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Hi, I'm Michel—a software designer and design engineer with a track record of leading zero-to-one products and features across mobile and web. I'm currently leading design for financial products as an initial designer at Center.

I studied psychology, communication, and design, previously toured and produced
music
 and sometimes tackle additional design and coding-related projects.

Work

2023 — Present

Sr. UX Designer (Hybrid IC/Manager of 1) , Center
Next-Gen/White-Label Product, Partner & Developer Tooling

2020 — 2023

Senior UX Designer, Center
Travel Product

2018 — 2020

Senior UX Designer, Center
Admin Experience

2016 — 2018

Founding UX Designer, Center
Core Product

2016

Art Director, Wunderman-Thompson
Microsoft Learning, Microsoft Cognitive Services

2015 — 2016

UX Design Intern, SAP Concur
Concur Labs

Projects

Current

Mainframe
Open source developer tool for 3rd party data integrations.

Current

Origin
AI-powered, chat-driven productivity tool

Awards

2024

OctoAI Open Source AI Hackathon Winner
A prototype to automate tasks with contextual understanding

2016

CSS Design Awards
SCCA Portshowlio Website

2015

AIGA Seattle Pour Back Grant Winner
Design for a gender-neutral restroom locator app