Designing for Financial Services, Insurance, Aviation, Industrial IoT, HR Technology, AI Tools
Designing for Financial Services, Insurance, Aviation, Industrial IoT, HR Technology, AI Tools

Expert tools shouldn’t make experts feel lost.

Redesigning the enterprise tools experts rely on, so the tool stops fighting them.

Expert tools shouldn't make experts feel lost.

Designing for Financial Services, Insurance, Aviation, Industrial IoT, HR Technology, AI Tools

Expert tools shouldn't make experts feel lost.

Redesigning the enterprise tools experts rely on, so the tool stops fighting them.

Redesigning the enterprise tools experts rely on, so the tool stops fighting them.

Redesigning the enterprise tools experts rely on, so the tool stops fighting them.

What are you actually here to find out?

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Yes. Twenty components and seven handoff documents, authored with Figma MCP and AI in three days.
Acme Design System

A system, built in three days

Twenty components and seven handoff documents, authored with Figma MCP and AI in three days.

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Fixing the TV from the phone

Flint, an AI troubleshooting assistant, moved from the TV into the Fire TV mobile app. Three diagnostic domains mapped against 40+ real problem types, with consent built in.

AI Product DesignAI AgentsAI-Assisted DesignMobile UX

Assets a robot can learn from

Simulation-ready boxes, tape, and trailers for an NVIDIA Isaac Sim training pipeline. Three hidden defects caught along the way.

AI & ML Pipelines3D SimulationSynthetic DataAutomated Verification

A hardware company's first app

A guided flame-sensor diagnostic for field technicians, live in both app stores with the hardware launch.

Zero-to-OneMobile UXHardware UXPrototyping

Five tools into one

A disconnected underwriting stack consolidated into one workspace. 25% faster turnaround.

Design SystemsDesign TokensData-Dense UIJourney Mapping

A cash dashboard traders could act on

A passive cash summary rebuilt as a multi-panel trading workspace. Live data status, collapsible zones, and one grid at the core.

Design SystemsData-Dense UIData VisualizationTrading Workflows

An AI CRM, shipped solo in five days

A live AI-assisted CRM with a design-to-code loop that holds. Real APIs, open to click through.

AI Product DesignAI-Assisted DesignDesign-to-CodeZero-to-One

A system, built in three days

Twenty components and seven handoff documents, authored with Figma MCP and AI in three days.

Design SystemsAI-Assisted DesignDesign-to-CodeAccessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA)

12 teams, one source of truth

A speed brief, reframed as a structural fix. Twelve investigation teams aligned on one workspace.

User ResearchUsability TestingService DesignDesign Systems

Subscription complexity made legible

A subscription and activation model nobody had mapped, made readable and validated against real users.

User ResearchCard SortingService DesignInformation Architecture

First designer to acquisition

Three compensation products built from scratch with no system to inherit, validated by acquisition.

Zero-to-OneEnd-to-End OwnershipPrototypingData Visualization

Paper out of oil analysis

A hand-filled aircraft checklist rebuilt as a validated app. Errors caught at the aircraft, not the lab.

User ResearchResearch SynthesisMobile UXError Prevention
Paul Wentzell

Enterprise complexity deserves software that gets out of the expert’s way.

12+ years designing the tools experts rely on: trading dashboards, investigation workflows, diagnostic apps, and design systems. I design in the language engineers build in, and I stay through implementation until what ships matches what I designed.

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Years in enterprise UX
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Frameworks designed for

How I work

Research first

Every design decision traces back to a finding from users or stakeholders.

Design that survives handoff

Specs written in Blazor, AG Grid, and design tokens, not just Figma.

AI as a working tool

AI prototyping at Amazon, plus Claude, Copilot, and Figma MCP, grounded by MIT xPRO training in AI product design.

Works in

Skills & tools

UX ResearchInteraction DesignDesign SystemsResponsive DesignComponent ArchitectureAccessibility (WCAG AA)FigmaFigma MCPTokens StudioMiroAxureDevOpsClaudeCopilotGitHub

Designed for

.NET BlazorAngularReactAG GridGoogle MaterialAWS Cloud NativePrimeNG

Location & opportunities

Based in Sandown, NH. Open to senior and principal UX roles in fintech, compliance, insurance, or enterprise SaaS: Boston-area onsite, hybrid, or remote.