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Cesar Garcia

@cesargarcia1

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I design and ship AI-native fintech and crypto products used by millions.

Portugal

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a founding designer, design lead, or hands-on staff/principal product design role where I can turn complex technical constraints into simple products and ship end to end with AI-native workflows.

I’ve led product design for Confirmo, Trust Wallet, Mara, Cable, Penfold and other high-stakes fintech products spanning payments, crypto, pensions and financial crime compliance. My work has reached 200M+ users across consumer and SaaS products.

At Confirmo, I redesigned checkout from 9% success to 43% in key markets and 27% overall, adding $135M annually in converted payments without backend changes. I also launched Confirmo Subscriptions with Circle and Solana, helping accelerate the company’s move toward API-first enterprise clients.

At Mara, I led three cross-functional teams and shipped a full end-to-end redesign to 24M users in under a month. By moving KYC and verification to the point of need, I cut onboarding by 89%, raised completion from 12% to 88%, and saved $6.9M annually.

I’m an engineer by training and a twice-founding designer who turns technical constraints into simple, proven experiences. I work end to end—from strategy, research and systems to prototyping, building and shipping—with AI now covering engineering work that once took a larger team.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Co-Founder

Current

DONE

Mar 2018 - Present (8 years 5 months)

Led product strategy and UX/UI for a consumer fitness app, launching in March 2020 and earning a 5.0 App Store rating within two months. Currently building it solo with AI covering engineering, with a relaunch set for 2026.

Product Strategy UX AI assisted Development

Product Design Lead

Confirmo

Oct 2025 - Jun 2026 (8 months)

First designer at a crypto payments processor, owning the full buyer-and-merchant surface and brand. Built the design system from scratch, redesigned a checkout to increase success from 9% to 43% in key markets, and launched Confirmo Subscriptions with Circle and Solana.

Design Systems Product Design Crypto Payments Checkout Optimization Branding

Lead Product Designer

Trust Wallet

Apr 2025 - Sep 2025 (5 months)

Lead designer on the Banking/Fiat Squad, rebuilding new-wallet and import flows and overhauling fiat-to-crypto funding for 200M+ users. Built on Binance's design framework, working cross-functionally with product, engineering, and data.

Product Design Fiat To Crypto Design Systems Cross Functional Collaboration

Independent Consulting

Self Employed

Sep 2024 - Mar 2025 (6 months)

Provided UX audits and design leadership for early-stage startups, including BLKBOX.ai and ShopLevers, delivering shippable products and design systems.

Prototyping Design Systems AI Product Design

Head of Design and Product Owner

Mara

Nov 2022 - Aug 2024 (1 year 9 months)

Ran three cross-functional teams for a crypto/fiat wallet, presenting strategy to investors. Executed a full end-to-end redesign in under a month, cutting onboarding by 89% and increasing completion from 12% to 88%, adding 20M users and saving $6.9M annually.

Design Leadership Product Management Onboarding KYC AML

Founding Designer

Cable

Jul 2021 - Oct 2022 (1 year 3 months)

First designer at a financial-crime and AML compliance startup, transforming reactive client-driven builds into a coherent, UX-led compliance suite that landed the product's first real sale.

Product Design AML Compliance UX Strategy Design Leadership

Director of Design

Orbis Pay

Jun 2020 - May 2021 (11 months)

Owned the full product end-to-end, from earned-advance and savings flows to onboarding, aligning Sales, Engineering, Legal, and Customer Success across complex employer-payroll integrations.

Product Design Branding Marketing Payroll Integration

Founding Designer

Penfold

Jun 2019 - May 2020 (11 months)

First hire, took the proof of concept to a live app onboarding real customers in one week, built a modular design system that halved engineering work, and refocused the product on existing pension holders, driving 6x signups and GBP 4M in first-year AUM.

Product Design Design Systems Pensions Rapid Prototyping

Head of Product Design

Starcount

May 2017 - May 2019 (2 years)

First product designer, grew the function into a four-person team, hit a GBP 1M first-year revenue target in 91 days across two product lines launched from scratch and one revived, centered on an audience-intelligence tool built with Twitter and Royal Mail.

Product Design Team Leadership Audience Intelligence Revenue Growth