Micah Alpern

San Francisco Bay Area United States

Sr. Director of Product Design at Medallia

Technology / Software / Internet

I'm the Director of Product Design at Medallia where I'm growing and leading a team of designers focused on making the business world more customer centric. As a Senior Product & Design Leader I've built and managed teams at LinkedIn, Yahoo!, and eBay. The consumer products my teams have built are used by hundreds of millions of people. At LinkedIn I led the Mobile UX team for 2.5 years, growing it from 1 to 12 designers, and 3% to 43% of traffic. Later I was the group design manager for the CORE Products team (Profile, Search, and Growth). I believe great products start with a thesis, touch people emotionally, and are validated with data. I care about advancing the art of product desig...