“Don possesses a powerful blend of design, development, and communication skills. He approaches design challenges from a truly user-centered perspective while always balancing technology constraints and business goals. Don shows particular talent in reaching out to stakeholders and facilitating collaboration, whether in person or remotely. He follows a systematic process, yet continues to find new and creative ways to research problems, illustrate ideas, and push designs to greater solutions. Don handles complex systems and simple design problems with equal enthusiasm. He has a strong work ethic with incredible time management practices, giving his team great confidence that he will always deliver and positively impact the product and user experience. Don brings a sense of humor, energy, and positivity that make working with him a pleasure.”

“Don was a great partner and mentor to me during the 2 years we worked together at Lifion. Don and I worked together to design and implement a design system for all of Lifion’s applications. He was able to take all my UX energy and vision and channel it into an actionable, practical, year-long engineering and roll-out plan. We went on to complete that plan, on schedule, despite numerous curve-balls that came our way. Don helped guide me through all the complexity and nuance of upgrading software that is already in-flight.

Don has a passion for design, a solid understanding of engineering, and, best of all, deep compassion for all of the stakeholders that are counting on him and his team. I would highly recommend working with Don if you want something to build something good.”

“We knew we had to build something, but it wasn’t until we worked with Don that we knew what we needed to build.

His clearly defined process meant that we always knew what the next step was, why it was important, and most importantly how to execute it. We now have extremely useful and user-friendly applications that helped us take our business to the next level.”

“Don’s Product Design Seminar was awesome; we’ve already changed our entire workflow in the two weeks since we returned!”

“I would wholeheartedly recommend the Product Design Seminar to any serious developer trying to bring the best user experience possible to his or her clients.
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