Eric Wood

Eric Wood is the current Vice President of User Experience at Rivian. Prior to that, they were with Nembol, Telenav, University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business, Shutterfly, FanKix, Inc., and Bizzy, Inc. In their role as Vice President of User Experience at Rivian, they are responsible for leading the design of the user experience for Rivian's products and services.

Wood has over 20 years of experience in product and design. Eric co-founded FanKix, Inc. and was the first employee at Bizzy, Inc., where they served as Vice President of Product and Design. Eric also spent time at Shutterfly as the Head of Design for ThisLife and at the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business as a Design Mentor.

At Telenav, Wood served as Vice President of Design & Global Head of User Experience Design and Research. Eric built a team of 40+ people focused on automotive software and created connected vehicle and self-driving car software experiences across the vehicle infotainment center, instrument cluster, head-up display as well as mobile phones and web applications. Telenav produced the JD Power #1 ranked built-in navigation system the last three years and became the single largest automotive navigation supplier in the North American market during their time there.

Eric Wood has a Master of Architecture from The University of British Columbia, a BSc in Physics from The University of British Columbia, and a High School Diploma from Max Cameron Senior Secondary.

Eric Wood works with Randy Frank - VP, Body & Interior Engineering, Wassym Bensaid - VP, Software Development, and Rahul Gulati - Head of Engineering, Vehicle Services. Eric Wood reports to Charles Sanderson, Chief Engineer.