"A master of composition, data, and team orchestration. Fueled by a fervent passion for creativity, user-centricity, and making waves on a global scale."
I'm a Lead Product Experience Designer and one of the best. I focus on enhancing the customer journey by balancing feasibility, desirability, and viability while aligning projects with market demands. I seamlessly bridge business and user needs, collaborating closely with my Engineering and Sales teams to overcome challenges. My design thinking drives user-focused innovations, guiding products through their lifecycle toward sustained growth and success.
With 12+ years of experience in the field, I have a wealth of knowledge in optimizing design elements to drive product usability, utility, and visual design. I have succeeded in growing design enthusiasm at companies like TeleSign, Cappex, HIMSS, and Netflix. I have held positions such as Lead Experience Designer, Customer Integration Experience Specialist, UX Designer, Experience Designer, and Design Program Manager.
I have demonstrated excellence in translating complex technical limitations into detailed design requirements—for example, TeleSign's Messaging API, my.Telesign.com, and Cappex.com, Scholarship Finder. I am also skilled in strategic planning, team leadership, design conceptualization, art directing, customer journeys, brand identity, the voice of the customer, process redesign, and agile methodologies.
"An inspiring digital product design leader and visionary, Danny turns ideas into remarkable user experiences that redefine the future."
Recording Artist: I was fortunate enough to work in the studio with Michael Larson AKA Miguel Millions, a Grammy award-winning producer best known for his contributions to several albums produced by Pharrell Williams. He also worked on the soundtrack of the movie Despicable Me, which includes the famous song "Happy" from "Despicable Me 2." The song became an international hit and was nominated for an Academy Award.
Legacy in Engineering: I come from a lineage of engineers; my father is an aerospace engineer, and my grandfathers, one a chemical engineer, the other a bridge construction engineer. My grandfathers, James Francis Driscoll III, founded Standard Paving and was awarded the contract for paving the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls, NY.
History in Photography: During WWII, my other grandfather worked as an aerial photographer and photography development specialist for the United States Air Force. After the war, he worked at Kodak Chemical until he retired. His career spanned both military and civilian photography positions, which gave him a unique perspective on the evolution of photographic technology and practices during the mid-20th century.
Curiosity In Physics: My father graduated from Princeton University and later obtained his Masters in Combustion Physics from Cornell University. Since my childhood, I have had the opportunity to attend combustion symposiums with him and his colleagues and have learned a great deal from them. My father has instilled in me the values of curiosity and the scientific method, and I am grateful for his guidance.
Printing Manufacturing: In college, I had the opportunity to study the science and chemistry behind print manufacturing. This included screen printing, 54" KBA printing presses, and Graver printing presses that were as long as a football field.
History with Apple and Adobe: In 1987, at the age of 4, I was introduced to computers when my father brought home the Lucy II from Apple, along with a dot plot printer and a floppy disk containing a program called Photoshop. This early exposure to computing in the late 1980s placed me at the forefront of experiencing and adapting to the rapid advancements in personal computing and digital graphics that characterized this era.
Awards
Djankovic, G. Driscoll, D. (2019). Phone Number Purchasing & Management UI. Recipient of the Innovation of the Year. Awarded by BICS, Oct 15, 2019.
Ahn, Y. Driscoll, D. (2018). Internal Metrics Dashboard: Deliverability & Data Center Outage. Co-Recipient of the Innovation of the Year. Awarded by BICS, Nov 10, 2018.
Recognition
Fischer, Erik. "How to Check Your Admissions Probability" The College Fund Coach, Nov. 13, 2019.
Grove, Allen. "The Cappex Application." ThoughtCo, Oct. 29, 2020.
Michales, John. "EAB Acquires Cappex, a Leading College Research and Decision Platform." EAB, Sep. 09, 2020
Tuttle, Kate. "HIMSS15 Recap: 4 Hot Topics That Left McCormick Buzzing." Proficient, Apr. 17, 2015
Speaking
Tech Talks
Marina Del Ray, Los Angeles, CA — 2019
American Marketing Association
Grand Rapids, MI — 2015
Publications
National Library of Poetry "Dance Upon the Shore," 1997