Ry Santos
UX Designer & Software Engineer
A multidisciplinary UX designer and front-end software engineer based in the Philippines. Creativity, innovation, and collaboration drives my work which helps me bring valuable skills that drive growth and differentiation. I aspire to continue growing to keep myself aligned to the rapidly changing technology landscape.

Experience

Accenture, Inc.

August 2025 - Present (3 months)

Senior UX Designer

Big 5 Tech Company - Company YSoftware and Cloud Platform

I was onboarded to be part of the GenAI team which currently has a couple of LLM tools being developed. My primary responsibility is to provide design expertise on designing the interfaces for these LLM tools and to provide guidance on conversational design.

UX Designer
Figma
Generative AI
Large Language Models
Customer Service
Gemini
Google Cloud Platform
Google Offerings

4

User journeys designed

1

Product design owned

  • Provided design expertise on co-designer's complex requirements for other features.
  • Aided in generating ideas for another LLM tool during discovery sessions.
  • Analyzed and assessed designer portfolios for open UX designer role.

February 2025 - July 2025 (4 months)

Lead Researcher

Big 5 Tech Company - Company YSoftware and Cloud Platform

The client was looking to discover insights covering many areas of their cloud development platform. This role was a departure from my usual design or developer role because the role required me to perform research and interviews.

UX Designer
Software Engineer
Figma
Python
Microsoft Azure Data Factory
Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services
Firebase
Microsoft Power BI
Market Research
Interviews
Data Analysis

~10,000

Lines of Python code written for the data fetching, transformation, and analysis

40

Participants from the Philippines and the USA were interviewed to identify pain points

Obtained Reddit data which included ~900 posts, ~5,000 comments, and ~15,000 messages which were used for sentiment analysis and opinion mining.

  • Proposed the research methodology and activities that adapt to client’s needs.
  • Led the gathering of external data, analysis of the cleaned data, and presentation of the results to the clients.

July 2024 - February 2025 (7 months)

Senior UX Designer

Big 5 Tech Company - Company XSoftware and Cloud Platform

The project involves serving the end customer of the client by providing development efforts of various internal tools. Generative AI tools were starting to be developed around the time I joined the team.

UX Designer
Figma
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Power Platform
Microsoft 365
Generative AI
Large Language Models
Conversational Design
Design Library

3

Proposed MVP solutions designed and prototyped for end customers

5

AI-enabled tools designed for end customers

100+

Components, icons, and illustrations designed for a new design library

  • Completed the designs for an innovation portal and asset tracking dashboard.
  • Supported the Office of the CTO in its marketing efforts.

October 2024 - February 2025 (4 months)

Senior UX Designer

Internal Innovation HubInnovation, Cosmetic Products, Digital Payments

The internal innovation hub of Accenture needed designs for some products we needed to present to potential clients. The products we built were AI-focused.

UX Designer
Figma
Generative AI
AI Orchestrator

2

AI-enabled MVPs designed for demonstration

30+

Logos, icons, and graphic assets created from scratch

Designed a mobile app with ~10 screens and variations showcasing the feasibility of an AI orchestrator that enables users to seamlessly perform business transactions.

Provided responsive design that showcased the process of trying on make up “looks” through the use of generative AI.

July 2023 - June 2024 (1 year)

Senior UX Architect

Big 5 Tech Company - Company XSoftware and Cloud Platform

This was a fast-paced project that involved collaborating with the client's end customers to solve their challenges within four weeks (two weeks of design) – using only the client's cloud development platform.

UX Designer
Figma
Klaxoon
Workshop Facilitation
Stakeholder Management
Microsoft Power Apps
Microsoft Power BI

5

End customers collaborated with to work on a solution

14

App templates designed which were published on Microsoft App Source

100+

Components created and managed in the design library

  • Facilitated intake activities, designed prototypes, and delivered MVP applications in 2-week sprint cycles.
  • Conducted design reviews with co-designers for design improvement.

October 2022 - July 2023 (9 months)

Promoted

Product Owner & Senior UX Designer

Accenture Corp. Services & Sustainability MetaverseImmersive Experience

Accenture's corporate functions wanted to develop a 3D immersive experience which could be used to allow employees to go through the different functions and offerings under internal groups.

UX Designer
Figma
Adobe Creative Cloud
Product Backlog Management
Stakeholder Management
Microsoft Azure DevOps
AltSpace VR
Virtual Reality (VR)
Blender
Microsoft Mesh

17

Sprints successfully managed the backlog for

14

Metaverse environments developed

100+

Posters, screens, 3D models, and other in-universe content designed

Created and managed the design guideline for both 2D and 3D experiences which consisted of a design system and component library.

October 2022 - December 2022 (2 months)

Product Owner & UX Designer

ATCP Learning Experience Platform MetaverseImmersive Experience

Accenture's learning group wanted to develop a 3D immersive experience which could be used to allow employees to accomplish bootcamp activities and trainings.

