MATTHEW DRYER
MATTHEW
DRYER
Helping organizations solve complex product challenges through strategy, systems thinking, and design.
Enterprise UX • Product Strategy • AI Product Development
12+ years
Enterprise UX, Product Design & Strategy
Fortune 10 & 500
Leading enterprise transformation
product leadership
Enterprise Platforms • AI Products
Selected Work
Enterprise platforms, product strategy, and AI-enabled experiences designed to improve decisions, workflows, and outcomes.
how i contribute
I work at the intersection of product strategy, experience design, and delivery—helping teams define the right problem, align around a direction, and turn complex systems into usable products.
Product Strategy
Discovery
Product Framing
Service Blueprints
Experience Strategy
Defining product direction, opportunity areas, experience principles, and roadmaps that connect customer needs with business priorities.
2. Enterprise UX
workflow design
data visualization
design systems
platform modernization
Simplifying complex workflows, data-heavy platforms, and operational tools without losing the realities of the business or system.
Design leadership
Executive alignment
Team mentorship
facilitation
design maturity
Creating clarity across teams, mentoring designers, facilitating decisions, and helping product, engineering, and business leaders move in the same direction.
ai-enabled product development
ai product design
workflow automation
prototyping
prompt systems
Using AI as a product capability and a delivery accelerator—from product concepts and intelligent workflows to rapid prototyping and automation.
Strategy and execution, together
My strongest work happens where ambiguity, complexity, and organizational alignment intersect. I can define the experience direction, facilitate the decisions behind it, mentor the team, and remain close enough to the work to ensure the final product delivers on the strategy.
Lead through ambiguity
Turn incomplete requirements, competing stakeholder needs, and complex systems into a clear product direction.
align the organization
Build shared understanding across product, engineering, research, business, and executive stakeholders.
stay close to delivery
Translate strategy into flows, prototypes, systems, and implementation guidance rather than stopping at recommendations.
AI-Enabled Product Development
My strongest work happens where ambiguity, complexity, and organizational alignment intersect. I can define the experience direction, facilitate the decisions behind it, mentor the team, and remain close enough to the work to ensure the final product delivers on the strategy.
AI-assisted communication analysis
Structured case documentation
Pattern identification
Evidence organization
Report generation
Rapid product iteration
creating Impact
Helping organizations turn complex ideas into successful products.
Enterprise software
Designing enterprise software that simplifies complex workflows across healthcare, aviation, retail, logistics, and technology.
Fortune 500 Experience
Trusted by teams at Samsung, Coca-Cola, Southwest Airlines, AmerisourceBergen, HD Supply, and NTT DATA to solve complex product challenges.
0→1 Innovation
Taking products from early concepts to validated solutions through product strategy, rapid prototyping, and cross-functional collaboration.
Enterprise transformation
Modernizing enterprise platforms by improving workflows, reducing complexity, and enabling better decision-making.
ai product development
Building AI-enabled products from strategy through implementation—not simply designing interfaces.
leadership
Aligning executives, product, engineering, and design teams around shared product direction.
EXPERIENCE
NTT DATA
Senior Consultant, UI/UX · UX Strategy & Product Design Lead
2020 — 2025
Led enterprise product and UX initiatives across healthcare, logistics, SaaS, and consumer technology.
Contrive Creation
Founder & Principal Consultant
2020 — Present
Lead UX strategy, digital operations, AI-enabled product development, and transformation initiatives for nonprofits, startups, and growing organizations.
Samsung Electronics America
Innovation Designer & UX/EX Facility Manager
2015 — 2019
Designed and prototyped future-facing connected experiences and facilitated product innovation across global teams.