Ricardo Morales-Hernández
Senior Designer

Helping teams deliver life-centered outcomes through research, strategy, design, and education.

Work


Capabilities

EXPERIENCE

20y+

SECTORS

Civic, Government & Healthcare
Earth Observation & Geospatial
Faith Based, Non Profit & NGO
Food, Logistics & Supply Chain
Mission-Driven & Space-Tech
Sustainability & Culture
Tech & Innovation

RESEARCH
UXR — User Experience Research
Continuous Discovery
Ethnographic Research
Mixed Methods
AI-Driven Research

STRATEGY
Life-Centered Process for People
Human Centered Design | HCD
Speculative, Innovation & Foresight
Product & Brand Strategy

DESIGN
Transformation & Service Design
Storytelling & Visual Design
Facilitation & Co-Design
Product & UX/UI Design
Editorial & Digital
Brand Systems

SKILLS


Experience

Maxar Intelligence
Strategic & Service Designer Staff UX Engineer | UXR

2023-2022

Driving next-gen brand strategy, creative direction, and product design for multiple geospatial products. Led $70M opportunity sprints, UXR restructuring, and AI-driven discovery. Led Maxar Developer Portal, and MGP Discover Next, driving MM$ impact.

Developed holistic service, AI, and software solutions through human-centered design & innovation. Led OCS Credentialing (gov/health),cutting credentialing time from months to days and saving millions.

Wovenware
Senior UX & Interaction Designer

2023-2025

2020 -2022

Transcendental
Founder & Director UX

Led a design consultancy for healthcare, culture, wellness & sustainability. Delivered scalable design systems, UX/UI, brand system and editorial for SMB.

2021-2009

UAGM
Design Professor

Advanced design education through foundational, interdisciplinary courses that foster innovation, social impact, mentoring, and entrepreneurship.

TIME

ROLES

INFO


Testimonials

“He can go from the details of smallest interaction on a screen to the high level and strategic thinking that goes into creating holistic, ecosystem level solutions for immensely complex problems. He doesn't just create visuals; he crafts narratives that align teams, bridge gaps between disciplines, and help everyone, whether in engineering, product, go-to-market, or leadership-see the bigger picture and make better decisions. Few people can translate abstract ideas into tangible, accessible artifacts the way he does.”

Dana Montenegro
Chief Design Officer
Maxar Intelligence
Ex Fjord | Accenture

“Ricardo was indispensable…and helped me with a wide spectrum of design oriented tasks to help design my AI/ML solutions. This included, customer interviews to gather requirements, communication material… as well as feature/use-case/product design.Not only is Ricardo an effective, professional communicator and contributor, he is a joy to work with. He has a positive attitude and friendly disposition that is so rarely found in high-performing individuals.”

Manuel Gonzalez-Rivero
Director of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
The Aerospace Corporation

“Ricardo… leads the creative process with the highest integrity and character. I was lucky to have been able to work with him and the best team I've ever worked with in my career.”

Jonathan Spinney
Senior Director | Here Technologies


KUDOS

Director

Director

CONTRIBUTOR

C-Suite

SENIORITY