Mario F. Machado

I am a product design leader with 17+ years of experience across enterprise SaaS, cybersecurity, fintech, digital commerce, and live games. My work focuses on complex platforms, reusable systems, and the operating models teams need to ship them.

My work sits at the intersection of product, engineering, and design: systems thinking, platform UX, design-system architecture, complex workflows, cross-functional delivery, and leadership with and without direct authority.

Formal people management

At Chromatic Games:

• -12 direct reports
• -Hiring, reviews, and career development
• -Budget and headcount
• -Multidisciplinary operations across an 18-person organization

Design and creative direction

At Magic Button Labs:

• -Vetted freelance contributors
• -Set creative direction and reviewed and guided outputs
• -Directed product, brand, presentation, and promotional quality

Leadership through influence

At Liberty Mutual and WB Games:

• -Established research and design standards
• -Guided contributors without direct reporting authority
• -Aligned executive stakeholders and coordinated product, engineering, legal, localization, vendors, and studios

I am pursuing senior product-design roles where I can own complex platform problems, strengthen systems and workflows, and help product and engineering teams ship with greater clarity.

Experience