Product design lead · Chicago

I lead the design of complex systems that people can understand, trust, and use.

I lead the design of complex systems that people can understand, trust, and use.

Nine years across education, healthcare, and financial technology.
0→1 platforms, enterprise workflows, and measurement systems, from ambiguity through launch.

Nine years across education, healthcare, and financial technology. 0→1 platforms, enterprise workflows, and measurement systems, from ambiguity through launch.

Impact

The receipts

The short version of how I operate, and the numbers it produced. Most behaviors link to the case that proves it; every figure carries its scope and source.

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How I lead

On the record

Cody was an inspirational manager/mentor… He knows how to make a design team go forward.

Cyrus Chuang

Lead Product Designer · reported to Cody at Minerva

Cody was an inspirational manager/mentor… He knows how to make a design team go forward.

Cyrus Chuang

Lead Product Designer · reported to Cody at Minerva

Insightful and practical at the same time and that’s very rare. That’s a super power.

Daniela Steinsapir

Sr. UX Manager · Verily

Insightful and practical at the same time and that’s very rare. That’s a super power.

Daniela Steinsapir

Sr. UX Manager · Verily

Cody is a machine that converts ambiguity and chaos into clarity and order.

Garret Bassett

Product Manager · Minerva Project

Cody is a machine that converts ambiguity and chaos into clarity and order.

Garret Bassett

Product Manager · Minerva Project

About

How I got here

I began in nuclear engineering, moved through business analysis and QA, and found product design in the recurring question behind all three: why is this system harder than it needs to be? Since 2016 I’ve led work across billing, education, and clinical research.

These days I’m at TransUnion in Chicago, designing consumer-credit systems that operate at global scale — same question, bigger rooms. The rest is the gym, the lake, and the two field assistants pictured here: my partner and Elwood, who handled morale.

Hand-drawn portrait of Cody, his partner, and Elwood the dog

Nuclear engineering

Nuclear engineering

2012 · BS · Illinois

2012 · BS · Illinois

Russian lit minor

Russian lit minor

Business analyst

Business analyst

2012–14 · UL

2012–14 · UL

Introduction to tech

Introduction to tech

QA engineer

QA engineer

2014–16 · Vodori · Kapow

2014–16 · Vodori · Kapow

Finder of sharp edges

Finder of sharp edges

Design bootcamp

Design bootcamp

2016

2016

The question gets a job title

The question gets a job title

Product design

Product design

2016 → now

2016 → now

Viewpost · Recurly · Minerva

Viewpost · Recurly · Minerva

Verily · TransUnion

Verily · TransUnion

Contact

My inbox is open

If you’re building something complex or interesting that people have to live inside, I’d like to hear about it.
No pitch required.

If you’re building something complex or interesting that people have to live inside, I’d like to hear about it. No pitch required.

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