Aaron is a product leader, designer, and builder based in San Francisco.

A design leader with 15 years of experience building across consumer marketplaces, fintech, and AI.

Currently obsessed with making ramen bowls, building furniture, and wiring up an AI second brain with Claude and Obsidian.

Selected Work
  • 2025
    AI Product Pivot
    Tezi
    Founding Designer
  • 2023
    Automated Bond Ladder
    Wealthfront
    Director, Product Design
  • 2021
    Design Leadership
    Instacart
    Director, Product Design
How I believe design creates impact.

  • Build an extensible foundation.

    Solve the repeatable problems once with a strong system so you can spend your energy tackling the hard problems.

  • Don't be too precious.

    Users only experience design solutions that ship.

  • Think holistically, execute simply.

    Plan for how your work fits into the bigger picture, then design and ship incrementally.

  • AI amplifies design.

    A prototype in someone's hands beats a thousand static mocks. Leveraging AI helps get us there faster.

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Let's talk about what you're building.

If you're working on something ambitious and think we'd work well together, I'd love to hear about it.

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