An Asian man smiles with hiss mouth wide open. He wears glasses, a red shirt, and a black backpack.
This is Simon.
He's a UX designer.
With degrees in Human-Centered Design (MS, University of Washington) and Computer Science + Film (AB, Harvard), Simon builds delightful and accessible experiences across healthcare, technology, and engineering.
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Selected Work
Screenshots of webpages and components of the UW Medicine project are overlayed over a blue background with a pill bottle.
UX DESIGN / UW MEDICINE
Connecting patients to care with new booking and navigation patterns
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A dashboard and a journey map float over a background of a mining haul truck.
UX design & design thinking / FIRST MODE
Enabling emissions reduction via driver feedback and training systems
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A laptop and phone float above a background of players in a sled hockey game. The laptop screen shows the homepage of Seattle Adaptive Sports. The logo is in the top left with a menu bar filling in the top. Large orange text reading "push beyond your limits" is emblazoned over an image of an athlete pushing their wheelchair along a track. Below the text, a second heading reads "Seattle Adaptive Sports is a regional hub that connects athletes and the community with opportunities to compete, learn, and grow." Below that, a button reads "find a program." The phone screen shows the same content adapted to the screen size.
WEB & VISUAL DESIGN / SEATTLE ADAPTIVE SPORTS
Developing an active, adaptive visual design system
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Why Simon?
A microcontroller with various wires and devices attached. An LED screen and a breadboard with many sensors and actuators are prominent.
Engineering fluency
With a dev and computer science background, Simon bridges the gap between creative and technical, enabling effortless handoff, multidisciplinary collaboration, and a hands-on approach.
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Storycrafting
Simon's experience with filmmaking and writing influences his process, framing problems as narratives and stories. From user journeys to visual identities to product pitches, design as storytelling is a key tenet in his philosophy.
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Unique perspective
Having both lived experience as a disabled designer and published accessibility research, Simon brings a needed and fresh point of view to any design challenge.
What Folks Say
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Simon's unique blend of graphics, UI/UX, programming, and cinematography skills allowed him to view problems through a variety of unique and interesting lenses. I would love to work with Simon again given the opportunity, and can strongly recommend him to any organization.
Director, Human-Centered Design
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Simon’s ability to assess stakeholder needs and enhance both the design and functionality of our patient experience dashboard made our data more accessible and informative. His can-do attitude and kindness made it easy to collaborate seamlessly with multiple teams.
Manager, Experience Insights & Design
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Simon has a wide range of skills that made him a great fit in a startup’s fast-paced product development process. He can kickoff initial product definition research, design the product interface, and code the product features for launch. His wide knowledge base along with his great storytelling acumen meant he communicates and collaborates with various team disciplines with ease.
Design Manager, Human-Centered Design
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