Curious by nature,

rigorous by design

Background

Design as a way of seeing

I'm a curious and creative person. I've always been drawn to understanding how things work, imagining what they could be, and questioning the assumptions behind why they are the way they are. That curiosity led me through visual arts and architecture before finding its sharpest expression in product design. Visual arts taught me how to see, how meaning is made through composition, medium, and form. Architecture added systems thinking, rigor, and a deep respect for how people move through and experience the world. Product design brought all of that together somewhere I could apply it every day.

Today I work on complex problems across domains, with a growing focus on how generative AI can meaningfully support the way people navigate difficult systems and make decisions. Increasingly I'm working directly in code, contributing across different parts of the stack in ways that let me build, test, and get solutions into the world faster.

Beyond the screen, I love to make things, both digital and physical. Away from the screen I lean into the physical side of making, where I get to use other senses more directly. Pottery, painting, and the occasional furniture sketch. I also travel as much as I can, drawn to experiencing how different people and communities have built their lives. It's a reminder of the diversity of the world and it keeps my thinking honest.

Design philosophy

Principles that shape how I work

Enter with empathy

Inhabit your users' and stakeholders' realities deeply, not just as a checkpoint but as a constant lens. Before the brief, before the questions, you orient around the humans in the room.

Ask with curiosity

Challenge what seems obvious. Explore the systems, constraints, and alternative paths that others skip past. Ask the hard questions, knowing you won't always have the answers, and stay hungry for the context you don't yet have.

Context is momentary

The context you have at any given moment is all you can work with. Insights shift, conditions change, and good design evolves with them. Make an honest assessment, acknowledge the gaps, and move forward with confidence.

Relationships unlock better solutions

The closer you are to the people you work with, the more coherent the work becomes. Strong partnerships create the trust and alignment that let teams move faster, think more clearly, and produce work that holds together from start to finish.

Own the work

Bring a point of view. Lead the thinking, advocate for what you're building, and carry it through fully. Clear perspectives create productive dialogue and help teams move forward, even when the path isn't obvious yet.

Clean systems make clean experiences

Resolving complexity cleanly in logic, data, and architecture surfaces as clarity in the experience itself. The best UX often starts beneath the interface, where clean thinking at the foundation makes everything above it stronger.

testimonials

Words from collaborators

"He quickly grasped the nuances of our technical products and consistently addressed issues at their core, not just on the surface."

Shokofeh Darbari

Senior Product Manager

"His ability to distill ambiguous requirements into actionable design tasks and his unwavering commitment to quality were evident throughout our collaboration."

Sam Sudy

Senior Product Manager

"As the design owner on a brand new product that he successfully took from 0 to 1, Jesus proved himself to be a great collaborator who was able to align internal and external stakeholders on the best user experience."

Shawna Jacoby

Product Design Manager