Ron Kurti

I make technology friendly.

2025 Project

CamCon Firmware

Rewriting the brain of 12,000 field cameras. Session assignment, GPS sync, and live streaming on embedded hardware.

2024 Thought

The best interfaces disappear. They become extensions of thought rather than obstacles to it.

2024 Project

AI Highlights

Teaching machines to find the moments that matter in a 90-minute soccer game. No human editor required.

2017 Timeline

VP of Product at Trace, General Manager at Tracevision. Building camera systems that make every youth sports game watchable.

2016 Timeline

Ballet Composer at DAWSONDANCESF. Composing music for contemporary dance in San Francisco.

2016 Thought

Complexity should reveal itself like a baby growing, not all of a sudden.

2014 Timeline

Lead Designer at AltSchool. Reimagining how technology fits into a child's school day.

2004 Project

Infiniti Show-Car HMI

A concept car interface that felt like it came from 2015. Built in 2004. Debuted at the Detroit Auto Show.

2009 Timeline

Chief Creative Officer at Vast. Built a multidisciplinary UX team delivering conversion design at scale for Yahoo, Bing, and AOL.

2009 Thought

Perfect is when there is nothing left to take away.

2006 Timeline

Co-Founded Dopetracks. The #1 online collaboration site for hip hop producers and MCs.

2002 Timeline

Technical Director at COATO. Building futuristic in-car computing demos for Nissan and Infiniti show-cars worldwide.

2000 Timeline

Director of Product Design at Echo Networks. Employee #8 at "The Pandora of 1999." Named #1 Free Music Listening Site by PC World.

1997 Timeline

Associate Product Designer at Hauser Design. Eyewear, automotive interiors, medical equipment.

1997 Timeline

Graduated Carnegie Mellon. BFA in Product Design, HCI, Fine Art, and Music Production.