Bio
Bio, toolset, associations, education, and a chronological ledger of where I’ve worked. Updated as things change.
The short version.
Most problems have a side door. I tend to find it first.
A designer who learned to build: 20+ years across brand, product design, and frontend. I lead a four-person UX team at Supplyframe, a Siemens company that makes the software electronics companies use to find, price, and buy components, and I own the shared design system those products run on.
I ship frontend code myself, using AI tools every day, and I specialize in dense, data-heavy tools where people have to understand and trust what the software recommends. I have built products and design teams from zero at three companies.
Fewer handoffs, more shared vocabulary, and a system that gets stronger every time someone ships.
I run design with a small team, clear ownership, and a short distance between the design file and the shipped screen. At Supplyframe I lead the UX/UI team and own design-system stewardship, so the system is a working contract with engineering rather than a library nobody opens. Designers pair with engineers early, and tokens and patterns live in one place so a decision made once holds everywhere.
At Cane Bay I led three designers through fintech web and mobile products end to end and managed the designer–developer relationship through delivery. The pattern is the same at any size: name the owner, shorten the loop, and let the system carry the weight.
Where I have worked.
- 2022–present01
Supplyframe, a Siemens company
UX/UI Design Team Lead (Jan 2025 →) · Senior UX/UI Designer (2022–2024) - 2019–202202
Cane Bay Partners VI, LLLP
Lead UX/UI Designer · full-time - 2018–201903
Dose Loui
Founder · Creative Director - 2018–201904
Garcoa, Inc.
Senior Web / Graphic Designer · full-time - 2015–201805
Goldman Marketing Group
Senior Interactive / Print Designer · full-time - 2013–201506
MOR Financial Services, Inc.
Senior Graphic Designer / Marketing Specialist · full-time - 2003–present07
Carlos deArtola Design
Principal Designer · self-employed · remoteRemote
What I work in.
Figma|Tokens Studio|Adobe XD|Adobe Illustrator|Adobe Photoshop|Adobe After Effects|Sketch|A/B testing
Claude Code|GitHub Copilot agent mode|MCP server integration|agent orchestration UI|design-to-code workflows
React|TypeScript|JavaScript|HTML|CSS|Tailwind|Vite|SCSS theming|React Flow|design tokens|WCAG AA|GitHub|CI/CD
B2B SaaS|data-dense decision support|electronics procurement|supply chain|fintech and lending|enterprise audit environments
team of four|hiring|performance reviews|design teams built at three companies|design-engineering partnership|mentoring and intern programs
AIGA · Los Angeles Sustaining Member
Software Tutor · Adobe, WordPress, HTML/CSS
B.S. Graphic Design
Art Institute of California, Hollywood
magna cum laude
What I do.
product design·user experience design·user interface design·user research·usability testing·information architecture·design systems·design engineering·frontend development·AI-assisted design-to-code·visual design·branding·illustration·motion
Get in touch.
Open to design lead and design engineering roles: leading teams in product design, design systems, and the frontend that ships them. Best reached by email.