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Rafael Rodrigues

2014 — Present

Six roles across healthcare, science, and enterprise software — newest first.

  1. 2023 – Present · Remote

    Fractional Product Design Leader

    Independent Product Design Consultant

    Strategic design leadership for Boston-based startups including Rhino FCP, Secured Health, and Jaxon AI — partnering directly with CPOs and CTOs on product vision, design systems, user research, and high-fidelity prototypes that cut engineering implementation time.

  2. 2021 – 2023 · Boston, MA (Remote)

    Founding Product Designer

    TetraScience

    Sole designer through hypergrowth from 40 to 200+ employees. Designed the enterprise scientific data cloud used by pharma teams at Moderna, Novartis, and Merck, and built the design system that carried 15+ product teams — supporting 5x company growth.

  3. 2020 – 2021 · Remote

    Founding Product Designer

    Ovation

    Designed an infectious-disease LIMS from zero to one during the critical COVID-19 testing period — sample tracking, workflow automation, and results reporting. Drove 220% revenue growth and cut support tickets by 60%.

  4. 2018 – 2020 · Remote

    Senior Product Designer

    Independent Product Design Consultant

    Led UX/UI for six applications across healthcare, manufacturing, and enterprise software for clients including Nagarro, LightForce Orthodontics, Stratasys, and GoTo — improving user engagement by 40% on average and earning repeat business from three of four clients.

  5. 2015 – 2018 · Boston, MA (Remote)

    Product Designer

    Stratasys

    Led design of iOS and Android apps for remote 3D-printer monitoring, serving thousands of enterprise customers — 4.5+ star ratings and 50K+ downloads — and contributed to a company-wide design system that accelerated development cycles by 30%.

  6. 2014 – 2015 · Boston, MA

    Product Designer

    Iora Health

    Designed the patient portal and EMR interfaces for an innovative primary-care provider, lifting patient engagement by 45% and reducing scheduling call volume. Iora was later acquired by Amazon for $3B.

  7. Education

    Lesley UniversityBA in Design