About

Ryu, an author of RealWorldUX Blog and a founder of RealWorldUX, is a skilled and creative User Experience Designer and leader with a successful history of leading multi-disciplinary teams to deliver engaging UX designs – physical and digital – that enhance customer adoption and satisfaction. Industry expert with 10 utility patents filed. Adept in providing hands-on guidance, serving simultaneously as a contributor and leader on complex projects.

Ryu is passionate about helping aspiring to-be-UX designers finding their ways to become successful. He participates in the Mentorship Program at University of California Santa Cruiz, HCI Graduate Program, and mentors some of their graduate students.

Ryu also proactively works on UX consulting works for his client companies. He works very closely as part of client companies’ multi-disciplinary teams, listens carefully to what users, customers and his team members have to say, then turns those customer voices into tangible user experience designs to help solve their problems.

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