Michael Mancuso

Head of Product Design @ Veoci

New York City Metropolitan Area

About

25 years of UX and product design leadership. I specialize in 0-to-1 design functions, design-immature organizations, and complex high-stakes products — building the teams, systems, and culture that turn design into a competitive advantage. ↑25% CSAT. ↓75% support tickets. 10M+ users. 92% customer satisfaction at scale. I've seen your problem before.

Experience

  • Head of Product Design at Veoci
    Jul 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Leading product design for a mission-critical no-code enterprise platform serving emergency management, business continuity, and state and local government clients. → Reporting to CTO and presenting design strategy directly to CEO, driving executive alignment on platform vision and modernization roadmap → Leading and growing a small but mighty design team, including a design technologist hire — establishing the function, culture → Directing a full platform refactor to modernize UX, address accumulated user feedback, and position Veoci for enterprise growth → Stabilizing and evolving the no-code Pages web app builder, delivering feature refinements on a continuous 5-week release cadence → Implementing an AI-augmented design organization using Claude and Gemini across research, design, and development workflows

  • Senior Director of User Experience, Digital Education at Wiley
    Jun 2019 - Nov 2023 · 4 yrs 6 mos

    Leader of UX design and user research for Wiley Digital Education's higher education courseware products serving over 10MM users. → Increased Usability (SUS) 20%, Customer Satisfaction 10% in 2 years → Reduced support tickets by 75% → Increased customer base 3x YoY over 5 years → Introduced design system and built UX Research discipline

  • Director of User Experience Research and Design at Knewton
    Oct 2016 - May 2019 · 2 yrs 8 mos

    Leader of User Experience Design and Research → Launched Knewton Alta adaptive courseware product for Higher Education → Achieved and maintained 92% Customer Satisfaction → Spearheaded the use of a design system → Launched integrated in-app customer support, user feedback, and user research capabilities

  • Senior Design Director at Everyday Health Group
    Jul 2015 - Apr 2016 · 10 mos

    Leader of UX Design for everydayhealth.com and whattoexpect.com → Leader and designer of web, iOS, and Android mobile apps → Launched new diabetes and multiple sclerosis condition centers → Conducted design sprints → Mentored the UX team → Updated processes and tools.

  • Head of Product Design at BlueLine Grid
    Apr 2013 - May 2015 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    Founding employee of start-up focused on Public Safety coordination and information solutions for fusion centers and those in the field. → Leading hands-on UX/UI Design and Research → Prototyping of new iOS, Android, and web apps → Co-managed global Engineering team of 50+ developers → Secured funding from In-Q-Tel and Motorola Solutions