Steve Witmer🇺🇸
Co-Founder, Product & Design at Roster
About Steve Witmer
Co-Founder, Product & Design at Roster
I’m a father of 2, former design co-founder, and startup enthusiast who enjoys spotting and developing talent in early career designers.
Expertise
Sessions with Steve Witmer
- Mentorship Session (30 min): General mentorship
- Product Innovation Advisory (50 min): Unlock breakthrough ideas and actionable insights for your product. This personalized 1:1 advisory leverages my 15+ years designing innovative solutions across startups and scaling companies, including Roster, Wrapbook, ServiceNow, and Lennd. Together, we can: - Clarify and define your core product challenges. - Deeply understand and prioritize your customers' real pain points. - Identify strategic opportunities to innovate quickly and effectively. - Refine your product strategy to enhance user adoption and satisfaction. - Employ lean prototyping methods to rapidly test and validate new concepts. - Ideal for startup founders, product leaders, and designers who value actionable, strategic guidance to turn their ideas into impactful products.
- AI Design Tooling & Workflow Coaching (50 min): In this AI-Native Design Tooling & Workflow Coaching session, you’ll learn how to make AI a core part of your design process—not just a toy, but a catalyst for new thinking and efficient workflows. We’ll kick off with quick intros to understand your background and design challenges. Next, we dive into the real differences between traditional and AI-native workflows, spotlighting how tools like Magic Patterns, Cursor, and ChatGPT can transform how you work. What sets this session apart? It’s a live, interactive demo and open Q&A. Bring your toughest questions, specific use cases, or real design challenges—nothing is off limits. Watch us demo the top AI tools, compare approaches, and troubleshoot live, showing how to apply these workflows directly to your projects. Walk away with: - A clear sense of what AI-native design can unlock - Practical, honest answers for your unique context - Immediate next steps to elevate your workflow Come ready to participate—this is hands-on, unscripted, ask-anything coaching built for your real work.
What mentees say
“I had an incredible experience with Steve! His amazing communication skills and deep subject knowledge allowed him to understand my needs by asking insightful questions. His motivational approach and exceptional problem-solving abilities helped me gain clarity and direction. Highly recommended!”
“Steve has played a major role in my design journey. Every session with him helped me understand not just what to improve, but how to improve it. His mock interviews, critiques, and thoughtful guidance changed the way I present my work, structure my thinking, and communicate design decisions. During the long interview cycle for my new role, I kept returning to the lessons he taught me.”
“Steve is great! Very attentive and provides valuable feedback.”