about

Hi, I'm Alek, thanks for stopping by.
My work spans B2B platforms across marketing tech, staffing, and healthcare data: Cordial, Spectraforce, Bridgera, and IQVIA, with output ranging from single features to design systems built to outlast any one team.
Over time I found myself drawn less to individual screens and more to the systems, processes, and people behind them: taking a platform through Series A as its design lead, authoring a design system from scratch, and using Claude's Design System tooling to extend design capability beyond the design team itself.
Today I'm the first product designer at Prudentia Sciences, the scientific intelligence layer powering life sciences deals, building the design foundation from the ground up.
How I work
Four principles that hold across every engagement, regardless of the product.
Simplicity is earned
Great design reduces complexity through deliberate tradeoffs, iteration, and restraint.
Design for systems, not silos
User problems rarely exist in isolation, and neither do the systems that support them.
Strong products are built by alignment
Product quality is a reflection of how well teams collaborate and share ownership.
Impact through communication
Design leadership is practiced by clearly advocating for users, negotiating constraints, and aligning decisions.

Design engineering
I've shipped code since early in my career at Bridgera, and design engineering is central to how I scale design at Prudentia today, not just Figma.
- 01Shipped code early in my career at Bridgera, the starting point for a design practice that never fully separated from engineering.
- 02Led the Figma-to-Storybook migration at Cordial, translating design tokens and components into code so design and engineering shared one source of truth.
- 03Run accessibility and consistency audits directly against the shipped codebase, not just design files, to catch drift between spec and implementation.
- 04Package reusable components and patterns for other teams to consume, cutting down on one-off implementations across the product surface.
- 05Prototype in code when it's faster or more honest than a static mockup, especially for interaction-heavy or LLM-driven workflows.

Leadership & mentorship
I build the scaffolding that lets design work outlast any single designer: taking platforms through Series A as their design lead, authoring design systems from scratch, and scaling design operations as teams and product surface area grow.
- 01Took a startup's platform through Series A as its design lead, building and fostering the design foundation from the ground up.
- 02Authored a company's design system from scratch and evolved it into a Figma-based, token-driven system adopted across the org.
- 03Enabled cross-org design capability using Claude's Design System tooling, giving teams outside design a consistent, guardrailed way to design and ship without a dedicated designer in the room.
- 04Scaled design operations, including process, rituals, and tooling, to keep pace as the team and product surface area grew.
- 05Led and mentored a team of 4 designers at IQVIA, owning project management, career development, and output quality.
- 06Own brand standards at Prudentia Sciences, including theme, imagery, brand, font, and color, end to end.
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Outside the studio
A few things about me that don't fit neatly into a case study.
- TravelerPrague, Bangalore, Playa del Carmen, and Porto are recent favorites.
- FoodieCurrently mastering brisket on a new smoker.
- WriterChipping away at a fantasy novel in whatever spare time I can find.
- SnowboarderMoved to the Pacific Northwest specifically to be closer to the mountain.