I'm a design leader with 15+ years building teams, systems, and products that stand the test of time. I hold 7 patents, speak 5 languages, and have spent my career creating the foundations that make great design repeatable at scale. I've partnered with companies across enterprise infrastructure, global learning platforms, and consumer products — focused on building design foundations that let great teams do their best work. Based in San Diego, I'm drawn to opportunities in the AI space and consumer-facing products. Outside of design, you'll usually find me exploring video games, smart home automation, woodworking, 3D printing, or dialing in espresso. I also build native macOS utilities — the latest is HueTint, an App Store app for instant folder and file color organization.
About John
Professional Career
At Nutanix, I led the Visual Design function across the full product portfolio — overseeing a UI/UX refresh, scaling an accessibility program, and driving design system adoption that reduced UI dev time by an estimated 3x. I embedded AI into design operations workflows and ran an internal designers-learning-AI course. On the technical side, I worked extensively with Framer, Figma, and React/TypeScript for component development, and led accessibility reviews of the Nutanix Design System across the board.
Freetime
Outside of work, I'm usually deep in a side project — from a Rivian-inspired Unreal Engine experiment to design tooling plugins and token extractors. I've been known to spend a disproportionate amount of time dialing in espresso and occasionally arguing with a 3D printer.
2020 — 2026
Sr. Manager, Visual Design / Design Systems at Nutanix
San Jose, CA
2014 — 2020
Senior Visual Designer at Nutanix
San Jose, CA
2012 — 2014
Designer at EF Education First
Shanghai, China
2009 — 2012
Marketing Designer at Hansel & Gretel,
Quito Ecuador