Hi, I'm Cody.

I design product experiences that simplify complexity and drive measurable impact.

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Hi, I'm Cody.

I design product experiences that simplify complexity and drive measurable impact.

View my work

About Me

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Lead UX/product designer in Chicago with 9+ years of experience crafting user-centered tools in health, education, and finance.

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Currently leading design for clinical research @Verily, an Alphabet company.

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Previously led product design @Minerva Project, where I designed a new curriculum platform that simplified course creation and assessment for educators.

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Before that, I helped scale subscription billing @Recurly and tackled business billing @Viewpost.

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Projects

Class Engagement Metrics

Designing a dashboard to track student engagement over time — resulting in over 400 hours of annual savings.

Class Engagement Metrics

Designing a dashboard to track student engagement over time — resulting in over 400 hours of annual savings.

Class Engagement Metrics

Designing a dashboard to track student engagement over time — resulting in over 400 hours of annual savings.

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Classroom Reactions

Designing new reactions for the Forum classroom — resulting in a 17% increase in usage and student engagement.

Classroom Reactions

Designing new reactions for the Forum classroom — resulting in a 17% increase in usage and student engagement.

Classroom Reactions

Designing new reactions for the Forum classroom — resulting in a 17% increase in usage and student engagement.

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Credit Invoices

Simplifying Recurly's subscription emails and invoices — increasing task success rate by 21%.

Credit Invoices

Simplifying Recurly's subscription emails and invoices — increasing task success rate by 21%.

Credit Invoices

Simplifying Recurly's subscription emails and invoices — increasing task success rate by 21%.

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My Design Philosophy

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Design is a toolbox

I view design as a set of tools to facilitate understanding, alignment, and problem solving. The exact tools depend on the context, but the double diamond is a great representative framework.

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Align and iterate

Collaborate in the lowest fidelity possible to most effectively, clearly communicate and align at each step - then iterate to work out further details.

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Keep a growth mindset

Both system and goals are important - small improvements can make a big difference over time.

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Impact over perfection

I used to think it was a designer's job to sweat 100% of the details, but now I believe its actually to identify and focus on the 20% that matters most.

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Leave it better than you found it

A philosophy that I learned in Boy Scouts that I still use today (and preach to others) when designing.

Testemonials

"Cody is exactly what I want a product designer to be. He thinks like a PM, but with a design lens. Cody is also the fastest working designer I have ever worked with, while maintaining a high quality. I love his passion, ability to collaborate and lead research, and smart design thinking.”
Danielle Childs
Founder, Yelle Love
"Cody’s superpower is a unshakeable sense of empathy and a curious design mind that is only content when learning more. Any employer should consider themselves lucky to have him on their team."
Matt Regan
Senior Director of Design, Cantina Labs
"What I appreciate most about Cody is his drive to learn new things and bring others along on his journey — I always leave our meetings feeling inspired. He practices what he preaches and demonstrates how to be a thoughtful team player."
Cyrus Chuang
Lead Product Designer, Simple HealthKit
"I really enjoy working with Cody. He is a machine that converts ambiguity and chaos into clarity and order."
Garret Bassett
Product Manager, Minerva Project

"Cody is exactly what I want a product designer to be. He thinks like a PM, but with a design lens. Cody is also the fastest working designer I have ever worked with, while maintaining a high quality. I love his passion, ability to collaborate and lead research, and smart design thinking.”
Danielle Childs
Founder, Yelle Love
"Cody’s superpower is a unshakeable sense of empathy and a curious design mind that is only content when learning more. Any employer should consider themselves lucky to have him on their team."
Matt Regan
Senior Director of Design, Cantina Labs
"What I appreciate most about Cody is his drive to learn new things and bring others along on his journey — I always leave our meetings feeling inspired. He practices what he preaches and demonstrates how to be a thoughtful team player."
Cyrus Chuang
Lead Product Designer, Simple HealthKit
"I really enjoy working with Cody. He is a machine that converts ambiguity and chaos into clarity and order."
Garret Bassett
Product Manager, Minerva Project

Hi, I'm Cody.

I design product experiences that simplify complexity and drive measurable impact.

Hi, I'm Cody.

I design product experiences that simplify complexity and drive measurable impact.

About Me

Projects

Class Engagement Metrics

Class Engagement Metrics

Class Engagement Metrics

Classroom Reactions

Classroom Reactions

Classroom Reactions

Credit Invoices

Credit Invoices

Credit Invoices

My Design Philosophy

I view design as a set of tools to facilitate understanding, alignment, and problem solving. The exact tools depend on the context, but the double diamond is a great representative framework.

Collaborate in the lowest fidelity possible to most effectively, clearly communicate and align at each step - then iterate to work out further details.

Testemonials

"Cody is exactly what I want a product designer to be. He thinks like a PM, but with a design lens. Cody is also the fastest working designer I have ever worked with, while maintaining a high quality. I love his passion, ability to collaborate and lead research, and smart design thinking.”

"Cody’s superpower is a unshakeable sense of empathy and a curious design mind that is only content when learning more. Any employer should consider themselves lucky to have him on their team."

"What I appreciate most about Cody is his drive to learn new things and bring others along on his journey — I always leave our meetings feeling inspired. He practices what he preaches and demonstrates how to be a thoughtful team player."

"I really enjoy working with Cody. He is a machine that converts ambiguity and chaos into clarity and order."

"Cody is exactly what I want a product designer to be. He thinks like a PM, but with a design lens. Cody is also the fastest working designer I have ever worked with, while maintaining a high quality. I love his passion, ability to collaborate and lead research, and smart design thinking.”

"Cody’s superpower is a unshakeable sense of empathy and a curious design mind that is only content when learning more. Any employer should consider themselves lucky to have him on their team."

"What I appreciate most about Cody is his drive to learn new things and bring others along on his journey — I always leave our meetings feeling inspired. He practices what he preaches and demonstrates how to be a thoughtful team player."

"I really enjoy working with Cody. He is a machine that converts ambiguity and chaos into clarity and order."