Product Strategy & Design Leader
Everett Hagan
Experience Design leader specializing in transforming complex platforms into market-leading digital products, from early discovery through acquisition, adoption, and growth.
20+ years leading digital transformation across fintech and enterprise platforms. Trusted partner to executive teams delivering solutions that drive measurable growth.
My Work
Product Design
Raising the Bar for Wealth Advisors
SS&C Black Diamond | Dir, Product Design & Strategy
Elevated design as a strategic partner, modernize the platform experience, and expanded our market footprint.
Built and led a high-performing design team, establishing a culture of craft, accountability, and customer-centricity that elevated product quality across the Black Diamond Wealth Platform
Architected a unified design system that improved cross-team consistency, accelerated time-to-market, and reduced design-to-development friction.
INNOVATION PROGRAM
Accelerating People
SS&C ADVENT | PROGRAM MANAGER
Founded and scaled a global innovation program across 4 countries and 3,000+ participants, embedding a culture of experimentation across multiple business units.
Years
Participants
Ideas
INNOVATION PROGRAM
Spark Ideas
SS&C ADVENT | PROGRAM MANAGER
Minimize the friction necessary to share, pitch and collaborate on ideas across a global organization.
Viewers
Participants
Ideas
Product Design
Government Affairs & Federal Contracting
Bloomberg Goverment | Dir, Product Design
Led the end-to-end redesign of the Bloomberg Government platform, delivering a more intuitive, scalable, and cohesive user experience
Introduced and operationalized Lean UX practices, embedding design into agile workflows and accelerating cross-functional collaboration
Established the platform’s design language and experience standards, improving consistency and usability across products
Leadership
Leadership that Inspires
Whether I’m coaching a team, shaping vision, or unblocking the path forward, I strive to create an environment where people feel empowered to do their best work—and push boundaries while they’re at it.
Testimonials
Everett was instrumental in shaping both my career and the entire design culture at SS&C Advent. During my time working under his leadership, I witnessed firsthand how exceptional design leadership can transform not just a team, but an entire organization's approach to product development.
When Everett took on the role of Product Design Director, our design team was small and still finding its footing within the company.
Through his vision, creativity, and unwavering passion for innovation, he built us into a powerful and influential force that became integral to SS&C Advent's product strategy.
His ability to elevate design thinking across all levels of the organization was remarkable to witness and be part of.
As a UX visionary, Everett cares deeply about the customer problem and demonstrated strong problem solving skills by designing the user experience that makes our tools intuitive and consistent.
As a manager, he leads by example and always finds ways to energize the team. He is a strong influencer that drives the growth of an organization. I have enjoyed working with Everett as my partner, mentor and friend!
Creative, clever, and fun!. Those are the first words that come to mind when thinking of working with Everett. Everett brings fresh perspective and energy to even the most rigorous or challenging of projects
Working with Everett Hagan is like having an idea generator, motivational support and user-centered experience – all wrapped up into the most enthusiastic person you have ever met.
Whether it is launching the Innovation Society, creating a Design System approach, helping other teams ideate and problem solve – Everett is the multi-faceted energy – the flux capacitor, if you will – that can really bring you forwards (and back) to the future.
Two words to describe Everett: jazz hands. Ok, two more: creative leader. Ev's energy is both boundless and infectious. His "idears" (as he would say...) excite and inspire clients and peers alike. He's got a permanent place on my brainstorming dream-team...which is to say that I dream of working with him again!
"I’ve worked with Everett on a number of projects and learned that he never takes a ‘cookie cutter’ approach in terms of planning or creative execution. He truly immerses himself in a client’s business before recommending a solution.
And in terms of creative brainstorming and ideation, there is quite simply no one else I want in the room more than Everett. There is no limit to his creativity and no account beyond his aptitude.
Everett’s managerial style also helps to set him apart. He is open, inviting, and extraordinarily willing to invest the time to listen to and accommodate the needs of his direct reports."
I had the pleasure of working with Everett at Molecular and then Isobar for nearly 2.5 years. I interviewed him, highly recommended we hire him, and it proved to be a great success...I think for both Molecular and for Everett.
Together we lead the ideation and conceptualization of the award-winning adidas.com home page media mosaic. Everett is a wonderful creative thinker, always pushing the envelope when it comes to stretching his imagination, and that of those he works with. I can safely say that brainstorming, idea generation and insight synthesis, and sketching are his favorite activities and fortes!
Everett is an extremely competent strategist / designer / consultant... he can do it all. He has a unique combination of skills that allow him to confidently enter any situation and help define and lead a well designed, well articulated solution.
He consistently presents forward thinking ideas and can sell the story to a senior level audience.
In addition, he is a great advocate of his peers and knows how to grow and foster talent.
About Me
Creativity isn’t just a skill—it’s the through-line in everything I do. Whether I’m leading a research sprint, building a prototype, or designing the company holiday card, I bring a maker’s mindset and a love for the craft of design.
From strategy to execution, I approach every challenge with curiosity, intention, and a drive to make it meaningful.
Married My Best Friend
- 15 years and she's still speaking to me
- We met in Junior High School. It took me 25 years and Facebook to ask her out.
FUN FACT: Our Junior High School is where they filmed the school scenes for the show Stranger Things. Sadly it was recently demolished after the show ended.
World
Explorer
- Dove the great barrier reef of the coast of Cannes, Australia.
- Zipped line through the Cost Rican rainforest.
- Crewed True North an America's Cup boat.
- Dog sledding in Iceland.
Explored 5 of 7 continents (S. America & Antartica are on my bucket list)