Quaid Walker
Co-Founder & CEO at Bezel | Ex-Google
Los Angeles County, California
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder & CEO
2021 - Current
A 100% authenticated, tech-first marketplace for buying and selling luxury watches Backed by BoxGroup, Streamlined Ventures, Courtside Ventures, Endeavor, Shrug Capital, Abstract Ventures, Operator Partners, Kevin Hart, John Legend, J Balvin, Michael Rubin, Kyle Kuzma, Michael Ovitz, Steve Aoki, and execs + investors from Google, Snapchat, Accel, A16Z, Index, Gradient, QED, and more. I'm hiring engineers, designers, marketers, and watch enthusiasts!
Design Lead
2016 - 2021
Design lead and founding designer on Google TV Started at the Google TV ideation phase, designed the core UI, design system, interaction paradigms, and saw the product scale to 100M+ monthly active users. Filed and received a patent for the TV UI.
Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.
Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.
UX Design Intern
2015 - 2015
Designer on the Music team
Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.
Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.
Interaction Designer
2014 - 2014
Contracted to design the interface and interaction model for an emerging product
Design Intern
2012 - 2014
• Designed an internal, startup web/mobile application as a Co-founding member • Built a marketing model and multiple iterations of an investor deck that I then pitched to multiple investors • Created user scenarios and a mobile UX for an emerging product with Samsung Innovation Labs • Focused interface design and development of a licensable, and highly differentiable element for Zone V, a phone for the visually impaired • Participated in numerous concept development brainstorming sessions regarding the development of new products and services for Metawatch and internal DSNuovo brands.
User Experience Designer
2013 - 2014
• Designed the UX for various elements of the Porter T. Jones backend management system • Developed a UX style guide for Sustain's eCourt (owned by The Daily Journal, DJCO:US) and built a memo illustrating better UX practices for Sustain executives • Communicated with developers to improve the eCourt interface, producing and filing multiple version reports • Designed and Coded a static website for Mark Music and Media Law using HTML, CSS, and Javascript