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HEIKO MAIWAND
UX/Product Lead, Systems Thinker
10+ year industry veteran bringing to life digital, physical, and experiential design.
About me
Experience
Director and UX Lead
NIO is a Chinese all-electric vehicle company that values user experience above all else. The Silicon Valley design studio was tasked with demonstrating strategic opportunities and supporting shipping products for the nascent automaker's vehicles and services.
Tasks included conceptual design as well as working with development teams, hardware constraints, and homologation requirements to deliver unique products for an unfamiliar customer.
Principal Experience Designer & Strategist
Designed and explored future concepts for Audi, Porsche, Bentley, and other VW brands at their research and development lab in Silicon Valley.
Starting as an Interaction Designer, I had an opportunity to influence many products in a rapidly changing mobility environment. These ranged from market adaptations, physical input devices, new mental models, and brand engagement.
The role grew to encompass a stronger strategic emphasis. Collaborating with many different departments throughout the VW Group, I worked to evangelize, visualize, and embody changes needed to transform the automotive giant for a new generation and in a new economy.
Prototype and Systems Engineer
Harman International
Upper Saddle River, NJ
2006-2008
Harman is the parent company of JBL, Infinity, Harman Kardon. As a systems and prototype engineer, I used my skills to prototype, test, and propose many automotive solutions.
Upper Saddle River, NJ
2006-2008
Harman is the parent company of JBL, Infinity, Harman Kardon. As a systems and prototype engineer, I used my skills to prototype, test, and propose many automotive solutions.
Patents
18 Granted Patents
Google Patent Link
Multiple patents ranging from control elements, user identification and access, privacy, gestural controls, and reducing cognitive load.
Multiple patents ranging from control elements, user identification and access, privacy, gestural controls, and reducing cognitive load.
Skills
Disciplines
- Human-Centered Design
- Design Strategy
- Interaction Design
- Motion Design
- Experience Design
- Business Model Validation
- Design Thinking Methodologies
- Rapid Prototyping
- Storytelling
Digital Toolset
- After Effects
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- Cinema4D
- Sketch
- Figma
- Principal
- Unreal
- Webflow