Let's Get To IT

Jonathan H Brown

I am an optimistic and curious
full stack designer;
as enthusiastic about creating
delightful micro-interactions
as saving billions of dollars.

As a leader in the design community, I evangelize ethical practices in user experience design. The cybernetic world we envisioned in the early days of the web has devolved into a nudging, divisive corporate panopticon. I am working to return cyberspace to its idealistic roots.

Stop Killer Robots

I am the principal designer at One Sprint Beyond, where we design astonishing simple interfaces at the speed of development. We have mapped our product design and interaction design processes into the cadence of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) to deliver user insights when the business needs them, and interaction design artifacts when engineering needs them.

In other words, we deliver design agility.

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Project Samples

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Design Ops

I orchestrate people, processes, and craft in order to amplify design’s value and impact at scale. I believe in frameworks; I know their strengths and their limitations. I have studied software engineering process and know how to weave the design process smoothly into it- after all, design must be implemented in order to be realized.
One Sprint Beyond
2022-2024
I founded a bespoke design consultancy focused on delivering astonishing simple interfaces. We ensure design in intent is carried through to product release through tight integration with development teams.
SDLC Partners
2016-2020
I created and staffed the design capability at this mid-sized technology consultancy and integrated that capability throughout our service offerings. I hired, managed, and grew SDLC's team of interaction designers and design strategists.
CGI
2021-2022
I delivered insight-driven and outcome-based engagements by leading teams through design strategy and user experience projects for international clients for one of the largest IT and business consultancy services firms in the world.
Project Titan
2019-2020
As a trusted consultant for a large integrated health delivery company, I led a team that introduced Design Thinking into multiple domains. I designed and facilitated strategic innovation sessions, conducted interviews and surveys, developed personas and journey maps to re-frame the problem, and generated novel solutions to the company’s most important enterprise initiatives.
Requirements
Transformation
2018
For one of the ten largest banks in the US, I reduced the number of enhancements and defects reported against initiatives in the strategic portfolio by integrating human-centered design into their requirements process.

Product Design

The majority of my product design work has been for enterprise applications– software that people use while at work. No matter what profession their profession, most employees spend the majority of their time interfacing with computers. At the same time, the interfaces to enterprise applications are often overlooked: "why would we invest in the making the interface delightful when we can make the employees use it?" Some of the most rewarding moments of my career have been revealing a new interface to an employee who participated in the generative UX research.
Acoustical Focus
2024
For Wave Sciences, I designed and managed the delivery of their flagship product for end users.
Recently, the BBC wrote about this remarkable technology.
Robot Control Interface
2024
For a large hospital, I reimagined the touchscreen interface used to control their extensive system of robots.  
Laurel Hub
2023
For a private equity company, I designed an interface to the application that runs their business.
Health eTools
2017
For a Pennsylvania startup, I redesigned an application that captures health data for school nurses (K-12) so they can report their activities to the state and medicaid for reimbursement.
Grill Interface
2022
For an 80-year-old grill company that decided to release a grill controlled by a phone, I investigated how Americans use their backyard grills and invented an interface that provides innovative features while allaying their fears of fire and of failure.
Opus
2014
For Google Opus, the product we envisioned was a touch screen that would allow the shopper and the store employee to collaboratively shop at the store's counter. We also envisioned the shopper's experience before engaging with the store employee and conveyed our vision through storytelling.

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