Brett Elmendorf is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in user experience (UX) design, product design, and co-founding various tech ventures. With a foundation that spans over two decades, Brett has been instrumental in launching several SaaS products, emphasizing user-centric design that aligns with business objectives. Notably, he co-founded ventures such as Jobward, Brokerage Engine, TruckingOffice, and r26D. In his role at r26D, Brett showcased leadership by leading design conceptualization, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and grounding decisions in comprehensive customer research. His technical proficiency is evident with tools like React, Chakra, Webstorm, Figma, and Balsamiq. Moreover, he has demonstrated adaptability by transitioning between different tech stacks (PHP, Ruby, Elixir) and pivoting design decisions based on evolving insights. Brett's academic background includes a Bachelor of Science in Physics from Butler University. His skills range from design systems, prototyping, and wireframing to effective communication, customer research, and agile software practices.========================Brett discovers connections between things to recombine them in better ways, usually with software. He clearly sees things as they are and how they could be. He bridges designers and developers as a professional outsider. He has perpetual fresh eyes, a million questions, and full-scale patience.Technically, he's a Systems Designer and Front-end Developer editing text for a living using all the keys on the keyboard. He spends more time in an IDE (Webstorm) than Photoshop or Figma. He doesn't believe in "pixel-perfect" anything. His best work is behind the firewall or invisible.For fun, he digitally translates out-of-print Buckminster Fuller books into LaTeX manuscripts, curates a museum for coffee factory built in 1932, makes spaces out of OSB walls with a robot, and wrestles the second law of thermodynamics with turning heat into cold.========================Strategic - Relator - Maximizer - Connectedness - Ideation
Listed skills include Ruby On Rails, Web Development, Linux, Cloud Computing, and 46 others.
