Walter Liu
Interfaces keep changing — from mobile screens to device ecosystems to AI. Great experiences start the same way: by learning from the people who use them. That's how I've led design programs that shipped to tens of millions, across every platform shift of the last two decades.
Dolby Personalization Ecosystem
Dolby Access
Dolby Audio Experience
Detailed case studies available in interview — get in touch.
Dolby Laboratories
Define UX strategy and manage design programs for FlexConnect and the Dolby Personalization Ecosystem.
Dolby Laboratories
Led UX for Dolby Access (Xbox / Windows / PlayStation) enabling Atmos & Vision; shipped Dolby On, Dolby Narrate, and Dolby VR; pioneered GenAI design exploration.
Stela Unlimited
Built the product design team and launched the company's first user research program, integrating data analytics into the design function.
Dolby Laboratories
Built the Dolby Mobile UX design system; delivered Dolby Atmos apps on Android and PC reaching tens of millions of users.
Lenovo
Authored the global application design guideline for Android and Windows Phone.
Earlier
Senior UX Designer at Motorola and Guokr; Design Manager at China Internet Center.
Program Leadership
- Cross-functional design programs
- OEM & partner alignment
- Roadmap & resource planning
- Agile methodologies
Design & Research
- End-to-end UX & CX design
- Field studies & user interviews
- Personas & journey mapping
- Design systems
AI-Amplified Practice
- Concept → working prototype, no eng queue
- AI-assisted research synthesis & analytics
- From user insight to go-to-market narrative
- AI business strategy — Berkeley ExecEd
My path runs from building design guidelines at Lenovo and Motorola in Beijing to leading Dolby's consumer experience programs in San Francisco — with a stop at a startup where I built a design team from scratch.
What drives me is simple: let's learn from our users. The best design decisions I've made started in the field, not in Figma.
Based in the Bay Area, currently exploring design leadership roles where research, craft, and program thinking come together.