Howdy I'm Kai
Innovative product designer + design educator
I thrive in designing human-centered, accessible and engaging learning experiences. Let's build something together.
Accepting new opportunities
Howdy I'm Kai
Innovative product designer + design educator
I thrive in designing human-centered, accessible and engaging learning experiences. Let's build something together.
Accepting new opportunities
Howdy I'm Kai
Innovative product designer + design educator
I thrive in designing human-centered, accessible and engaging learning experiences. Let's build something together.
Accepting new opportunities
Work featured at
ApolloEd Edtech Dashboard Design
A solution to navigating the surge in digital tools post COVID-19, ApolloEd created custom dashboards for data-driven decisions in education. My challenge was to redesign the onboarding for a self-service business model.
Onboarding Time
2:46 min
User Satisfaction
4/5*
Miami Hack Week
Enhancing the Hacker Experience at Miami Hack Week by Leveraging AI-powered Matching
2023 UXDesignathon
Winner
Judge Score
4.5/5*
Aceable
Unlocking the power of gamified learning for drivers education
Native App for Driver's Ed
#1
Seed Funding from MVP
25K
ApolloEd Edtech Dashboard Design
A solution to navigating the surge in digital tools post COVID-19, ApolloEd created custom dashboards for data-driven decisions in education. My challenge was to redesign the onboarding for a self-service business model.
Onboarding Time
2:46 min
User Satisfaction
4/5*
Miami Hack Week
Enhancing the Hacker Experience at Miami Hack Week by Leveraging AI-powered Matching
2023 UXDesignathon
Winner
Judge Score
4.5/5*
Aceable
Unlocking the power of gamified learning for drivers education
Native App for Driver's Ed
#1
Seed Funding from MVP
25K
ApolloEd Edtech Dashboard Design
A solution to navigating the surge in digital tools post COVID-19, ApolloEd created custom dashboards for data-driven decisions in education. My challenge was to redesign the onboarding for a self-service business model.
Onboarding Time
2:46 min
User Satisfaction
4/5*
Miami Hack Week
Enhancing the Hacker Experience at Miami Hack Week by Leveraging AI-powered Matching
2023 UXDesignathon
Winner
Judge Score
4.5/5*
Aceable
Unlocking the power of gamified learning for drivers education
Native App for Driver's Ed
#1
Seed Funding from MVP
25K
About Me
About Me
Howdy! I'm a product designer from Austin, Texas — where breakfast tacos and lip-smacking BBQ reign supreme. You can generally find me re-watching Star Trek episodes, color-coding my Notion dashboard weekly, illustrating cute things, and hopelessly trying to teach my cat to communicate.
I chase after big problems, I love collaboration and the spirit of building in public. I co-founded Sprintfolio, an ai-powered UX design school where I've mentored and facilitated over 120 design sprints. I'm also an ADPlist mentor with over 500 minutes of mentoring junior to senior designers. Uplifting, learning, and building with others is my jam.
Design Philosophy
Design Philosophy
I am passionate about continous learning, behavioral science and discovering the “aha” moment between business and design. These are 3 guiding principles in how I approach my work.
I am passionate about continous learning, behavioral science and discovering the “aha” moment between business and design. These are 3 guiding principles in how I approach my work.
01
User Centered
Designing positive experiences increases customer satisfaction and loyalty, which ultimately contribute to the success of the project.
Interdisciplinary
My interdisciplinary approach merges insights from diverse fields to deeply understand and address user needs, enhancing collaboration and innovation in cross-functional teams.
02
Strategic
I take a holistic approach to design, first understanding the problem at hand, the users, and their interaction with the business. This allows me to create products with great market fit in their respective industries.
03
01
User Centered
Designing positive experiences for the users lead to increased customer satisfaction and brand loyalty, and ultimately contribute to the success of the project.
Strategic
I take a holistic approach to design, going to great lengths to understand the problem, the users, and their interaction with the business and the relevant industries.
03
Interdisciplinary
My interdisciplinary approach merges insights from diverse fields to deeply understand and address user needs, enhancing collaboration and innovation in cross-functional teams.
02
Deliver
Determine design patterns, elements of template pages, different framework options, and work with developers to test design functionality.
04
Design Philosophy
I am passionate about continous learning, behavioral science and discovering the “aha” moment between business and design. These are 3 guiding principles in how I approach my work.
01
User Centered
Designing positive experiences for the users lead to increased customer satisfaction and brand loyalty, and ultimately contribute to the success of the project.
Interdisciplinary
My interdisciplinary approach merges insights from diverse fields to deeply understand and address user needs, enhancing collaboration and innovation in cross-functional teams.
