M. Ali Kapadia

Co-Founder

Denver, Colorado, United States20 yrs 5 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in sourcing global tech talent.
Led design initiatives achieving 35% YOY growth.
Directed impactful documentaries raising $25K for charities.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Gaming expert with strong design and product management capabilities.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product DesignUser ExperienceMarket ResearchProduct ManagementDesignFilmmakingGame Development

Other Skills

Design SystemGlobal Design ProcessesDocumentationVideo TutorialsMarket Research ToolsAnalyticsArt DirectionDesign FunctionsGame MonetizationDocumentary FilmmakingStorytellingUsability StudiesA/B TestingActionScriptGame Engine Development

About

I'm an engineer, playing a designer, stepping in for product 🎩 If you're building tech, I’ve been in your shoes. I can source the right talent for you globally, so you can do great within your company's budget constraints.

Experience

Dynata

2 roles

Advisor, Design Ops.

Jan 2022 – May 2025 · 3 yrs 4 mos

Unified the global design processes and cut design timelines across various product subsets by establishing Dynata’s Design System.
Evangelized it cross-functionally with global webinars, team specific programs, documentation and video tutorials.
Made the design language for disparate and global product lines consistent across the company, establishing consistent yet intuitive product mechanics for common UX problems across product lines.

Design SystemGlobal Design ProcessesDocumentationVideo TutorialsProduct DesignUser Experience

VP, Product Design

Nov 2016 – Dec 2021 · 5 yrs 1 mo

Unified the research subset of products, with a focus on market research tools for Fortune 500 clients.
Led designers for the survey, audience targeting, and analytics tools with an avg. 35% YOY growth.
Unified the acquired, disparate tools into a seamless platform; a research swiss army knife.
Art-directed all product illustrations & artworks.

Market Research ToolsProduct DesignAnalyticsArt DirectionMarket Research

Multiply.io

Founder

Jan 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 2 mos

Multiply: Quality global tech talent.
Fair Rates → Good Fit → Great Work

Copy.ai

Advisor

Apr 2021 – Mar 2022 · 11 mos

Avanoo

Advisor

Mar 2019 – Nov 2020 · 1 yr 8 mos

Peanut labs - market research and monetization

2 roles

VP, Product & Design

Promoted

Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 · 4 yrs

Established the Product Management & Design functions for the game monetization platform.
Led the cross-device redesigns. NPS from -10 to +65. Profiling rate from 50% to 85%.
Helped add 15% in supplimentary revenue by designing an API variant of the core product.
Rebuilt the airline-miles-for-ads site & ad-ops tool. 35% increase in RPU. Sign-up rate at 30%.

Product ManagementDesign FunctionsGame MonetizationDesign

Product, Design, and Engineering

Jan 2007 – Jan 2011 · 4 yrs

Led all designs from MVPs till the acquisition.
Rapid iterations. Concept to profitability in a year.
Conducted usability studies and ran AB tests, particularly improving signup rate & revenue per user.
With data-driven design strategies, helped the company scale to an $8M run rate in 3 years.

DesignUsability StudiesA/B TestingProduct Design

Philanthropies

Filmmaker

Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 · 1 yr

After the Peanut Labs acquisition, traveled to make documentaries for philanthropic causes.
Directed 10 Short-Docs.
Raised $25K for charities.
Honed storytelling skills.

Documentary FilmmakingStorytellingFilmmaking

Xuqa.com

Senior Game Developer & Designer

Jan 2005 – Jan 2007 · 2 yrs

Led a team of developers and designers for the gaming social network with 1M+ members.
Wrote an isometric game engine with a world builder for social avatars.
Wrote 4 online multiplayer board games in ActionScript.

Game DevelopmentActionScriptGame Engine Development