Summary
Neil Duan is a seasoned UX leader and Head of UED based in the San Francisco Bay Area with two decades of product design experience and over a decade in senior leadership roles. He has built and scaled multinational design organizations—recruiting and managing 70+ designers, researchers, and writers—while driving platform redesigns and product strategies at Alibaba, LinkedIn, and Longbridge Securities. Known for blending hands-on craft with organizational strategy, he led cross-functional teams to improve trading experiences, increase user retention, and unlock international market growth. His experience spans consumer and enterprise ecosystems, design systems, content strategy, and market-specific product incubation across APAC, EMEA, and the US. As an entrepreneur and consultant he also ran a small e-commerce company, giving him practical business and operational insight that informs his design leadership.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Fine Arts - MFA, Design and Technology, Master of Fine Arts - MFA, Design and Technology at Parsons School of Design
Bachelor, Graphic Design, Bachelor, Graphic Design at Tsinghua University
English, Chinese