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About Me

I'm Harvey. I work as a UX designer at AWS, designing low-code and no-code ML tools in SageMaker and Bedrock. Before that, I was a front end engineer — I shipped directory pages for 200M+ companies and built a sign-up flow that contributed to $1.2M in revenue at Apollo.io. That background means I design with the whole product in mind.

Background

At AWS, I design tools that help people use machine learning without needing to be ML experts — things like model selection, data import, and prompt workflows in SageMaker and Bedrock. My two Apollo internships gave me an unusual vantage point: one as a front end engineer shipping production code, one as a UX researcher running user studies. Knowing both sides means I can spot where a design will fall apart in a sprint, write a spec engineers can actually hand off from, and prototype at enough fidelity that there's no guesswork. Outside of work, I mess around with Photoshop and After Effects, and I run sometimes.

What I Bring

I've shipped in production

As a front end engineer at Apollo.io, I built pages with billions of annual impressions and a sign-up flow that contributed to $1.2M in revenue. I'm not guessing what engineering looks like.

Design grounded in feasibility

Having implemented Figma specs pixel-perfectly, I know where the friction lives between design and a real sprint. My designs account for edge cases, states, and what's actually shippable.

I speak both rooms

I can sit in a design critique and an engineering standup and be useful in both. Handoffs don't need extra translation when the designer already speaks the language.

Research-driven, not taste-driven

I've run user interviews, think-aloud sessions, card sorts, and Fullstory analysis. Decisions on my work are backed by what users actually do, not what I think looks good.