Online Portfolio of Dean Ashworth

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Dean biking in San Francisco

I’m a professional Product Designer and UX/HCI practitioner with a Master’s degree in UX Design. I love using my design, dev, and leadership skills to create beautiful, intuitive, useful experiences that improve people’s lives and exceed business outcomes.

In this portfolio, I showcase a variety of projects that convey the breadth of my skills. Due to my clearance and employment with a government contractor, I have to be careful about what I share. If you’d like to see more of my work, please contact me.

I recently led a talented team responsible for the design and development of an OSINT SaaS suite of apps for dark web research and analysis. I co-lead the UX Community of Practice. For over 10 years, I have supported many teams/contracts improving the UX of products, R&D projects, and design systems.

I live in California’s beautiful Bay Area with my wife and 3 sons. When I’m not working, you can find me exploring bike trails, enjoying time with family and friends, listening to audiobooks, podcasts, or music, serving my church/community, or tinkering on a project.

Featured projects

Discover clues on the dark web with AI

Frictionless design utilizing AI to analyze dark web records and create useful reports.

Interaction Design / User Interviews / User Research / UX Design

Craft a product design transformation

Led the design transformation of an award-winning research SaaS product.

Interaction Design / User Interviews / User Research / UX Design

Improving the freshman experience

Research and report student, parent, and staff needs (during a pandemic).

Content analysis / User Interviews / UX research

WD My Cloud

Improve the onboarding flow for personal cloud storage.

Interaction Design / User Research / UX Design