Behdad Shayegan

About Behdad Shayegan

Sup! I’m a Product Leader who’s bored to death by stale, complicated enterprise software. That frustration is what drives me to take stressful, legacy workflows and turn them into simple, enjoyable experiences.Over the last 10+ years, I’ve done it all—from launching new products to leading massive, coordinated migrations of entire codebases while supporting thousands of customers. But I’m most proud of my years spent on Design Systems. From studying our product teams as users, to building the designs, libraries, tools, and documentation that allowed our engineers and designers to finally speak the same language.Recently, I’ve shifted my focus from building the tools to modernize products, to actually modernizing them myself. I’ve found my sweet spot in using those systemic best practices to solve the \"un-solvable\" problems for our users.What drives me today are the people behind the pixels. I spend my time ensuring our products are both intuitive and accessible for all, because \"good design\" isn\'t good unless it works for everyone.I\'m also hell bent on using AI with a purpose: I’m focused on cutting through the hype and using AI prototyping to solve real human problems and compress the time it takes to deliver value. If it doesn’t make the user’s life easier, I\'m not interested.Hit me up if you want to chat about web accessibility, the evolution of design systems, or how we keep AI human-centric.

Experience

1. Senior Product Manager

   Workiva

   Jul 2022 — Present

   Design Systems and Accessibility

Education

• University of Iowa

  Bachelor's degree, Sociology