BENJAMIN BENNETT

160 Ainslie Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
email: b@bcdesigncorps.com
voice: +1 (917) 442-9487
profile: linkedin.com/in/benneb
portfolio: behance.net/benneb/


-- SUMMARY --

Product Design Leader with over 25 years creating innovative, large-scale, digital solutions. Effective people manager and accomplished individual contributor with deep financial services experience. Quick, high-level thinker with acute attention to detail.

Core Competencies
 * Design Leadership
 * Product Management
 * Use-Centric Design
 * User Research
 * Algo & AI-based UIs
 * Mobile Experience
 * Client Relationships
 * Interaction Design
 * Information Architecture


-- RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS --

BLOOMEBRG LP, New York, NY
2011 – Present

Contributed to Bloomberg’s continued revenue growth from ~$8 billion to ~$12 billion by redesigning Buy-Side and Sell-Side solutions across Fixed Income, Equities, and FX.

Global UX Lead, Community Products
2020 – Present

 * Providing design oversight and strategic direction to 200 developers and 12 product managers, responsible for all front-end design activities.
 * Achieved record usage of the Instant Bloomberg (IB) chat platform by integrating trading workflows and introducing modern chat features in a non-disruptive way to maximize adoption.

Global UX Team Lead, Trading Solutions / Enterprise Products
2011 – 2019

 * Grew and managed a team of 10 direct reports providing strategic direction, performance assessments, career development, and design oversight.
 * Tripled revenue through enhancements to the sell-side, fixed income electronic trade order management system (ETOMS), continuing Bloomberg’s streak earning the Waters Rankings award for Best Sell-Side OMS Provider.
 * Established a new revenue stream helping clients meet their MiFID II regulatory requirements earning the Waters Ranking award for Best Buy-Side Compliance Product, Regulatory Reporting.
 * Earned the Waters Ranking award for Best Execution Management System by leading a ground-up redesign of EMSX resulting in the world’s #1 most used EMS.


PFIZER, New York, NY
User Experience Design Lead
2007 – 2011

 * Redesigned 34 intranet portals, the world’s 3rd largest SharePoint implementation, increasing traffic 60%+, saving $8 million in annual costs, and improving knowledge sharing across 120,000 colleagues.
 * Managed a portfolio of user experience (UX) design projects, overseeing contract resources and vendor teams, ensuring quality user experiences.
 * Championed user research including site analytics, surveys, polls, card sorting, interviews, focus groups, and usability testing to inform decisions and strategies.


-- PRIOR EXPERIENCE --

ACCENTURE, AGENCY.COM, MARSH, & KEANE, in New York, NY, and abroad, Senior User Experience Designer, Information Architect, UI Designer / Developer, 1997-2007 
 
RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, Troy, NY, Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Multidisciplinary Design Minor, Magna Cum Laude, 1997