Desirée García is a design leader who drives business outcomes, ships products beloved by users, and invests in the careers of other designers. She leads product and design at Driver AI.
Over the last 15+ years, she's had a craft impact across a diverse set of companies and spaces before stepping into leadership. It's given her the ability to gracefully stay close to the work and adapt to the ever-changing demands on today's design leaders.
She’s got a huge soft spot for underdogs and mission-driven organizations, and loves to talk shop. Ask her about building 0-1 design organizations, enabling great design work on remote teams, or how good design can make digital life more humane.
Her superpower is assembling IKEA furniture.
Driver AI
Head of Product and Design
Now
Crossbeam
Head of Design
2022 - 2024
Webflow
Staff Product Designer, Product Design Manager
2021-2022
Loom
Product Design Manager
2020-2021
Automattic
Senior Product Designer
2018 - 2020
IBM Design
UX Design Lead
2015 - 2018
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Senior UX Designer
2012 - 2015
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