Kevin Philpott

Kevin Philpott's work experience is as follows:

- Director of Product Design at Embroker (2023-present): Kevin is responsible for designing customer digital experiences for commercial insurance. Kevin leads a globally distributed remote team and has modernized the UX function by implementing design career ladders, research roadmap, and more effective research tools.

- Director of Product Design at Pie Insurance (2017-2023): Kevin was responsible for designing all digital interfaces for B2B, B2C, and enterprise Pie Insurance. Kevin collaborated with various departments to enhance the online insurance process and developed a pay-as-you-go experience with a payroll provider.

- Interim Head of Product & Director of Product Design at Pie Insurance (2020-2021): Kevin was responsible for leading 3 teams, doubling the Product team, and coordinating the launch of a new pay-as-you-go experience.

- Director of Product Design at Pie Insurance (2017-2020): Kevin built the product design practice from scratch and scaled it into a multi-disciplinary design and research team. Kevin designed a pioneering corporate website and a B2B partner portal that doubled policyholders and agency partners.

- Product Design Manager at Quicken Loans Family of Companies: RapidAdvance (2014-2017): Kevin oversaw the launch of an automated purchase experience, led the design of sales experiences for various companies, and was involved in wireframing, prototyping, and user research.

- Senior Product Designer at GEICO (2010-2014): Kevin led AI chat training and rebranded the geico.com website. Kevin also worked as a Product Designer during their earlier years at GEICO.

Kevin Philpott earned a Bachelor's degree in Business Commerce with a Management major from University College Cork, which they attended from 2001 to 2005. Kevin then pursued a Research Masters (MSc) in Management and Marketing at the same institution from 2005 to 2007. In addition to their formal education, Kevin obtained certifications such as UX Management: Strategy and Tactics from The Interaction Design Foundation in 2023, Design Thinking with a REAL LIVE WORKSHOP from Udemy in 2022, UX Certified from Nielsen Norman Group in 2016, and Google Analytics IQ from Google in July 2016.