Work

I'm a Curious, Passionate, Autonomous, Fun-Loving Designer.

My Path

I started off as a psychologist, wanting to understand how people think. I learned about HCI and learned I could do more than understand people, I could use that knowledge to make things to make people's lives better.

My Design Philosophy

I view and practice design through a utilitarian lens, as a way to solve complex and intricate problems in service of humanity as a whole. I get my worldview of service from my parents, my Dad's a professor (Quantum Physics 🤓) and my Mom was a nurse. While I enjoy the art of the craft, I derive most of my joy from seeing the impacts of my work improving lives.

My Impacts

I've made products that helped patients get surgeries they need weeks earlier than before, receive quality physical therapy during lockdown, and reduced the number of outages of Microsoft Azure through my work. I love high velocity, high scope work. Getting to work with collaborative and great people while doing so adds icing on the cake (make it ice cream cake please).

My Skills

I'm an expert in aligning teams and architecting systems and products that fit into the larger picture. I actually love the "politics" of debate and alignment (SpeechCRAFT is a craft after all!) and I'm constantly exploring new tools, processes, and believe there's always more to learn and be done.

Play

I don't just work (allegedly)

My Hobbies

Outside of my work I can be found hiking, volunteering, or mentoring.

Video games were a big part of my childhood and I especially adore the storytelling aspect of games.

I draw inspiration from games that manipulate how the player interacts with the story of a game in innovative ways, such as Bastion, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, or Undertale. I also have a fascination studying the social aspects of online multiplayer games, such as World of Warcraft and League of Legends.

Linguistical Lens

I've always been enchanted with learning new languages and have understanding of some Portuguese, Spanish, and Japanese. Currently, I have been learning Mandarin. The changes in syntax between languages and how that has on an effect on a persons perception and mental models of their surroundings is especially intriguing to me.

Finally, if you like languages AND video games check out Chants of Sennaar, it more than deserves your time.

My Journey So Far…

I've made impacts across enterprise companies and startups across industries like DevOps, HealthTech, IT, and more.

View my work

Microsoft Azure DevOps

Product Designer

Sept 2023 - March 2025

Crafted internal developer tools for Microsoft's Windows and Azure Orgs. My work was primarily on Azure Build Health, a code quality insights platform inside of the Azure DevOps portal to reduce Azure service outages, a $1 Billion ARR issue.

Work

Configuration Portal

Build Comparison Feature

ServiceNow

Sr Product Designer (Contract)

March 2022 - October 2022

I designed tools for the Alignment Planner Workspace, a digital tool for EPMOs and C-suite to plan, prioritize, and organize their company’s workstreams across departments and organizations.

Work

Dependency Creation Workflow

MedBridge

Sr. Product Designer

Apr 2019 - March 2022

As the sole designer of MedBridge’s Patient Engagement Tool suite, I drove the end-to-end design process for our web and EMR integrated apps for medical providers and our Patient Portal & Native Apps. I managed two designers for 9 months.

Work

Telehealth (Coming soon!)

Microsoft

Product Designer

May 2018 - March 2019

On the Microsoft Admin Portal team, I owned the design of Microsoft's enterprise billing area, created touchpoints for Azure credits, corporate benefits section, and the quoting, cart, and checkout experiences.

Work

Microsoft Admin Center Billing

F

Freelance

Product Designer

August 2017 - May 2018

I contracted for a few short term roles, including T-Mobile on a slack competitor for city governments, and Azuqua (Now Okta), a cloud software workflow automation platform.

I feel safe and SECURE with this llama on my head. (Its actually an alpaca sadly and their name is Dr. Inki.

Yes, I have a desk with a hammock under it, no I haven't used it for more than 15 minutes.

Right after this I fell in the water (not really but its way funnier if I had)

This is what happens if I have disposable income. I’m good with money.

Work Philosophy / My Culture Code

01 - Alignment

Great things happen when we’re truly aligned. Healthy debates are a key ingredient for strong products. Let’s put in the hard work to get on the same page and never pretend we’re aligned when we’re not.

02 - Let's Solve It Together

Bad news doesn’t age well; bring me challenges early so we can tackle them together.

03 - Assume Best Intent

I always assume best intentions when giving and receiving critiques. I separate work and actions from the person, and never use critiques as an attack on that person

04 - Radical Candor

I practice and value Radical Candor, building close relationships where we’re honest and vulnerable with each other. This lets us grow both in our careers and as people, while ensuring we create the best products and services for users

These are from a "user manual" I'm making about myself. Right now its a word doc that I'm turning it into a stylized PDF. If you'd like a sneak peak of it (along with sporadic and erratic notes to myself) you can check it out for yourself!

Now that you know about me, I’d love to meet you!

Please check out my portfolio and resume if you haven't yet. I'm always open to connecting with others on linkedin or email me at anovotny91@gmail.com.