Liron Damir was once the lead designer for Pebble and WebOS. His most recent position was at Essential as head of UX (User experience) which focused on the way customers interacted with the products. After moving around a couple of startups, Damir has more recently been hired by Google to lead the design of Google Home products. Damir's departure follows that of another executive on the Essential team, which, honestly, doesn't look very good for the startup smartphone company. We are still waiting to see when we can get our hands on the Essential PH-1, as the company has yet to begin...
Source: http://www.gsmarena.com/google_hires_essentials_head_of_user_experience-news-26439.php
