# Dmitri Atrash - Product Design Lead Source: https://hello.cv/dmitri Loveland ## Links - LinkedIn | https://linkedin.com/in/dmitriatrash ## About Highly accomplished Product Design Lead with a passion for crafting accessible, inclusive, and user-centric digital experiences. I specialize in optimizing design processes to create high-quality, efficient products, leveraging a research-driven approach to advocate for users and foster meaningful connections in the digital world. My expertise spans strategic design leadership, full-spectrum UX, and product development across diverse industries, positioning me to drive significant impact in a target Product Design Lead role. ## Skills ### Web Technologies - HTML - CSS/SCSS - JavaScript - React - WordPress ### Product & Leadership - Leadership - Communication - Product Management - Product Strategy ### User Experience (UX/UI) Design - UI/UX Design - Interaction Design - Wireframing - User Testing - Figma - Adobe CC - User Research - Accessibility / WCAG - Prototyping - Usability Testing - Information Architecture ## Work ### Lead User Experience Designer and Researcher | Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) https:// Led UX Design and Research for a critical web application for NWS forecasters, driving development with human-centered and inclusive methodologies to deliver best-in-class weather data analysis. - Led the full lifecycle development of a critical web application for NWS forecasters, integrating research-based, human-centered, and inclusive design methodologies to enhance meteorological data analysis. - Instituted an iterative design process, leveraging continuous user feedback and usability testing to refine application functionality and user experience, ensuring optimal performance and user adoption. - Developed and maintained comprehensive design documentation, including wireframes, prototypes, and user flows, to guide development and ensure alignment with core UX objectives. - Presented project progress and milestones to diverse stakeholders, effectively addressing concerns and providing strategic recommendations for continuous improvement of a best-in-class weather data analysis application. ### Lead UX and Product Design Consultant | Freelance Designer https:// Provided comprehensive UX and Product Design consultancy, delivering modern digital experiences and strategic guidance to diverse clients across various business verticals. - Designed and delivered modern web-based products and digital experiences, significantly enhancing client business growth and customer engagement. - Developed robust websites and native digital experiences utilizing modern front-end frameworks and Content Management Systems (CMS), including React, WordPress, and Shopify. - Consulted across diverse business verticals, advocating for UX design, user inclusivity, and web accessibility, while advising teams on design operations and Agile best practices. - Created, implemented, and maintained scalable design systems and libraries, enabling product teams to develop consistent and versatile digital products efficiently. ### Senior User Experience Designer | Hypergiant https://www.hypergiant.com/ At Hypergiant, I shaped key workflows and interface patterns for mission-focused defense and aerospace products. My work centered on improving operator clarity, reducing friction in complex tasks, and building UI systems that teams could rely on across multiple programs. - Led UX direction across multiple defense and aerospace projects, shaping core workflows, interaction patterns, and visual systems for mission-critical interfaces. - Partnered closely with program managers, engineers, and operators to translate complex requirements into clear design decisions that improved operator awareness and reduced cognitive load. - Created end-to-end design assets including user flows, prototypes, dashboards, and system-level UI components used across several internal and external products. - Guided the refinement of key features such as track management, identity panels, control workflows, and quick-action systems, ensuring they supported real operational tasks. - Worked with stakeholders to define acceptance criteria, break down work into actionable stories, and support smooth handoff to development teams. - Advocated for accessibility and human-centered design, bringing a structured research practice into teams that previously lacked formal UX processes. - Introduced design reviews, design documentation standards, and cross-team alignment methods that improved communication and reduced rework. ### Digital Business Engineer | Allstate https:// Collaborated with cross-functional teams to mature agile execution practices and define digital strategies, driving outcome-focused product development. - Partnered with engineering, UX, and business experts to mature agile execution practices, enhancing delivery of intended outcomes. - Defined and cataloged digital blueprints, roadmaps, and success criteria by applying an outcome-focused discipline to product and platform strategy. - Supported digital strategy development by synthesizing input from research, testing, MVP results, and partnerships, effectively communicating key findings and recommendations to stakeholders. ### Senior User Experience Engineer | Optum https:// Designed user interactions and product features across a large ecosystem of micro-products within multidisciplinary, cross-functional teams in the healthcare industry. - Designed critical user interactions, interfaces, and product features across a large ecosystem of micro-products within multidisciplinary, cross-functional teams. - Applied full-spectrum UX design, collaborating with stakeholders and users, and advising on best practices to develop impactful healthcare products. - Mentored junior designers, fostering a culture of inclusive, engaging, and human-centered user experience design. ### Senior User Experience and Product Consultant | Object Partners, Inc. https:// Advised clients on product design strategy, product management, and process improvement, ensuring user-centric solutions. - Advised diverse clients on product design strategy, product management, and process improvement, strengthening design and development relationships. - Collaborated with users and stakeholders to design and build user interactions and interfaces, ensuring solutions met customer expectations and business goals through full-spectrum UX design. - Enabled clients and C-suite executives to connect with users, demonstrating significant Return on Investment (ROI) through strategic design initiatives. ### Product Designer + UI/UX Front-End Developer | Tigerpaw https:// Led the redesign of B2B automation software, creating captivating user interfaces and driving user research initiatives. - Orchestrated the complete redesign of B2B automation software, crafting unique and captivating user interfaces, visuals, and user journeys. - Directed and conducted user research initiatives with over 856 users, translating findings into impactful user experiences and interfaces, and advising CEO and COO on strategic design decisions. - Collaborated cross-functionally with users and stakeholders throughout the product lifecycle to deliver tailored web applications and experiences. ### Naval Aviator (Pilot) | United States Navy https:// Piloted advanced aircraft and led diverse teams in tactical operations, managing multi-million dollar programs and ensuring effective program implementation. - Led diverse teams and managed multi-million dollar programs, contributing to the successful deployment of cutting-edge P-8A Poseidon and MQ-4C Triton platforms. - Piloted advanced aircraft in global tactical operations, ensuring effective program implementation and mission success. - Oversaw complex project requirements and logistics for the deployment of advanced naval aviation platforms. - Managed operational readiness and training for personnel, ensuring peak performance in high-stakes environments. ## Education ### University of Denver - Denver, CO | Web Design and Development https:// ### Metropolitan State College of Denver - Denver, CO | Aviation Technology https:// ## Source Read this profile on Hello.cv: https://hello.cv/dmitri Create your free profile at https://hello.cv