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My name is Rene, and my furry little buddy is Walnut.
I'm a product designer based in Toronto, driven by a belief in human-centric design processes and the power of data-driven design decisions.
Beyond my designer persona, I wear quite a few fun hats:
Hi!👋🏻 Nice to Meet You!
🍸 Certified Mixologist.
🤸🏼♂️ Certified Body Harmonics Mat Pilates Instructor.
🌮 The walking dictionary of authentic Asian restaurants.
🇯🇵 JLPT N2 holder, translator of Japanese indie comics.
🕹 Board game collector.*
🗿 World traveller, 8 countries down, with Tanzania on the horizon for 2025.
*Favorite of 2024: Tokyo Highway, the top pick for my board game nights.
My work experience
With a background in graphic design, I began my career at a startup makerting agency. After more than two years experimenting with different design projects, I realized my passion for UX/UI Design.
2025-Present
Product Designer - Design System
Refined the internal design system for Geotab by delivering accessible components, improving design clarity, and creating SDK documentation to support third-party integration and consistency across products.
2023-2024
Product Designer - Design System
Established a design system for RBCx's official website with a senior designer, including design principles, visual assets, and interactive components that ensured consistency and efficiency in design implementation across the website.
2022-2023
UX Designer
Worked in the strategy team to develop an end-to-end UX strategy, led the Visual design from concept to delivery for a youth banking app expected to engage 305 million users across CPB over the next decade.
2019-2021
Web Designer
Collaborated with developers to create highly functional WordPress websites for clients, resulting in a 60% revenue growth within one month of website launch.
My acdamic journey
2022-2024
Master of Education, Art Education
GPA: 3.9/4.0
Course highlight: INF2191 User Interface Design (A+), INF2170 Information Architecture (A) , INF2165 Accessibility & Inclusive Design (A), INF1602H Fundamentals of User Experience (A).
2021-2022
UX/UI Design Bootcamp Certificate
GPA: 4.0/4.0
2014-2018
Honours Bachelor of Arts, New Media Studies
Minors in Studio Arts and Social Media Studies
Dean’s Honour List, 2017.
Some companies I've worked with
Starting my journey as a graphic designer in the marketing industry led me to work with the following companies...
Let's grab a coffee together!
Outside of work, I am very good at finding cool cafes. Shoot an email to get in touch with me!
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