Harrison Wheeler leads design teams to help them reach their highest potential.
Design Director at LinkedIn, an investor, and the host of Technically Speaking, where he inspires the next generation of product leaders.
I lead design teams to help them reach their highest potential.
Former Design Director at LinkedIn and founder of Technically Speaking, where I inspire the next generation of product leaders. I'm currently on a global creative sabbatical.
The experiences we deliver are an image of the culture of an organization. If you want to deliver something of quality that can make a positive impact on people than its important that its reflected in you actions, values, and work ethic.
Professional highlights
LinkedIn
In nearly eight years at LinkedIn, I helped triple the size of the design team and led the transformation from a legacy business model to modern, AI-powered experiences. As the team grew, design played a central role in shaping product strategy—partnering across functions to drive innovation, elevate customer outcomes, and enable SMB and enterprise customers to reach over 1 billion members through data-driven, personalized solutions.
Launched Measurement & Optimization, Marketing Overview, Measurement Insights and AI-driven Campaign Performance Digest to customers.
2025
Advised the team to launch the first AI-assisted campaign marketing tool on LinkedIn Marketing Solutions Campaign Manager.
2024
Leading internal group and individual mentorship programs for emerging cross-functional product leaders, enhancing professional development opportunities within the organization.
2023
Presented about facilitating discussions with designers and cross-functional teams at Figma Config 2022, the largest design conference of the year.
2022
Co-founder of Black by Design, an internal community group aimed at building a network for Black designers both internally and externally. This initiative also establishes a pipeline for emerging talent and builds stronger talent brand connections across the industry.
2020
Zendesk Sell
At Base CRM, I helped build and scale a strong design culture in the Bay Area—growing the team, establishing a hiring pipeline, and defining our interview and design processes. I also improved collaboration with our engineering team in Poland by implementing a shared design system and scalable workflows that aligned product and engineering efforts. This resulted in high customer satisfaction across both desktop and mobile platforms.
Partnered with the CEO and CPO to develop concept proposals for prospective clients, resulting in multiple $1M+ Annual Recurring Revenue deals.
2017
Engaged with stakeholders across sales, customer success, and product management to develop a product roadmap that met both customer and business objectives.
2017
Scaled and managed the design team from 1 to 5 designers following the company’s relocation to Silicon Valley, building a strong talent brand and pipeline to attract and recruit top designers.
2017
#1 CRM download in the iOS App Store
2014
Other
Facilitar for FigJam
Facilitator for FigJam helps you facilitate large groups of contributors more effectively by tracking stickies. This tool was specifically designed to address the challenges that arise when working with medium to large groups, making it easier to keep track of who contributed and to hand off facilitation duties seamlessly should someone else need to step in.