Summary
Design Engineer and AI Product Designer with 15+ years shipping end-to-end digital products — from research and systems architecture to production-ready front-end code. I sit at the intersection of design and engineering: fluent in Figma and React, comfortable in the terminal, and experienced building live platforms with Supabase, Firebase, Vercel, and Stripe. Available for remote contract engagements with fast ramp and independent execution.
Core Competencies
- Design Systems & Component Libraries
- Design Tokens & Figma
- End-to-end UX/UI & Interaction Design
- Accessibility-first Design (WCAG 2.1)
- Wireframing, Prototyping & 0-to-1 Launches
- React · HTML/CSS · Front-End Engineering
- Supabase · Firebase · Vercel · Stripe
- AI Product Design & Prompt Engineering
- Agile Product Management & Roadmap Ownership
- Cross-functional Leadership & Stakeholder Management
Software & Tools
Design & Prototyping
- Figma
- Adobe XD · Sketch · InVision
- Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects)
Engineering & Infrastructure
- React · HTML/CSS · JavaScript
- Visual Studio Code · Claude Code
- Supabase · Firebase/Firestore
- Vercel · Stripe · GitHub Deploy
- Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)
- Shopify · AutoDS
AI & Emerging Tech
- Claude · ChatGPT
- Midjourney · HeyGen · Runway · Kling
Work Experience
Design Engineer & UX Consultant
Gradiont / Freelance — Remote Contract · 2024–Present
- Built and shipped RunRaise — a full-stack fundraising platform for PTOs/PTAs architected with Supabase, Stripe Connect, Vercel, and Resend; designed all UI in Figma and implemented front-end in React with real-time leaderboards, admin dashboards, and multi-tier donation flows.
- Engineered responsive websites using Visual Studio Code and Claude Code for enterprise clients including Charter Spectrum (ITG), delivering measurable cross-device performance improvements.
- Designed and launched schalmontpto.com on Firebase/Firestore with real-time data rendering, GitHub auto-deploy to Bluehost, and a custom directory using onSnapshot listeners.
- Built fortcrazypants.com — a live Shopify dropshipping store integrated with AutoDS and TikTok Business, including full brand design and Amazon Associates monetization.
- Provide senior-level UX/UI design and product strategy consulting; maintain brand and experience standards independently without PM oversight.
Senior Product Manager | UX/UI Design Lead
Inspired Thinking Group (ITG) · 2021–2024
- Owned end-to-end experience design across Mobile, Residential, and SMB platforms for Charter Spectrum — serving millions of users, designing 200+ article pages contributing to an estimated 35% SEO improvement through structured content architecture and metadata governance.
- Reduced design-to-dev handoff time by ~30% through scalable design system governance — component libraries, design tokens, and documented interaction patterns used across multiple product teams.
- Led product discovery, user flows, and interaction models that drove on-time roadmap delivery; mentored cross-functional contributors and applied A/B testing and analytics to improve engagement and velocity.
- Leveraged Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) and enterprise front-end tooling to bridge design and implementation at scale.
Lead Senior UX/UI Designer
Human Care Systems · 2014–2020
- Led 0-to-1 strategy, design, and launch of Resilix — a telenursing platform serving healthcare enterprise clients — directing a team of 4–6 from user research and prototyping through market adoption in 18 months; earned the 2019 GDUSA UX/UI Award.
- Designed WCAG-compliant user flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity prototypes across multi-channel healthcare experiences; established scalable creative infrastructure for paid media, social, and video.
- Partnered with marketing and C-suite on go-to-market strategy, translating complex clinical workflows into clear, audience-specific product narratives.
Senior Graphic Designer
Merck KGaA Life Sciences · 2008–2013
- Delivered 15+ award-winning campaign assets annually across print, digital, and social — owning creative workflows, asset governance, and sales enablement tools that reduced rework and improved speed to market.