I’m Chris DeSantis, a Senior Product Designer with 6+ years of experience designing in B2B SaaS. I currently work at PitchBook Data, creating research backed experiences for institutional investors.

FINTECH | pitchbook | 2020 - 2023

Productizing internal tools & methodologies for investors

I partnered closely with in-house research analysts to translate their custom built methodologies and tools into platform features for institutional investors (LPs), helping these users interpret datasets faster. These features helped the team reach its goal of 7,500 licensed LP users by 2023 and were cited in the press, including in Fortune.

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Portfolio Forecasting

Portfolio Forecasting

Translated the research team’s internal Excel-based cash flow modeling workflow into a self-service forecasting tool, enabling investors to model out their own portfolio data directly in the platform instead of relying on manual spreadsheets.

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Investor Performance Scores

Investor Performance Scores

Translated the research team's performance methodology into standardized investor performance scores, helping investors quickly benchmark track records and interpret performance across funds.

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Investor Style Summaries

Investor Style Summaries

Converted analyst research insights into concise investor style summaries that surface key patterns in investment strategy.

FINTECH | pitchbook | 2020 - 2023

Productizing an Excel workflow for investors

I partnered closely with in-house research analysts to translate their methodologies and insights into platform features for institutional investors (LPs), helping these users interpret complex data faster. These features helped the team reach its goal of 7,500 licensed LP users by 2023 and were cited in the press, including in Fortune.

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Performance Scores

Performance Scores

Productized analyst evaluation frameworks into standardized performance scores for quick benchmarking.

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Style Summaries

Style Summaries

Structured analyst research insights into concise summaries that reveal investor strategies at a glance.

FINTECH | pitchbook | 2024 - 2025

Redesigned how investors discover and consume news

For the past six years, I’ve owned the design of funds data tools for institutional investors (aka LP and GPs), working closely with PitchBook's in-house research analysts to turn their methodologies and insights into trusted, usable platform experiences. A key goal for the business was driving growth in LP accounts as this represented a strong greenfield opportunity for additional revenue.


Result: Achieved goal of 7,500 licensed LP users by the end of 2022 (22% increase YoY) with LP accounts representing ~$32M total between renewed and

Portfolio Forecasting

PitchBook’s first self-service end-to-end platform tool for fund cash flow modeling. Within the first three quarters post-launch, adoption of the tool among licensed LP accounts grew by 106%, while task time dropped from multiple days to under one day.

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Investor Performance Scores

Investor Style Summaries

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FINTECH | pitchbook | 2024 - 2025

Revamping how investors engage with news

Revamping how investors engage with news

Each design decision focused on preserving research flow at different moments—during scanning, discovery, and deeper reading—so users could access relevant news without unnecessary context switching.

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Supporting workflows for global trade suppliers & buyers

Supporting workflows for global trade suppliers & buyers

Impact: Designed the end-to-end UX for the company’s MVP, which was used in investor demos and customer validation leading up to the company’s successful $5M seed round and subsequent $3.5M raise.

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FINTECH | pitchbook | 2020 - present

Productizing an Excel workflow for investors

Productizing an Excel workflow for investors

Each design decision focused on preserving research flow at different moments—during scanning, discovery, and deeper reading—so users could access relevant news without unnecessary context switching.

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testimonials

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Kristina Gerwe

Director of Product Management @ Aumni (Former PitchBook colleague)

"Chris has demonstrated the ability to adapt to new challenges with a forward-thinking approach. I've seen him take the lead on complex projects, demonstrating a keen ability to manage deadlines, and ensure the successful delivery of designs that required a great deal of cross-functional and leadership alignment. Chris has been an instrumental team player and is a delight to be around. Chris brings poise, humility, and a friendly approach in his interactions and I am constantly impressed how he handles himself in meetings and day to day conversations."

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Anita Kim

Lead Product Designer @ Target (Former Intelage colleague)

"Chris is a solid hybrid UX and UI designer, able to solve complex customer problems and deliver beautiful visuals. He is super mature, collaborative and a team player. He is quick to learn and able to ramp up in any environment. Working directly with him over time continued to prove to me that I made a great initial decision to hire him."

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Kristina Gerwe

Director of Product Management @ Aumni (Former PitchBook colleague)

"Chris has demonstrated the ability to adapt to new challenges with a forward-thinking approach. I've seen him take the lead on complex projects, demonstrating a keen ability to manage deadlines, and ensure the successful delivery of designs that required a great deal of cross-functional and leadership alignment. Chris has been an instrumental team player and is a delight to be around. Chris brings poise, humility, and a friendly approach in his interactions and I am constantly impressed how he handles himself in meetings and day to day conversations."

Portrait image of recently hired tech professional
Kristina Gerwe

Director of Product Management @ Aumni (Former PitchBook colleague)

"Chris has demonstrated the ability to adapt to new challenges with a forward-thinking approach. I've seen him take the lead on complex projects, demonstrating a keen ability to manage deadlines, and ensure the successful delivery of designs that required a great deal of cross-functional and leadership alignment. Chris has been an instrumental team player and is a delight to be around. Chris brings poise, humility, and a friendly approach in his interactions and I am constantly impressed how he handles himself in meetings and day to day conversations."

Portrait image of recently hired tech professional
Anita Kim

Lead Product Designer @ Target (Former Intelage colleague)

"Chris is a solid hybrid UX and UI designer, able to solve complex customer problems and deliver beautiful visuals. He is super mature, collaborative and a team player. He is quick to learn and able to ramp up in any environment. Working directly with him over time continued to prove to me that I made a great initial decision to hire him."

Portrait image of recently hired tech professional
Anita Kim

Lead Product Designer @ Target (Former Intelage colleague)

"Chris is a solid hybrid UX and UI designer, able to solve complex customer problems and deliver beautiful visuals. He is super mature, collaborative and a team player. He is quick to learn and able to ramp up in any environment. Working directly with him over time continued to prove to me that I made a great initial decision to hire him."