Ugo Ifezue
hey@ugo.bio
Product Design Lead at Nestcoin
October 2021 - March 2025
Spearheaded the end-to-end design for a Coinbase Wallet integration, enabling payments across 20 global markets.
Redesigned KYC flows to balance compliance and user convenience, by implementing progressive tiers that improved throughput by 85%.
Built and launched a flagship B2B trading platform for high-value merchants processing $5M+ in monthly escrow transactions.
Created and scaled a token-based design system (180+ components), reducing handoff friction, while improving our design-to-dev cycle time by 30%.
Owned user research for payout flow optimization and launched FX rate-locks that reduced cancellations by 28% and improved transaction confidence in new markets.
Mentored 8 designers across three continents, establishing design critique rituals and career progression frameworks.
I hired and mentored over 8 high-performing individuals spanning Product Design and Brand Design. I was responsible for setting our design vision and strategy, overseeing project execution, and ensuring high-impact results from the team.
Design Lead at Bundle
August 2019 - September 2021
Orchestrated end-to-end UX and UI for a P2P crypto wallet, achieving 650,000+ users and $56M monthly volume.
Developed a component-based library that reduced engineering rework by 25% and ensured UI consistency across web and mobile.
Drove referral onboarding experiments with Growth PMs, using funnel analysis and A/B tests to identify high-drop segments, resulting in a 15% uplift in conversions and multiple follow-on test cycles.
Senior Product Designer at Heftybyte Inc.
April 2017 - May 2018
Shipped a mobile Ethereum wallet, securing $7M in ICO funding and onboarding 10,000+ early adopters.
Redesigned ride-sharing flows for a NYC transit app, boosting user task success rates by 22% through iterative prototyping.
Collaborated with users through prototype testing and remote surveys to refine ride-booking flows
Product Designer at Intelia.io
October 2016 - April 2017
Conceptualized a visual surgical-planning tool, reducing consult time by 15% and enhancing decision confidence for clinicians.
Launched a hospital-match platform that improved placement efficiency by 30%, informed by contextual user interviews.
Conducted contextual interviews with clinicians and students to map decision paths and build for clarity.
Product Designer & Design Engineer at VConnect
April 2013 - March 2016
Redesigned mobile UX for 4M+ SMB vendors, improving conversion rates by 20%.
Engineered a lightweight, bandwidth-aware storefront using adaptive content delivery, co-developed with Facebook’s connectivity team and scaled to 200K+ monthly views in low-resource environments.
Ugo Ifezue
hey@ugo.bio
Product Design Lead at Nestcoin
October 2021 - March 2025
Spearheaded the end-to-end design for a Coinbase Wallet integration, enabling payments across 20 global markets.
Redesigned KYC flows to balance compliance and user convenience, by implementing progressive tiers that improved throughput by 85%.
Built and launched a flagship B2B trading platform for high-value merchants processing $5M+ in monthly escrow transactions.
Created and scaled a token-based design system (180+ components), reducing handoff friction, while improving our design-to-dev cycle time by 30%.
Owned user research for payout flow optimization and launched FX rate-locks that reduced cancellations by 28% and improved transaction confidence in new markets.
Mentored 8 designers across three continents, establishing design critique rituals and career progression frameworks.
I hired and mentored over 8 high-performing individuals spanning Product Design and Brand Design. I was responsible for setting our design vision and strategy, overseeing project execution, and ensuring high-impact results from the team.
Design Lead at Bundle
August 2019 - September 2021
Orchestrated end-to-end UX and UI for a P2P crypto wallet, achieving 650,000+ users and $56M monthly volume.
Developed a component-based library that reduced engineering rework by 25% and ensured UI consistency across web and mobile.
Drove referral onboarding experiments with Growth PMs, using funnel analysis and A/B tests to identify high-drop segments, resulting in a 15% uplift in conversions and multiple follow-on test cycles.
Senior Product Designer at Heftybyte Inc.
April 2017 - May 2018
Shipped a mobile Ethereum wallet, securing $7M in ICO funding and onboarding 10,000+ early adopters.
Redesigned ride-sharing flows for a NYC transit app, boosting user task success rates by 22% through iterative prototyping.
Collaborated with users through prototype testing and remote surveys to refine ride-booking flows
Product Designer at Intelia.io
October 2016 - April 2017
Conceptualized a visual surgical-planning tool, reducing consult time by 15% and enhancing decision confidence for clinicians.
Launched a hospital-match platform that improved placement efficiency by 30%, informed by contextual user interviews.
Conducted contextual interviews with clinicians and students to map decision paths and build for clarity.
Product Designer & Design Engineer at VConnect
April 2013 - March 2016
Redesigned mobile UX for 4M+ SMB vendors, improving conversion rates by 20%.
Engineered a lightweight, bandwidth-aware storefront using adaptive content delivery, co-developed with Facebook’s connectivity team and scaled to 200K+ monthly views in low-resource environments.
Ugo Ifezue
hey@ugo.bio
Product Design Lead at Nestcoin
October 2021 - March 2025
Spearheaded the end-to-end design for a Coinbase Wallet integration, enabling payments across 20 global markets.
Redesigned KYC flows to balance compliance and user convenience, by implementing progressive tiers that improved throughput by 85%.
Built and launched a flagship B2B trading platform for high-value merchants processing $5M+ in monthly escrow transactions.
Created and scaled a token-based design system (180+ components), reducing handoff friction, while improving our design-to-dev cycle time by 30%.
Owned user research for payout flow optimization and launched FX rate-locks that reduced cancellations by 28% and improved transaction confidence in new markets.
Mentored 8 designers across three continents, establishing design critique rituals and career progression frameworks.
I hired and mentored over 8 high-performing individuals spanning Product Design and Brand Design. I was responsible for setting our design vision and strategy, overseeing project execution, and ensuring high-impact results from the team.
Design Lead at Bundle
August 2019 - September 2021
Orchestrated end-to-end UX and UI for a P2P crypto wallet, achieving 650,000+ users and $56M monthly volume.
Developed a component-based library that reduced engineering rework by 25% and ensured UI consistency across web and mobile.
Drove referral onboarding experiments with Growth PMs, using funnel analysis and A/B tests to identify high-drop segments, resulting in a 15% uplift in conversions and multiple follow-on test cycles.
Senior Product Designer at Heftybyte Inc.
April 2017 - May 2018
Shipped a mobile Ethereum wallet, securing $7M in ICO funding and onboarding 10,000+ early adopters.
Redesigned ride-sharing flows for a NYC transit app, boosting user task success rates by 22% through iterative prototyping.
Collaborated with users through prototype testing and remote surveys to refine ride-booking flows
Product Designer at Intelia.io
October 2016 - April 2017
Conceptualized a visual surgical-planning tool, reducing consult time by 15% and enhancing decision confidence for clinicians.
Launched a hospital-match platform that improved placement efficiency by 30%, informed by contextual user interviews.
Conducted contextual interviews with clinicians and students to map decision paths and build for clarity.
Product Designer & Design Engineer at VConnect
April 2013 - March 2016
Redesigned mobile UX for 4M+ SMB vendors, improving conversion rates by 20%.
Engineered a lightweight, bandwidth-aware storefront using adaptive content delivery, co-developed with Facebook’s connectivity team and scaled to 200K+ monthly views in low-resource environments.