Songyan
(James)
Hou

Jameshou.xyz

J7Supreme@gmail.com

+1 6473210824

Product designer for complex systems in fintech, crypto, and cloud.

Consumer + enterprise.

0→1 builder and contributor to products at 30M+ users across 8 countries.

Data-driven, insight-led, then validated with data.

AI-native builder (500+ users).

Oct 2023 - Mar 2026

Sr Staff Product Designer, Huawei Canada

- Led strategic redesign of Huawei Cloud Mobile Console, aligning UX architecture with cloud-native operations and driving customer satisfaction to 87%

- Drove integration of AI-powered design workflows, accelerating concept development
by 2.5x

- Spearheaded next-generation agentic console experience, increasing search-to-conversation conversion by 11%

- Mentored designers and co-built a high-performing, startup-like team culture

Jul 2022 - Oct 2023

Senior Product Designer, imToken

- Led design of imToken Web, introducing smart contract-based accounts and multi-chain support; showcased at DevCon and drove 200+ early users from Ethereum Foundation and developer community

- Drove experience strategy for RIVO.network, designing unified fiat-crypto payment flows across consumer and merchant platforms; contributed to securing Singapore crypto licensing

Feb 2018 - Jun 2022

Lead UX Designer, Ant Group (Alipay)

- Led global payment experience across Southeast Asia, Europe, and Brazil

- Increased Boleto success rate by 4.01% in Brazil and upgraded Lazada COD to e-wallet payment, driving a 5.01% transaction increase in the Indonesia

- Improved Alipay TourPass top-up success rate by 21% and reduced monthly complaint rate by 48%

- Designed localized payment foundations across 20+ payment methods in 5+ countries for Alipay PSP service

Jul 2017 - Jan 2018

Senior UX Designer, GE

- Innovated Supply Chain SCM experience

- Design thinking facilitator for clients' digital transformation sessions

Jun 2014 - Jun 2017

UX Designer, IBM

- Design research, innovation and implementation on IBM Bluemix & PureApplication Services

- Led scalable Design Thinking transformation in Greater China Group and client engagement with sales team