Empowering software teams to build the best experiences.

I've spent the last years helping create innovative technology at startups, agencies, and major corporations across the United States. My passion for human-centered design, agile development, and lean project management helps bring exceptional products to life.

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My wide-ranging skills include research, design, planning, and engineering. I am hyper organized and a proven leader for both projects and people.

Design

More than pretty pixels

I seek to understand a problem, empathize with users, and collaborate with my team to conceptualize the best solution. My goal is to help stakeholders measure the impact of a problem and mitigate risks from assumptions and confirmation bias.

Personas

Journey Maps

Analytics

Wireframes

Figma

Accessibility

Usability

UAT

Engineering

Code makes it click

I build polished product experiences using modern web technology and agile best practices. I love to prototype new solutions that enable users to explore real data and workflows, providing valuable feedback into my design process.

React

Vue

TypeScript

Tailwind

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

Node

Express

Postgres

Git

VS Code

I thrive on collaborative, cross-functional teams where people can learn from and serve each other. Below are some words of praise from my past colleagues.

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Alex Courtney
Director of Innovation R&D, Mercy Virtual

"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."
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Jordan Woerndle
Developer, Mercy Virtual

"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."
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Peter Granderson

Developer, Mercy Virtual

"Brendan is a rare combination - a software engineer plus user-experience designer. And he is not just adequate at both, he excels."
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Nicholas Kajok
Staff Engineer, Coolfire Solutions

"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."
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Calvin Cox
Developer, Asynchrony Labs

"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."
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Kate Chadha
Research Practice Lead, Asynchrony Labs

"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."
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Johnny Steenbergen
Developer, Asynchrony Labs

"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."