I am a highly adaptive and experienced creative. My career started at Apple where I was responsible for implementing designs using code into products like iTunes and Mac OS X.
At PingIdentity I designed the interface for and provided front end code for an industry first GUI of their flagship Identity application, PingFederate.
Over the last five years at Strata Identity, I designed the interface for their cloud based Maverics Identity Orchestration Platform using Figma. Progressing the company from wire-frames, through hi-fi pages and ultimately into a live product. During this process, I designed each stage of the interfaces, organized complex pathways and built prototypes. I created multiple design systems, maintained variable color systems (dark/light), and all of the designs elements. Our team continually improved user experience via iteration based on research, feedback and testing.
When I am not working I enjoy the mountains, riding bicycles, skateboarding, making music and flying fpv drones.
Over the past four+ years, Tai has been one of the most impactful and reliable Senior UX/UI Designers I’ve had the privilege of working with. Building a next-generation security and identity SaaS orchestration platform, he quickly became indispensable—designing clean, scalable, and thoughtful user experiences for an exceptionally complex product.
His work in testing, refining, and maintaining our design system—including full support for both light and dark modes—played a critical role in ensuring consistency, clarity, and usability across the platform.
Tai’s versatility is remarkable. Whether working in Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, HTML/CSS, or broader graphic and visual design, he consistently delivered high-quality results with speed and precision. He is detail-oriented, efficient, reliable, and an absolute pleasure to collaborate with.
I enthusiastically recommend Tai for any senior design role—he will raise the bar for your product and your team.
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Jason Bowers
Lead Experience & Creative Designer at Strata Identity
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Michel Khalil
Principal, Creative Director at theDESIGNsnobs
I worked closely with Tai in the early 2000s, and even then it was obvious he was operating on a different level. He wasn't simply creative - he was strategic about creativity. He understood how ideas translate into real-world products, brands, and experiences, and he consistently executed with clarity, intent and passion.
Since then, he's gone on to start and grow multiple successful brands across a range of industries. This demonstrates an ability to understand users, markets, and behavior - not in theory, but in practice. He has a natural instinct for identifying problems, simplifying complexity, and designing solutions that feel intuitive rather than forced. Those instincts directly lend to his exceptional UX/UI work.
What sets Tai apart is that he thinks like both a designer and a builder. He cares deeply about how something looks and feels, but he's equally focused on whether it works, scales, and delivers value. He doesn't chase trends or aesthetics for their own sake; he designs with purpose and consistency.
On a personal level, he's one of the most reliable and principled people I’ve ever worked with. He's intelligent, driven, generous with his knowledge, and a genuinely strong leader. When things got difficult or ambiguous, he stayed calm, made smart decisions, and earned trust through action rather than talk.
If you're looking for someone who brings creative vision, product-level thinking, and real-world execution to UX/UI and product design work, Tai is the kind of person you want on your team. I'd recommend him without hesitation.
Tai is a very talented designer who gets things done. I have worked with Tai at three different startups over the last 20+ years, where he was designing User Interfaces for technical configurations of Identity products. Tai has an expert level understanding of the Identity domain, personally installing and running the latest versions of complex products to inform his work.
Tai has excellent design skills as well - always delivering with high quality aesthetics. Additionally, Tai has the ability to work on products that are rapidly evolving with great agility. He has great communication with engineers and product managers to ensure alignment. It has been a pleasure working with Tai over the years.
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Darren Platt
VP of Engineering at Strata Identity
Software Experience
Figma
AffinityAdobe Creative Cloud
Adobe PhotoshopAdobe IllustratorAdobe XDAdobe InDesignCursorVSCode
WordPress/ElementorMiro
Canva
HTML
CSS
Cline
Vite/ReactTerminal/CLI
Adobe Photoshop
WordPress/Elementor
Skills Experience
Product Design
Design Systems
User Experience & InterfacesAI Agents and UI Prototyping
Systems and StacksGraphic Design
Visual CommunicationColor Theory and SystemsDesign PrinciplesCommunication & CollaborationAccessibility & Best PracticesWeb Design & DevelopmentResponsive Mobile WebTypographyPhotographyVideography
Video Editing
Systems and Stacks
Graphic Design
Video Editing
Visual Communication
VideographyColor Theory and Systems
Design Principles
Communication & Collaboration
Accessibility & Best Practices
Web Design & Development
Responsive Mobile Web
Typography
Photography
Video Editing