Testimonials

With a proven track record of delivering designs, managing initiatives, and leading people in Development and Product teams, I look forward to seeing how I can help your organization. But don't just take it from me; see the endorsements of my colleagues and managers below.

From Peers

"Deb is the one of the best UX Producer/Designers I have ever worked with. At Inxeption she wore many hats and handled them all well. Her expertise is figuring out complex problems and creating a design/specification that solves it. All the developers and QA love working with her because her designs/specifications comprehensively explain all use cases. She has a great attitude and helps out all the different product teams (design, product management, QA, and engineering)."

Jacob Throgmorton, Chief Architect

"Deb's meticulous attention to detail ensures nothing is overlooked. She excels in collaboration, consistently considering diverse user perspectives to make features intuitive and user-friendly. Deb also works hand-in-hand with engineering to ensure designs and requirements are both feasible and effective. In addition, she regularly checks in during development to ensure the project is progressing, provide feedback, and answer any questions that might arise. Her contributions were crucial to our project's success, as she often took on multiple roles, including UX designer, product owner, and business analyst. I highly value her expertise and very much enjoy working with her."

Brad Ondricek, Senior Software Engineer

"Deb is an exceptional designer, but she is so much more than that...Beyond her design skills, Deb wears many hats. She is incredibly meticulous and detailed, which means she helps with writing requirements for features, conducts periodic check-ins with developers to ensure projects are on time and up to standard, and provides support whenever needed. My life is much easier knowing Deb is involved in my projects...Under her guidance, all our features are well-defined, coherent, and easy to use...She is one of the best colleagues I have ever had, and I am extremely fortunate to have met her."

Daniel Zhu, Director of Front-End Development

"...Her exceptional attention to detail and rapid ability to come up to speed on new product requirements meant that her designs enabled me to be a much more productive developer. I knew that every design element and corner case had been thoroughly considered...In addition to building wonderfully detailed UI mocks, she also built many spreadsheets to demonstrate the calculations behind topics such as financial payments - this allowed QA to quickly verify that the delivered product worked as intended...I hope to work with her again."

Taggart Gorman, Senior/Lead Full Stack Developer

"Deb’s leadership and vision were instrumental in guiding our team through complex design challenges, always with a focus on creating user-centric solutions that align with business goals. Her ability to foster collaboration, provide clear direction, and encourage creative thinking made her an invaluable mentor and leader. Deb’s passion for design excellence and her commitment to elevating the user experience were truly inspiring, and I’m grateful for the opportunity to have worked under her guidance and hope to do so again one day."

Elissa Scott-Webster, Senior UI/UX Designer

"I had the great good fortune to work with Deb Tjoa for over three years. It's rare that I get to meet, much less work, with someone like Deb. She has a keen eye for details, is indefatigable when digging into the nuances of a complex interaction, and dependably thorough when communicating her designs and concepts. Deb always shows great patience when she has to repeatedly iterate over a feature as scope and resources change, and ensures the end results are the best they can be for a user. She is also a great designer, and readily supports others on her team with her expertise. On top of it all, Deb is fantastic to work with, a great collaborator within and across teams, and anyone would count themselves lucky to have worked with her."

Lisa de Larios, DesignOps UX Program Manager

"I can't give enough praise for Deb. She is absolutely amazing. Working with her for almost four years, I can attest to her thoroughness, attention to detail, organization, and positive attitude. When starting any feature, she breaks down everything into easy-to-understand modules with every detail needed. Her UI/UX work is innovative and beautiful. She can effortlessly lead a project from start to finish and keep the momentum moving forward. Deb would be an exceptional addition to any company and is a joy to work with."

Michael Smith, Senior Front End Engineer

"Deb is an stellar, insanely productive UX professional and UI developer. When we worked together she took on our company's complex B2B site launch, which involved a complete overhaul both functionally and visually of an already complicated service. As part of that effort she had to independently solve numerous complex problems and pulled it off every time. She was also able to take on numerous other projects connected to tight deadlines, such as partner launches and marketing opportunities...She is creative but also diligent and meticulous. She voices her opinion and makes constructive suggestions. If you are looking for someone to be both the backbone and brains of your UX team, you've found her."

Ian Lovejoy, Director of Engineering

"Debra did a fantastic job as UX Producer when I and my engineering team worked with her on the evaluation and integration of a 3rd-party Business Intelligence software application...Debra not only delivered on the challenge of understanding the product management's business requirements and of turning them into convincing visual designs, she also assessed the technical feasibility in a number of very different Business Intelligence products. Her input was crucial to eventually making the right choice...Her collaborative way of leading the design produced great results, on time, yet without ever compromising key decisions of the overall approach. She always had a close look at what the engineers had built and never shied away from filing defects for us to resolve - but even in stressful situations she never lost her positive ways of contributing to a fun and respectful workplace."

Hendrik Schnepel, Senior Engineering Manager

"Debra is one of the smartest UI/UX designers I have worked with. She always impressed me and all of our team members with her work ethic, keen attention to details and awesome ideas to improve user experience of our application. I would highly recommend Debra for any organization that needs a smart, committed and innovative designer to build a meaningful and an intuitive user interface and experience."

Satish Kamatkar, Director of Software Engineering

From Managers

"I appreciate your design sense and ability to understand the direction of a vision prototype, but also understand the realities of implementing a usable feature and considering how those two things intersect...Your unwillingness to "let things slide" and keep pushing for clarity and progress were a great example of what any organization should strive for from its people."

Eric Vossbrinck, Chief Design Officer, from 2016 performance review

"Deb is the most dedicated and detail-oriented producer I have ever come across. She is wonderful to work with, a quick thinker, always a step ahead of the game, and producing flawless output. To top it all off, she has a great sense of humor and is an amazing list maker!"

Julia Borkenhagen, Chief Experience Officer and Co-Founder of Whitespace, Manager in 2005

"Deb is a great employee and a valued member of not only the product management group but of the development group as a whole. She works well with everyone and is always one of the primary contributors to the features to which she is assigned and takes initiative on all other tasks or projects on which she works. Deb is enjoyable to work with and she is well respected by peers and management both within and outside development."

Robbie Knutson, Chief Product Officer, from 2004 performance review