DAN SIMON | UX Team Lead – Lean Agile UX thought leader, maker and doer.

Lean. Agile. Human.

I design for people. In my recent roles leading product vision and connecting business goals with user needs, I have coordinated cross functional teams of designers, developers, product owners and scrum masters. I am a Lean Agile UX Designer at heart that specializes in human centered design, interaction design, roadmapping, long term vision and short term iterations. I look for opportunities for deep work and ways to become subject matter expert with the space I support through empathy and first hand knowledge of both the user and the business.

A passion for creating systems and processes

I am a maker and a doer. I love to make complicated puzzles simple and iterate into a blue sky vision, becoming a subject matter expert along the way. These journeys are not done alone, but with team members who’s varied disciplines and focused expertise are the real secret to success.

Cross functional teams

One cannot succeed without their team. I build and up-skill cross functional teams of UX resources as well as Product Owners and Dev Leads.

Holistic system design

The 10,000′ view is where I thrive, but I prefer to zoom out even further and see a bigger picture of an entire holistic system.

Kickstarting momentum

To me, system workflows of touchpoints, omnichannel experiences and lo-fi wires are the foundation of truly designing experiences.

Synergy and handoff

I believe UX should enable and inform the development delivery. Thusly I aim to plan UX at least 1 quarter ahead of iterative releases.

Lean Agile UX

As Kanban Flowmaster, I focus on efficiency, delivery and continuous learning through cyclical UX research, testing and delivery.

SAFe Agile

UX applies at the Epic level in SAFe Agile, enabling PI planning and iterating massive groups of products in program increments.

Take a look at my career history by downloading my resume.

Recent works

The below samples represent the best of my recent work that I have delivered in my moonlighting and freelance time. For enterprise samples and case studies, let’s schedule a conversation.