David Bellona

David Bellona has a diverse work experience in product design and management. David most recently worked as the Director of Product Design at Thumbtack since October 2022. Prior to that, they were a Design Advisor at Antler starting August 2022. From 2017 to 2022, David held various roles at Lyft, including Senior Product Design Manager and Product Design Manager. David also worked as an Experience Design Manager at Airbnb in 2017. Earlier in their career, David was an Instructor at General Assembly San Francisco, held product design roles at Twitter and Facebook, and worked as an Interaction Designer at Case Commons. Additionally, they ran their own design studio, Eloi Collective, and served as an Adjunct Professor at Lesley University.

David Bellona completed a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Visual Communication at the University of Connecticut from 1998 to 2002. David later went on to pursue a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Interaction Design at the School of Visual Arts from 2010 to 2012.