Chris Leyva ✌️
Leading design at startups
Seasoned product designer with 10+ years in the cyber startup space helping founders and teams grow and uplevel their design from all angles, with successful exits along the way.
Recent startup experience
Sr Staff Product Designer, @sandboxaq
Oct 2025 - Current (3 mos)
Former Alphabet company redefining drug discovery with AI and physics-based methods.
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Staff Product Designer, @stairwell
Jun 2021 - Oct 2025 (4 yrs 4 mos)
Securing the modern enterprise from cybersecurity threats. Backed by Sequoia Capital, Accel, Gradient Ventures, and others.
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Founding Designer, @perchsecurity
Dec 2016 - Feb 2021 (4 yrs 3 mos)
Focus cybersecurity data streams to enable enterprise-wide visibility, real-time threat detection, and simplified compliance reporting (SIEM).
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Product Designer, @soltrasolutions
Mar 2016 - Dec 2016 (10 mos)
A joint venture between FS-ISAC & DTCC, the platform distills large amounts of data into actionable intelligence that is easy to understand and use (TIP).
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Side projects
Founding Partner, Stealth startup
Jul 2024 - Present (1 yr)
Pre-seed cyber security startup building a best in class application security tool for high performing engineering teams.
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Product Design, @binarly
Apr 2025 - Jun 2025 (3 mos)
Detect vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets, and malicious code in devices and software supply chains.
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Design, @sherpa.sh
Jan 2025 - Mar 2025 (3 mos)
Modern deployment platform that builds, deploys, routes, and scales your apps globally with 80% lower costs than Vercel & Netlify.
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Product Design, @empath
Dec 2024 - Feb 2025 (3 mos)
The learning and upskill platform for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) with a community platform for knowledge sharing.
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Product Advisor, @krezzo
2022 - 2023 (1 yr)
Reduce meetings, break down silos, and decrease information overload with a simple, cross-functional way of operating.
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Product Design, @deepwatch
Feb 2021 - May 2021 (4 mos)
The leading managed security platform for the cyber resilient enterprise.
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Product Design, @winnow
Sep 2019 - Feb 2020 (6 mos)
Amplify your search engine marketing strategy with WinnowPro's Competitive Intelligence Reporting Tool.
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Founding Product Design, @gameplus
Aug 2020 - Dec 2022 (2 yrs 6 mos)
A mobile app platform for users to win (and lose) real money by playing popular video games against friends and strangers.