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Hi there! I’m Oscar Goodyear, a product designer and founder who loves turning complex challenges into elegant, user-centred solutions. I enjoy leading cross-functional teams across borders, from early discovery interviews to delivering polished products. I’m driven by performance and innovation, and I bring hands-on design, prototyping, and stakeholder collaboration to every project. Outside the day-to-day, I’m passionate about sustainable product development, emerging tech, and building organizations that can scale. I thrive in ambiguity, take ownership of outcomes, and pride myself on practical, impact-focused design that balances ROI with customer value.…Hi there! I’m Oscar Goodyear, a product designer and founder who loves turning complex challenges into elegant, user-centred solutions. I enjoy leading cross-functional teams across borders, from early discovery interviews to delivering polished products. I’m driven by performance and innovation, and I bring hands-on design, prototyping, and stakeholder collaboration to every project. Outside the day-to-day, I’m passionate about sustainable product development, emerging tech, and building organizations that can scale. I thrive in ambiguity, take ownership of outcomes, and pride myself on practical, impact-focused design that balances ROI with customer value.

Oscar Goodyear

Product Designer, UI Designer, UX Designer, +2

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Hi there! I’m Oscar Goodyear, a product designer and founder who loves turning complex challenges into elegant, user-centred solutions. I enjoy leading cross-functional teams across borders, from early discovery interviews to delivering polished products. I’m driven by performance and innovation, and I bring hands-on design, prototyping, and stakeholder collaboration to every project. Outside the day-to-day, I’m passionate about sustainable product development, emerging tech, and building organizations that can scale. I thrive in ambiguity, take ownership of outcomes, and pride myself on practical, impact-focused design that balances ROI with customer value.…Hi there! I’m Oscar Goodyear, a product designer and founder who loves turning complex challenges into elegant, user-centred solutions. I enjoy leading cross-functional teams across borders, from early discovery interviews to delivering polished products. I’m driven by performance and innovation, and I bring hands-on design, prototyping, and stakeholder collaboration to every project. Outside the day-to-day, I’m passionate about sustainable product development, emerging tech, and building organizations that can scale. I thrive in ambiguity, take ownership of outcomes, and pride myself on practical, impact-focused design that balances ROI with customer value.

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Hi there! I’m Oscar Goodyear, a product designer and founder who loves turning complex challenges into elegant, user-centred solutions. I enjoy leading cross-functional teams across borders, from early discovery interviews to delivering polished products. I’m driven by performance and innovation, and I bring hands-on design, prototyping, and stakeholder collaboration to every project.

Outside the day-to-day, I’m passionate about sustainable product development, emerging tech, and building organizations that can scale. I thrive in ambiguity, take ownership of outcomes, and pride myself on practical, impact-focused design that balances ROI with customer value.

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Language

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Fluent

Work Experience

National Operations Lead at KiwiFibre Innovations LTD

September 1, 2024 - September 10, 2025

Developed and executed the 2024 supply strategy including financial analysis and modelling; represented KiwiFibre at the 2024 Fieldays Innovation Awards; built awareness with future stakeholders; collaborated with engineering to design and build the harakeke fibre extraction machine; contributed to the product IP strategy; hired and managed the harvest/production team and led day-to-day operations.

Co-founder / CEO at WildVision

September 1, 2024 - Present

Co-founder and CEO of WildVision, a decision-support tool for kiwi hunters. Built the prototype over three months, led strategy and brand development, and directed frontend design (JavaScript, HTML, CSS) with backend input (Python, Flask). Established key industry relationships to shape product opportunities and prepare for monetization.

Founder at Enovation

February 1, 2024 - September 10, 2025

Founded Enovation to develop innovative solutions to combat plastic pollution from lost fishing gear. Conducted stakeholder interviews and market research; developed Gearguard and Biostick; partnered with Nyoka to develop Biostick; led the University Capstone Project for Gearguard; Gearguard was viable but ROI deemed non-feasible; Biostick collaboration led to a leadership role at Nyoka.

Product Designer at Hustler Equipment International LTD

September 1, 2023 - September 10, 2025

Contributed to R&D and streamlining manufacturing processes; simplified sprayer product line and optimized BOM; created CAD models for product catalogues; developed a sprayer configuration sheet for production and warehouse optimization; managed an open-ended design project integrated into manufacturing; reduced complexity of sprayer part configurations and improved onboarding efficiency.

Marine Lead at Nyoka Design Labs

March 1, 2023 - September 10, 2025

Engaged with commercial fishing customers and refined product offerings; conducted market research and testing; built customer relationships across the Asia-Pacific region; provided product feedback to engineering; represented the company in Vancouver and Hawaii and contributed to the second capital raise.