UXPA Boston Board Candidate: Eli Fischer

Eli Fischer is a product and design leader with over two decades of experience who believes the most important thing he builds is the people around him. Known for a leadership style rooted in genuine investment and mutual growth, Eli has had more than ten designers and product thinkers follow him across companies, some more than once, because of the development and mentorship he offers. He has led teams across Fortune 500 companies spanning enterprise software and award-winning consumer applications, and today serves as VP of Product Design at WorkWave, where his team builds software that some of the world’s most recognized field service businesses rely on daily. Eli doesn’t just want to mentor the next generation of UX practitioners. He wants to learn alongside them.

I’ve been part of the Boston design community for many years. I’ve been a guest lecturer at MassArt and someone who has built and led design practices at scale across companies like Chewy, Wayfair, Adidas and most currently WorkWave. UXPA Boston has been key for this community, and I want to give back to it in a more meaningful way. As a VP of Product Design, I spend a lot of time thinking about how to grow design leaders and designers, not just tactically, but as systems thinkers who can design for complexity in the age of AI. I’d love to bring that perspective to the board, helping shape programming, mentorship, and conversations that push Boston’s UX community toward where the field is actually going. I’m also just deeply invested in this city. Boston is where my wife and I have planted roots, and UXPA is one of the organizations that makes it a place where designers can genuinely grow and connect. I want to help steward that.