Ryo Lu

Ryo Lu builds tools that help people make software and shape their own workflows. His product design work spans Cursor, Notion, Stripe and Asana, and he created the open-source ryOS project.

Career

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Based in: San Francisco
Elsewhere

Cursor

Feb 2025 — Aug 2026

Head of Design

Notion

Sep 2019 — Jan 2025

Founding Designer, Product, Design Lead

Stripe

Mar 2018 — Sep 2019

Product Designer

Asana

Nov 2016 — Mar 2018

Product Designer

Ping++

Nov 2015 — Nov 2016

Head of Design

Pluto

Jan 2015 — Nov 2015

Founder; Head of Product and Design

SchedulingDirect

Jun 2013 — Nov 2014

Design Co-Founder

Ericsson

Aug 2013 — Apr 2014

Software Developer (Intern)

Autodesk

Jan 2013 — May 2013

Software Developer (Intern)

MacIdea.com

Aug 2009 — Apr 2013

Co-founder

McGill University

Bachelor's studies in software

Marianopolis College

Products & media

dialectic.fm

Ryo Lu’s design lessons — the host’s written companion

Media appearance

notion.com

The design thinking behind Notion AI

Writing

github.com

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Ryo Lu

Cursor

Notion

Stripe

Asana

Ping++

Pluto

SchedulingDirect

Ericsson

Autodesk

MacIdea.com

McGill University

Marianopolis College

Products & media

Ryo Lu’s design lessons — the host’s written companion

The design thinking behind Notion AI

ryOS

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