Lee Shea
@leeshea
Strategic Product Design Lead with 10+ years shipping zero-to-one MVPs with AI-augmented design workflows.
ZimbabweWhat I'm looking for
I’m a Strategic Product Design Lead with 10+ years of experience across Fortune 500s and early-stage startups, partnering with founders to ship zero-to-one MVPs. My work has helped drive $40M+ in cumulative funding across four ventures.
At Toptal, I lead product design for AI, healthcare, SaaS, and eCommerce—delivering 4 zero-to-1 MVPs for founders in under 90 days and supporting funding outcomes plus 2 public releases. I designed an AI product recommendation engine (mPrompto) projecting +10% AOV through personalized shopping bundles, and I re-envisioned a legacy AI workflow platform (Cumulus AI), increasing adoption 25% and reducing support tickets 15%.
I also build agentic, prototype-to-pitch momentum: AgentGG’s generative AI chat support MVP became a key asset securing $2M seed funding, and Cape Analytics’ AI property analytics platform shipped a $10M Series B-funded MVP 3 weeks early. Previously, I helped improve experiences at Apple (customer engagement app impact: +24% satisfaction, +12% upsells, +16% checkout conversions) and standardized design systems and delivery planning at Boeing.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Led product and UX/UI design for AI, healthcare, SaaS, and eCommerce clients, delivering four zero-to-one MVPs for founders in under 90 days and contributing to funding and two public releases. Re-envisioned legacy AI workflows to increase adoption 25% and reduce support tickets 15%, and designed an AI recommendation engine targeting +10% AOV.
Led conceptual design for an Apple Store customer engagement app, improving satisfaction (+24%), upsells (+12%), and checkout conversions (+16%). Conducted field research across six locations to inform UX improvements.
Mentored enterprise designers and standardized a design system across commercial flight management mobile apps. Led project estimation for a 100+ member design team to support on-time, on-budget delivery.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Stanford Online
AI/ML Certification, Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning
In-progress AI/ML certification through Stanford Online, expected to complete in Q3 2026.
University of Washington
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Visual Communications Design
Earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Visual Communications Design.
UW Extension
Copywriting course, Copywriting
Completed a copywriting course through UW Extension.
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Software and tools used professionally
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