Ivan

I’m a builder by nature. I go from idea to working product fast. Relic Timer’s first version took two days. At Netflix I moved a six-year-old product, used by thousands, to a new design system: working in two days, rolled out across the platform in three weeks, while teaching designers to work in code and keeping my other work going.
Making is cheap now. Knowing what to make, what to cut and when to stop is the job, and it’s what I’m best at.
Now: Product Design Engineer at Netflix, plus Doyouplay, Relic Timer, and Ramona with Shinzen Young. Before: founder of Gammma, founding designer at Ami, then BuzzFeed and VTS.
New York. Never a better time.
Projects
Matchmaking for the modern athlete. Every park is a meeting ground about to happen. We connect the tennis players who haven’t met yet
A simple, beautiful meditation timer for iOS
Ramona
Voice-first AI meditation companion, built on Shinzen Young’s 50 years of teaching. Product and GTM lead (nonprofit)
Roles
Netflix
Product Design Engineer
December 2024–Now
Building the next-gen media platform used by productions. I lead work beyond my own team, like moving a 6-year-old product with thousands of users to a new design system: working in two days, rolled out in three weeks, while training designers to work in code
Product Design Lead
May 2018–September 2022
Expanding global storytelling and creating tools used by industry professionals. Working with Dubbing and Globalization teams
Ami Founding Designer
2023–2024
A spatial social network, from 0 to 1: design system, onboarding, core flows and spatial experiments
Gammma Founder
2022–2023
An operating system for indie video production teams
BuzzFeed Product Designer
June 2017–April 2018
Simplified social media planning and scheduling for the Distribution team
VTS Senior Product Designer
November 2014–April 2017
Leading mobile platform and core web features (management/visualization of data) for the US/Global Commercial Real Estate class
Motion & VFX Artist
2010–2015
Freelance post-production on music videos, TV intros and animation. VFX supervisor on set with production crews