Ricardo is a leader that crafts a compelling narrative of possibility driven by strategic clarity, visionary foresight, and a readiness to embrace transformation, while focusing on scaling the design process across multiple business domains.
Throughout my career, I have been focused on surfaces and problems that drive the highest amount of traffic and the largest amount of engagement. Today, I am a Director of Product Design at Dropbox leading the Core Experience of the Web, Mobile, and Desktop platforms.
I specialize in tackling complex, interconnected challenges that arise with scaling systems and introducing emergent initiatives. I unite leadership around a shared purpose, crafting intentional structures, visions, frameworks, and processes that ensure cross-functional collaboration, cultural cohesion, and operational efficiency.
I am most fulfilled when I create clarity from ambiguity, architect systems at scale, and cultivate high-performing teams through vision-setting, strategic foresight, and heart-focused leadership.
Selected speaking
Full Hearts, Self-Created Podcast Series
Design Leadership Summit, Toronto
Nordic.design, Sweden
App Design and Development, Barcelona
Seattle Interactive Conference, Virtual
UX Turkey, Turkey
UX Salon, Tel Aviv
UX Scotland, Scotland
Midwest UX, Chicago
UX Atlantic, New Brunswick
Selected writing
Power and Patience: Finding Leadership Balance, Dropbox Design
Baseball is UX, Medium
And In Spite of It All, I Looked, Medium