Product designer
20+ years shipping digital products
I design complex digital products so they feel effortless, clarify and streamline complicated systems, and guide projects from concept to implementation and launch.
Case studies
78% faster proposal creation
Replaced a slow, manual proposal workflow with a custom sales platform that supported Atma’s growth from $1.4 million to more than $10 million in annual sales.
Service responses in minutes instead of weeks
Designed a service platform that connected customers, support teams, system information, and service requests in one smooth operational workflow.
From six admin steps to one
Automated contract creation, signing, and payment setup, replacing a slow, manual, rep-controlled process with a clearer self-service path for homeowners.
How I work
Listen
I begin by listening to my stakeholders and learn what they are trying to accomplish and where the current experience is failing. Together, I know this team mind holds the answers we need.
Simplify
Complex products often bring competing needs, unclear language, unnecessary steps, and lots and lots of assumptions. I reduce all of these until I arrive at something people can understand and use.
Guide
I turn our ongoing learnings into direction: priorities, user flows, prototypes, interface decisions, and more. I explain the why, involve the participants, and help the team move forward together.
Assess
I continue when the design is approved. I build as needed, test the product, document and communicate decisions, and iterate and improve upon the product when real-life usage brings unexpected results.
Independent projects
Transforming accessibility flags into action
An AI-assisted accessibility tool that organizes technical findings into straightforward groups, practical recommendations, and guided human checks.
Reconstructing a 1928 story machine
A modern reinterpretation of William Wallace Cook’s plot-generation system, combining custom data modelling, controlled AI-assisted rewriting, and the manual review of 1,852 entries.
Rebuilding routines, one check at a time
A privacy-first daily checklist that resets at midnight, designed for people with mental health challenges who are rebuilding routines.
Automating company research
An automated research system that gathers company and news data, validates AI-generated profiles, identifies useful interview angles, and delivers interview-briefs to Notion.
What they say
- Colin did an absolutely stellar job.
- A pleasure to work with.
- Goes above and beyond.
- Is a rare species of web developer.
- The most capable developer I’ve worked with.
- Holds himself to high standards.
- Would definitely recommend.
From the 100+ project reviews on my Codeable profile – 5/5 overall rating
Let’s work together (and build something amazing)
I am especially interested in product designer roles involving energy, climate technology, sustainable solutions, complex workflows, and close design-engineering collaboration.