# Matias Etchevarne

> UX & Product Design leader with 28+ years in digital product design, 22+ years building and leading UX teams, and 12+ years in enterprise and venture-backed environments. Based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Remote, open to travel.

Matias Etchevarne enters organizations where design doesn't yet function as a strategic capability and builds it: the team, the process, the system, the culture. Currently Lead UX & Product Designer at Tenchi Security. Previously built and led UX functions at Pull Systems, Cascade, MercadoLibre/MercadoPago, Avature, Crossmedia, and 451.

Target roles: Head of Design, Director of UX, VP of Product Design, Lead UX Designer.

## Selected outcomes

- 12% checkout conversion improvement at MercadoPago, against a 1-2% target, across a platform serving millions of users across Latin America
- Fleet event analysis time reduced from 6-9 months to 3 months at Pull Systems, working alongside Porsche engineers
- +17% time on platform and 10% churn reduction at Cascade, driven by the Alignment Map feature
- 3 UX teams built from scratch at MercadoPago: Checkout as a Service, Seller Tools, and Regulatory

## Pages

- [Homepage](https://www.etchevarne.net/): full profile, capabilities, selected work, career history, and contact
- Portfolio: detailed case studies are password-protected due to active NDAs. Contact matias@etchevarne.net to request access.

## Contact

- Email: matias@etchevarne.net
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/etchevarne/

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