Ricardo Morales-Hernández
Senior Designer

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

Work


Capabilities

EXPERIENCE

20y+

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

SECTORS


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.

Wovenware
Senior UX & Interaction Designer

2023-2025

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.

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

C-Suite

Dana Montenegro
Chief Design Officer at Maxar Intelligence
Ex Fjord | Accenture

“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.”

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

Director

“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.”

Director

Jonathan Spinney
Senior Director | Here Technologies

“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.”


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CONTRIBUTOR