Roy Chavez
UI/UX Design Engineer
Professional Summary
UI/UX Design Engineer with 15+ years bridging UX leadership and full-stack development. Skilled in user research, wireframes, interactive prototypes and usability testing, plus conversion analysis through A/B testing and heat maps for a consumer website. Former Web Design instructor versed in WCAG compliance and Figma design systems. Translates complex workflows into intuitive, accessible interfaces with close engineering collaboration.
Experience
PG&E
Remote
Senior UI/UX Designer
April 2021 – June 2024
- Led user interviews and usability testing during real-world fire event exercises.
- Facilitated design workshops and user research sessions with field operations teams to validate prototypes and refine intelligent, contextual interfaces.
- Partnered with product and technical stakeholders to architect user-centric workflows using Material Design, ArcGIS Pro, and Palantir Ontology objects.
- Led design strategy for interactive data visualizations, integrating massive geospatial datasets into real-time observability dashboards for wildfire tracking.
RumbleOn
Irving, TX
UX Developer
Nov 2017 – June 2018
- Established UX in Agile e-commerce delivery via heuristic evaluations, wireframes, and coded desktop and mobile prototypes. Defined UX strategy and a phased implementation roadmap.
- Established foundational UX strategy and Agile delivery processes, translating long-term product vision into clear, actionable, and incremental UX patterns.
Check Into Cash
Cleveland, TN
UX Designer & Developer
2013 - 2016
- Designed and developed the consumer website and financial services application. Led user research, wireframes, design systems, and conversion analysis through A/B testing and heat maps.
Hawkeye @ American Airlines
Fort Worth, TX
UI & UX Designer
2009 - 2010
- User research and empathy maps in an Agile team aligned with business and product owners. Sketched wireframes, produced interactive prototypes and hi-fidelity mockups for desktop and mobile.
Earlier experience
- Digisoma (Product Designer & UI Engineer); Larsen & Toubro (L&T) (UX Lead & Technical Consultant); New Western Acquisitions (UX Developer); Creative Circle @ UPG/GameStop (UI/UX Designer); Texas State Technical College (Technical Instructor).
Leadership & Education
Education: Associate of Applied Science, Texas State Technical College (1998-2000).