, New York Lottery, Electrolux, Frigidaire, Cotton, Johnson & Johnson: Aveeno, Neutrogena, Lubriderm, Clean & Clear

7modes

Information Architect / UX Researcher

May 2009 – April 2011 (2 Years)
New York, NY

Conducted website navigation studies, wrote functional and technical specifications, conducted usability testing, developed CX journey maps, analyzed website and application usage data, wrote UX heuristic reports and competitive evaluations, created wireframes, flow charts, system diagrams, and experience maps.

Education

Pratt Institute

Masters of Library and Information Science (Graduated with Distinction)

University of California, Santa Cruz

BA Literature + Philosophy (Graduated, Double-Major)

Court of Master Sommeliers

Advanced Sommelier Certification, 2004

Skills

MS Copilot, AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex, Figma, Adobe CC, Google Analytics + Google Console, SQL, HTML, CSS, some JS, writing, biking, hiking, sewing, Dad-ing