About

Bruce Abbott is an accomplished entrepreneur, user experience strategist, and product builder with over 20 years of experience in design. He has worked with some of the biggest names in the industry, including Disney, ESPN, Google, and eBay. With a passion for advocating on behalf of the human component in consumer software, Bruce has cultivated design thinking and excellence throughout his career. Bruce's contributions to ESPN are especially noteworthy, as he modernized the design organization and co-created the "E" brand for ESPN Digital. At Google, he launched Google Shopping Express on iOS and Android as a design partner on-site. Bruce is also an educator, serving as a recurring mentor at Stanford University's Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, lecturing on mobile design at San Francisco State University, and presenting mobile design patterns and standards at Nielsen Norman Group's Usability Week conference in San Francisco. Bruce's technical skills are equally impressive, with proficiency in CLI, Git, VS Code, JavaScript, React.js, Next.js, Python, Xcode, Obj-C, JIRA, Sketch, Principle, Illustrator, Photoshop, Figma, Zeplin, Abstract, Docker, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, Redshift, and AWS. Currently, Bruce is the Founder and Principal of a company in stealth mode, where he consults for an amazing team while privately exploring ideas in healthcare. In the past, he founded Egg Haus, a digital product design firm in San Francisco that provided cross-functional teams of designers and engineers specialized in mobile software to Bay Area and Silicon Valley technology companies. Bruce's notable clients included Google, YouTube, Disney, Condé Nast, MySpace, AOL, and ESPN. Bruce holds a degree in Computer Science from North Shore Community College, where he started his journey in the tech industry. With 2.35 years of relevant experience, Bruce is a seasoned professional who has made significant contributions to the design and product development space.