About Me

I'm Miguel, a product designer based in San Francisco with experience in healthcare, consumer and automotive. When I’m not designing, I enjoy spending time outdoors - surfing, camping and hiking with my family. I love to connect with new people, feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn.

What I’ve Learned

Great Design is About People

Design is a tool that transcends skill. It empowers people to reexamine their environments, habits and connections with others. To do great work, you must create for others — instead of for yourself. 

Collaboration Across Disciplines

Design is a team sport. I enjoy learning and working with inter-disciplinary teams with product managers, researchers, interaction designers, visual designers and front end developers. 

Build Fast and Test

Prototyping allows you to quickly test an idea and is a critical step in creating a human-centered product. It forces you to share your ideas rather than developing them in a vacuum. 

Continuous Learning

Complacency is a killer of growth. Pushing yourself past your comfort zone with new frameworks and methodologies. I take every opportunity to try something or learn something new.