UX Discovery
De-Risking Ideas
Poorly planned features cost engineering time. I conduct early user research, journey mapping, and rapid prototype testing to validate assumptions and refine product direction before writing production code.
I am a Product Engineer with 13+ years of experience blending user research, UI design, and full-stack development. I validate user needs early, eliminate handoff friction, and ship scalable systems built to last.
UX Discovery
Poorly planned features cost engineering time. I conduct early user research, journey mapping, and rapid prototype testing to validate assumptions and refine product direction before writing production code.
Design to Code
I design with code in mind, creating user experiences grounded in atomic engineering principles. Wireframes and high-fidelity mock-ups become living applications with reduced overhead and accelerated launches.
System Architecture
Excellent experiences require excellent code. I build composable, tested frontends and services with the latest web technology for flexible, maintainable products that delight users.
I thrive on collaborative, cross-functional teams where people can learn from and serve each other. Here's some praise from past colleagues.
"Brendan is extremely passionate about his work, creating/delivering great products, and has great insights. His experience in design thinking and elements, coding, and understanding business value delivery makes him a huge asset to any team."
"Working with Brendan in Mercy Virtual's R&D group was a pleasure. His programming skills were top notch and his personality, drive, and ability to understand the mission was unparalleled. Brendan's eye for design and desire to build usable, yet beautiful interfaces really stood out while we worked together. He was always eager to teach and learn and his leadership kept us on track in our agile environment. Great guy, great developer, great designer, and a pleasure to work with."
"Brendan brought strong design skills to our projects together while at Asynchrony. He was able to manage the client relationship and user feedback to build a complete application. Brendan was also quick to jump into technical discussions and gain knowledge and understanding of every aspect of the user experience."
"Brendan is a talented, thoughtful UX and interaction designer. I am convinced he can learn and master any skill or practice to make himself a UX thought and practice lead."
"Brendan is a rare combination - a software engineer plus user-experience designer. And he is not just adequate at both, he excels."
"Brendan has an infectious attitude that leaves you feeling excited to execute on the designs and concepts that he creates. He has also been a great mentor to the design team and has helped to bring them up to speed quickly."
"His designs clearly articulate the value a user will get out of each interaction with the page. Working with Brendan was a treat. In three days of pairing, we were able to redesign the entire application and put forward a working prototype."