Braden Kowitz

Braden Kowitz is an accomplished design professional currently serving as Design Director at Vanta since April 2024. Previously, Braden held the position of Design Manager at Stripe from July 2021 to June 2023, where leadership of a consumer design team of 17 resulted in successful launches of Link across multiple products and innovations in payment options. As a co-founder of Range from April 2017 to March 2021, Braden focused on building software to enhance team effectiveness for clients like Twitter and Coursera. Braden's earlier experience includes serving as Design Partner at GV, where the design team was pioneered in the venture capital space, and as a User Experience Designer at Google, contributing to foundational products such as Google Workspace and Gmail. Educational qualifications include a Master's degree in Human-Computer Interaction from Carnegie Mellon University and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.