02
Strategic
I take a holistic approach to design, going to great lengths to understand the problem at hand, the users, and their interaction with the business. This allows me to create products with great market fit in their respective industries.
03
01
User Centered
Designing positive experiences for the users lead to increased customer satisfaction and brand loyalty, and ultimately contribute to the success of the project.
Interdisciplinary
My interdisciplinary approach merges insights from diverse fields to deeply understand and address user needs, enhancing collaboration and innovation in cross-functional teams.
02
Strategic
I take a holistic approach to design, going to great lengths to understand the problem at hand, the users, and their interaction with the business. This allows me to create products with great market fit in their respective industries.
03
01
User Centered
Designing positive experiences for the users lead to increased customer satisfaction and brand loyalty, and ultimately contribute to the success of the project.
Interdisciplinary
My interdisciplinary approach merges insights from diverse fields to deeply understand and address user needs, enhancing collaboration and innovation in cross-functional teams.
02
Strategic
I take a holistic approach to design, going to great lengths to understand the problem at hand, the users, and their interaction with the business. This allows me to create products with great market fit in their respective industries.
03
01
User Centered
Designing positive experiences for the users lead to increased customer satisfaction and brand loyalty, and ultimately contribute to the success of the project.
Interdisciplinary
My interdisciplinary approach merges insights from diverse fields to deeply understand and address user needs, enhancing collaboration and innovation in cross-functional teams.
02
Strategic
I take a holistic approach to design, going to great lengths to understand the problem at hand, the users, and their interaction with the business. This allows me to create products with great market fit in their respective industries.
03
Design Philosophy
I am passionate about continous learning, behavioral science and discovering the “aha” moment between business and design. These are 3 guiding principles in how I approach my work.
01
User Centered
Designing positive experiences for the users lead to increased customer satisfaction and brand loyalty, and ultimately contribute to the success of the project.
Interdisciplinary
My interdisciplinary approach merges insights from diverse fields to deeply understand and address user needs, enhancing collaboration and innovation in cross-functional teams.
02
Strategic
I take a holistic approach to design, going to great lengths to understand the problem at hand, the users, and their interaction with the business. This allows me to create products with great market fit in their respective industries.
03
01
User Centered
Designing positive experiences for the users lead to increased customer satisfaction and brand loyalty, and ultimately contribute to the success of the project.
Interdisciplinary
My interdisciplinary approach merges insights from diverse fields to deeply understand and address user needs, enhancing collaboration and innovation in cross-functional teams.
02
Strategic
I take a holistic approach to design, going to great lengths to understand the problem at hand, the users, and their interaction with the business. This allows me to create products with great market fit in their respective industries.
03
01
User Centered
Designing positive experiences for the users lead to increased customer satisfaction and brand loyalty, and ultimately contribute to the success of the project.
Interdisciplinary
My interdisciplinary approach merges insights from diverse fields to deeply understand and address user needs, enhancing collaboration and innovation in cross-functional teams.
02
Strategic
I take a holistic approach to design, going to great lengths to understand the problem at hand, the users, and their interaction with the business. This allows me to create products with great market fit in their respective industries.
03
01
User Centered
Designing positive experiences for the users lead to increased customer satisfaction and brand loyalty, and ultimately contribute to the success of the project.
Interdisciplinary
My interdisciplinary approach merges insights from diverse fields to deeply understand and address user needs, enhancing collaboration and innovation in cross-functional teams.
02
Strategic
I take a holistic approach to design, going to great lengths to understand the problem at hand, the users, and their interaction with the business. This allows me to create products with great market fit in their respective industries.
03
Skills
Skills
UX Design
UX Design
UX Design
UI Design
UI Design
UI Design
Product Design
Product Design
Product Design
Design Systems
Design Systems
Design Systems
Basic CSS / HTML
Basic CSS / HTML
Basic CSS / HTML
Workshops
Workshops
Workshops
Design Sprint
Design Sprint
Design Sprint
Interaction Design
Interaction Design
Interaction Design
User Testing
User Testing
User Testing
Usability Testing
Usability Testing
Usability Testing
UX Research
UX Research
UX Research
Leadership
Leadership
Leadership
Mentoring
Mentoring
Mentoring
No-Code
No-Code
No-Code
Motion Graphics
Motion Graphics
Motion Graphics
Storytelling
Storytelling
Storytelling
UX Writing
UX Writing
UX Writing
Instructional Design
Instructional Design
Instructional Design
+ More
+ More
+ More
🖖 Live long and prosper
Care to chat, collaborate or mind meld?