Zac Diener

Product Owner | UX Strategist

About Me

Bringing vision, clarity, and momentum to product teams

I'm an avid acrobat, adventurist and lover of both nature and technology. My goal is to make the world a better place than I found it. Where I go I build community, most often by sharing the practice of partner acrobatics. One of my great joys in life is seeing the glee on someones face when they do something they never thought possible.

In my professional life, I’m a Product Manager with a foundation in UX, frontend development, and cognitive science. I’ve led cross-functional teams to deliver secure, intuitive, and impactful tools—ranging from transit infrastructure to game development platforms to enterprise level energy monitoring systems. I believe great product design—like great performance—is about flow, focus, and collaboration. When we are motivated with passion, we can create the impossible.

Education

M.S. in Human Factors, Bentley University
B.S. in Cognitive Science, UC San Diego

Experience

15+ years in UX, Product Strategy, and Development

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Zac and Alex acrobatics

My Skills

The tools I use to bring ideas to life

Product Leadership

Driving clarity, vision, and outcomes across cross-functional teams

Agile Roadmapping User Stories Jira / Monday Team Facilitation

UX & Research

Designing intuitive experiences informed by real user needs

Wireframes User Testing Surveys Ethnography Figma

Data & Decision-Making

Leveraging analytics to inform strategy and optimize outcomes

Analytics SQL PostgreSQL ANN / AI Dashboards

Development Fluency

Collaborating deeply with developers and contributing full-stack

JavaScript HTML/CSS Ruby on Rails Angular APIs

My Work

Some projects I’ve led and helped shape

Smart BikeLocker System

Smart BikeLocker System

Designed and launched a nationwide app for smart bike parking solutions, integrating mobile app, transit card support, embedded kiosk UIs, and secure ID verification.

Product Strategy UX Design Mobile Embedded UI
Game Studio Tools Platform

Game Studio Tools Platform

Led roadmap and UX for a suite of tools used across global DeNA game studios to develop, tune, and deploy mobile game titles.

Agile Product Management Dev Tools UX Strategy
Energy Monitoring UX

Energy Monitoring UX

Redesigned dashboards and workflows for energy reporting tools, streamlining interfaces and reducing support load by over 30%.

UX Research Enterprise UX Data Visualization

Get In Touch

I love community and human connection

Let's Create Something Amazing

I'm always working to make the world a better place and continuously seeking opportunities to contribute to impactful initiatives, develop stronger communities and improve my personal and professional skills. Please reach out, I'd love to hear from you.

Zac.Diener at gmail

(510) 388-11 nine five

San Francisco Bay Area, CA