
Hi, I'm Albert. I've been designing for about 15 years now, and these days I'm running the design team at Blossom, a fintech powering credit unions. We went from 0 customers to 350+ credit unions and 1.6M members, and the design team grew from just me to a team of 20.
Lately I've also been shipping code with AI, which honestly wasn't part of the plan. Work that would have felt far outside my job description not long ago is easy to do now, and I couldn't be more excited. Or worried. Depends on the day. What hasn't changed is what I actually care about. I just want to make things simpler, and a little more enjoyable for whoever has to use them.
Outside of work I'm mostly a family guy. Becoming a dad has been the most rewarding thing I've done, hands down. Past that, I love spinning some heavy metal, photography, learning something new when I can, and traveling when there's time for it.
15+
Years as a designer
30+
Companies worked with
3
Startups designed
3
Awards
Startups I helped build
Vinylfy
Social network for vinyl record collectors. Started as a hackathon project at SuperConf. Ended up on ABC News.
LiveAnswer
Call management software. On from early stage through acquisition.
Blossom
Fintech for credit unions. Still here, still building it.
Experience
Head of Design · Blossom
2021–Present
Lead UI/UX Designer · Vertiv
2017–2021
Senior Product Designer · LiveAnswer
2016–2017
Senior Product Designer · VFD Esports
2014–2016
Creative Director / Cofounder · Alpis LLC
2009–2020
User Experience Designer · Leapfactor
2012–2014
Lead Designer · Universidad de Pinar del Rio
2012–2016
Awards
First Prize · Battle Hack Miami · Issued by PayPal
First Prize · Startup Blastoff at SuperConf · SuperConf
Web Quality Award · Universidad de Pinar del Rio, Cuba