Hi, my name is Tim.

Design and tech. I’m currently the design lead for a decentralized perpetuals exchange called Vela, providing traders with a feature-filled trading platform.

Previously, I worked at Coinbase on the web3 developer platform, with the mission to enable web3 development for everyone. I’ve also spent a couple years at IBM with the Accessibility and Quantum teams.

Being in these spaces, I have grown to love tech and realize the ever-changing landscape requires more and more thoughtful design.

Background. In the past, I’ve TA-ed an Advanced Design Thinking course at UT Austin, coached a team of design interns at IBM, been involved in a couple startup projects, did some biz dev for a toy company, was an endurance test driver for Hyundai-Kia, an EMT for Los Angeles County, and was in the Marines as a comm technician. I studied Cognitive Science, Human-Computer Interaction at UC San Diego.