Hi, my name is Leon

Its a tough world out there,
So I use design to make it a bit better :)

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Product Design Lead @ GoDaddy Commerce

GD Point of Sale - Billions and billions, and counting.

Launching our all new commerce platform designed to empower small business. Easily sell from your web store to in-person, online marketplaces to social platforms.

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Staff Designer @ Shopify

Growth UX - Academy, Newsroom, AI & more

Staff designer of Shopify's Growth UX team. Supported multiple product directors up to Chief Legal Officer at Shopify as the solo UX design lead shipping several AI-driven growth products from concept to launch

Shopify Academy
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Expedia/Amazon/& many other cool products

Expedia Maps - Helping 112M+ unique users a month travel

Founding designer of Expedia's map UX team. Envisioned & shipped north star experience for Expedia maps products.

Curious to learn more about my past work? Let's chat.

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VR indie Game - SteamVR/Meta Quest

Sword Reverie VR- Pioneering the oculus open world experience

Head of Design shipping Top Trending VR indie Game from 0 -1 on SteamVR & Oculus in 2022.

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Our 20+ AI Agency Projects

$50M+ Impact

Originally crafting digital brands and event experiences for clients like Nio, AWS, and BMW. Since 2021, we've pivoted to shipping designs for top AI SaaS startups 0 -1. With our partners/clients finding success through Y-Combinator, Miracle Plus, Harvard Business Incubator, Sequoia & more.

Current AI client & Partner Tempo (Backed by YC)

Highlighting a few other recent clients...

After leading & managing design at startups, I channeled my passion for entrepreneurship into founding Quainto, my own design agency.  Quaint Definition: Skillfully strange, peculiarly attractive, or unusual in an interesting way.

AR web3 avatar tool
Client/Partner: Metaverse.ai

Ever since our success of Sword Reverie. One of the first open world VR ARPG games launched on Oculus & SteamVR and top 5 funded VR titles on Kickstarter. My enthusiasm in the VR/AR field continues, we have pioneered with ex Meta & Google product teams to launch Metaverse.ai and help raise over 6million in capital for the team in 2023.

AI sales requirement product
Client/Partner: Polaris

Since 2021, our team has been working with Generative AI technology in gaming, medical, social media, and professional development. Here is an example from one of our partners from Harvard Business School via HBS spark grants.

2023 - 2024 Featured clients
Exhibit Design
Client/Partner: AWS/Uniway/Other

As an international full-service agency, we've extended our expertise beyond traditional UX, supporting our Beijing team in delivering significant tech event exhibits, including AWS reinvent, for over 10,000 attendees.

Financial well-being IOS app
Client/Partner: Nav.it

Following the success of Sword Reverie, a top-five Kickstarter-funded open-world VR ARPG on Oculus & SteamVR, our passion for VR/AR has only intensified. In collaboration with ex-Meta and Google teams, we launched Metaverse.ai and successfully raised over $6 million in 2023.

2022 - 2023 Featured clients

Ive seen Leon in Universities teaching?

To me, a great designer goes beyond delivering successful products. There is an unmatched reward in fostering empathy and human connection in the UX realm, through enriching the UX community with education.

Guest Lecturing & hosting workshops

I discover my purpose as a UX educator by remaining down to earth to students as a life long mentor

Non-profits & Diversity

I partner with global nonprofits to advance tech inclusivity through initiatives like scholarships, public events, and conferences such as IDSA, TedX, and many others.

In the last 4 years, I've spent over 36,380+m in 1:1 mentorship

That is why we founded UXGO, a (NFPA) I managed a team of over 30 FAANG UX coaches, alumni, & leaders. In the last 5 years we have helped over 1000 members kickstart their UX careers.

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