“I had the pleasure of working with Diego for ~3 years at Pocket. Diego was a great asset who was instrumental in driving Pocket's design / product decision-making during that time. In particular, I find that Diego has a great process for uncovering user insights. On top of that, Diego was analytical as well - helping design / execute multiple A/B tests while iterating on the product. In my revenue role, Diego also understood the business goals for the product, a skill / appreciation which can be challenging to balance with user / product growth. Lastly, Diego was always the consummate teammate - he always brought a positive attitude to work and was eager / willing to chip in on whatever task needed to be done to achieve our goals at the time. I would work with him again in a heartbeat.”
“Diego and I met at Chegg when it was a smaller company and he played a hybrid role of a UX researcher and designer. As a researcher, I was amazed how quickly he was able to get users to open up and share their stories, which allowed us to gather rich insights about their lives and pain points. As a designer, he demonstrated his ability to tackle complex problems, quickly generate a variety of concepts, and collaborate with engineers and product managers to implement designs.
Diego is a natural leader. He is charismatic, takes initiative, and enjoys learning from his peers. One of Chegg’s company values is to constantly add to the energy and make others around you better. Diego embodies this value and I’m so grateful to have had the opportunity to work with him and call him my friend.”
Delyan Raychev
Engineering Group Manager at Intuit. Previously at Microsoft, Facebook, Google and Cruise.
Former coworker at Meebo.
“Without a doubt Diego has been one of the most amazing UX professionals I have had a chance to work with in Silicon Valley. A person with deep understanding of the business, great experience and critical thinking, he took the Meebo team to a higher level. Diego was instrumental in pushing Meebo monetization products to meet and exceed the quality demanded by the most prestigious agencies and the top tier publishers that partnered with us. Always with a positive attitude, always energetic and working hard, Diego directly contributed to Meebo’s revenue growth. It’s not often that one gets to work with such talent as Diego – I am definitely privileged and would recommend him to any potential employer.”
Bethany Pickard
Principal Experience Strategist at Salesforce. Previously at Google and Honor.
Former coworker at Meebo.
“Diego has been an incredible partner on the UX team at Meebo. He leverages his strong user research background to focus every phase of the design process – discovery, ideation, prototyping, and iterating – on meeting user needs with high standards of quality. This combined with his business intuition and strong interpersonal skills make him an incredible asset to researchers, designers, product managers, and engineers. Diego is skilled at quickly understanding and articulating a problem, generating ideas for possible solutions, and then implementing a well-developed plan, keeping the team in the loop with excellent communication from start to finish. He is one of the most collaborative and inclusive people I have ever worked with, and I recommend him without reservation.”
Jennifer Wibowo
Lead Product Designer at Chime. Previously at Sequoia Capital, Pocket, Chegg and Kleiner Perkins (KPCB).
Former coworker at Pocket and Chegg.
“I had the pleasure of working with Diego at Chegg and again at Pocket. He filled the roles of both user researcher and designer seamlessly. As a researcher, he was able to conduct qualitative and quantitive tests to discover user needs, design problems, and opportunities for improvement. As a designer, he understood how to break down bigger problems while balancing both business and user needs. As a teammate, Diego is collaborative and is always more than happy to provide constructive feedback and help when needed or asked. I'm grateful to have been able to work with him twice and would do it again without question!”