Dan Smith

Experience

UX Engineer

Speaking of Science

February 2021–present

• Drove end-to-end UX for Guardant Health & Alpha-1 Foundation, achieving a 758.9% surge in form submissions and a 40.1% boost in resource downloads by refining lead capture forms, streamlining navigation, and improving content findability & mobile responsiveness.
• Contributions across executive workshops, user research, information architecture, design & front-end development, aligning user needs with business objectives for impactful results.
• Crafted scalable, consistent design systems in Figma & code, reducing development time by 50%.
• Championed remote collaboration across teams and mentored 4 UX practitioners, enhancing skills and outcomes.

UX Strategist

O3 World

February 2022–September 2022

• Spearheaded UX/UI, establishing design system components & SVG animations for Vertex Inc. & Caron Foundation.
• Owned design workshops, usability testing, heuristic evaluations & web analytics to drive informed design decisions.
• Created artifacts like personas, journey maps, wireframes, and clickable prototypes to facilitate hypothesis testing.

Software Engineer (Front-End & UX)

Microsoft

March 2017–April 2021

• Led pixel-perfect front-end development for marketing sites of high-visibility products (Dynamics 365, Power BI, Power Apps) and key live events (Build, Ignite, Business Applications Summit), delivering fast, responsive, accessible digital experiences that reached a global audience, and contributed to billions of dollars in revenue.
• Closely teamed with 15+ engineers, program managers & UX designers on feasibility & cost-benefit analyses for new design patterns, ensuring technical & UX optimization.
• Enhanced Microsoft's design & component system, focusing on WCAG compliance, internationalization & localization.
• Provided code review & mentorship, training back-end engineers in front-end & UX best practices.

Web Development Engineer

PitchBook Data

September 2015–March 2017

• Built workflow & automation applications, boosting data acquisition by 200% and employee efficiency by 2,250%.
• Leveraged tools like Balsamiq & Sketch for efficient UI prototyping and utilized a diverse tech stack (including AngularJS, Node.js, Python frameworks, MySQL & AWS) to deliver scalable web solutions.
• Assisted creating & managing relational databases, optimizing application functionality & performance.
• Worked alongside MLEs, software engineers, UX designers, product managers & stakeholders to release early & often.