Dylan Field
Founder of Figma
Dylan Field
Founder of Figma
Penngrove, California
Overview
Work Experience
CEO & Co-founder
2012 - Current
Product Design Intern
2012 - 2012
2012 KPCB Engineering Fellow (http://kpcbfellows.com) Worked closely with Flipboard's design team on Flipboard's 2.0 release: http://allthingsd.com/20130326/new-flipboard-news-and-posts-handpicked-and-shared/
Software Engineering Intern
2011 - 2011
Worked on a recommendation engine, analyzed / visualized Flipboard's data and helped with early explorations into commerce (resulted in a partnership with Gilt Taste after I left: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/22/flipboard-adds-its-first-ipad-catalog-for-gilt-taste/)
Data Analytics Intern
2010 - 2010
Analyzed trends for LinkedIn's Skills product using Hadoop and Pig. Led company wide “LinkedIn for Good” initiative to connect NPOs with volunteers
Research Assistant
2009 - 2010
Technical Research Assistant to danah boyd
Developer
2009 - 2009
Developed in Flex/Ruby, worked with designer on user experience and built customer relationships.
Online Marketing Intern
2008 - 2009
Did some PR, Marketing, Development, Blogging and lots of things in between.
Education
ScB
2009 - 2012
High School Diploma
2005 - 2009