UX Designer
Figma
Adobe Creative Cloud
Product Backlog Management
Stakeholder Management
Microsoft Azure DevOps
AltSpace VR
Virtual Reality (VR)

5

Sprints successfully managed the backlog for

6

Metaverse environments developed

Designed a few posters, screens, and other in-universe content.

December 2020 - June 2023 (1 year 6 months)

Promoted

Software Engineer

Nonprofit Private Foundation in the USANonprofit

The nonprofit foundation tapped us for the development and maintenance of their internal tools which were used for their organizational operations and management.

UX Designer
Software Engineer
Figma
Adobe XD
Angular
Python
C#
ASP.Net
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Power BI

1K - ~15M

Rows of data transformed and processed which were used for reporting in Power BI

4

Power BI reports designed and delivered; they were used for tracking investments, managing projects, managing system integrations, and tracking COVID travel information

~10

Enhancements developed for a web app that manages projects and investments

Co-developed an AI classification model which helped us identify data-related projects.

  • Facilitated data transformations and data movement using Python, Azure Runbooks, and Dell Boomi.
  • Designed prototypes for SharePoint sites and PowerApps applications.
  • Owned an analytics solution that utilizes Power BI and Smartsheet.

August 2020 - December 2020 (4 months)

Data Governance Analyst

Nonprofit Private Foundation in the USANonprofit

The nonprofit foundation was implementing data governance to perform lineage analytics on their data. This was important due to the frequent changes being done to their data and the impact of those to their tools and operations.

Software Engineer
Collibra
Dell Boomi
Microsoft Power BI

~500

Columns and column metadata managed

2

Power BI reports delivered which helped see impact on data changes

January 2019 - August 2020 (1 year 7 months)

Associate Software Engineer

Avanade PlayHouse (Innovation Team)Innovation

After some extensive big-data trainings, I was onboarded in the PlayHouse team. It was a small team that developed innovative tools that could be presented to clients to get their buy-in.

UX Designer
Software Engineer
Figma
Adobe Creative Cloud
Microsoft Azure
Angular
Python
Microsoft Power BI

3

MVP apps designed and developed

~20

Enhancements developed for an Hour of Code game which helped educate children on different digital concepts

  • Produced graphic designs, videos, and presentations for client demonstrations and for internal innovation initiatives.
  • Co-organized an innovation event in 2020 which helped drive client engagement across multiple industries.

Freelance & Internship

August 2018 - December 2018 (4 months)

Freelance Full-Stack Developer

St. John the Baptist Catholic SchoolEducation

The client needed a small clinic management system for their school.

Software Engineer
HTML5
CSS3
JavaScript (ES6+)
Bootstrap
jQuery

5

Modules developed

February 2019 - May 2018 (3 months)

Web Development Intern

PLDTTelecommunications

I was hired as a web development intern. The team I was put in was in charge of developing website templates that were included as part of their small-to-medium enterprise internet bundles.

UX Designer
Software Engineer
Adobe Creative Cloud
HTML5
CSS3
JavaScript (ES6+)
jQuery
Content Management Systems (CMS)

5

Web templates designed and developed

Assisted in the development of PLDT DigiCon 2018’s event website

Competencies

UX Design and Other Media

User Research
Information Architecture
Wireframing
Prototyping
Interaction Design
User Journey Mapping
Usability Testing
Design Systems
Design Governance
Design Thinking
Iconography
2D and 3D Graphic Design
Video Editing
Figma
Adobe XD
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe After Effects
Blender
Adobe Audition
Adobe Media Encoder
Canva
Capcut

Software and Data Engineering

Frontend Architecture
UI Development
Component-Based Development
Responsive Web Design
API Integration
Data Modeling
Data Governance
Data Movement
Data Transformation Logic
Data Visualization
Data Storytelling
Performance Monitoring
React
Next.js
TypeScript
Angular
Tailwind CSS

Backend

API Design
Database Design
Authentication
Node.js
Express
Python
C#
.NET
Firebase

Project Management

Product Strategy
Roadmap Planning
Stakeholder Alignment
Agile
Scrum
Jira
Azure DevOps
Product Ownership

Tools & Others

CI/CD
Cloud Architecture
Generative AI Principles
Git
Docker
Vite
Genkit AI
GCP
Azure

Side Projects

E-commerce Platform
E-commerce Platform
A full-stack e-commerce solution with a modern, responsive design, product management, and secure payments.
Next.js
TypeScript
Stripe
PostgreSQL
AI Content Generator
AI Content Generator
A SaaS application that uses generative AI to create marketing copy and blog posts for businesses.
React
Firebase
Genkit AI
Tailwind CSS
Task Management App
Task Management App
A collaborative task management tool with real-time updates, notifications, and a drag-and-drop interface.
React
Node.js
WebSockets
MongoDB