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Hi, I'm Kevin.
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  • Built an AI-native tool at JPMorganChase so designers can collaboratively build Figma plugins.
  • Shipped pixel-perfect sites at AI infra startup Freestyle (YC S24) with full-stack code.
  • Won the designathon and hackathon at UChicago, majoring in Economics and Cognitive Science.
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Sport Video Analysis project preview
Arc for iOS project preview
Pizza Screens project preview
GridLink project preview
Task Timer project preview
Sport Video Analysis project preview
Arc for iOS project preview
Pizza Screens project preview
GridLink project preview
Task Timer project preview

2025

JPMorganChase

Global Private Bank — UX Engineer

Delivered 500x performance improvements to launch a Figma plugin worldwide, enabling 200+ annual hours saved in design. Engineered a data visualization generator converting CSVs to on-brand charts in 1 second and built AI-native tool enabling designers to collaboratively build Figma plugins via natural language without code or git. Selected as 1 of 5 interns to present these solutions to 460+ JPMC tech interns globally.

Figma

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TypeScript

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React

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TailwindCSS

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Bash Scripts

2024

Freestyle (YC S24)

AI Infrastructure — Software Engineer

Designed and engineered end-to-end company website and essays with data-driven information architecture, doubling monthly traffic to 2k+ visitors across 80 countries through landing page redesign, clearer messaging, and CRM integration. Built JavaScript runtime functionality in Rust on top of the V8 engine, helping secure multi-million funding.

React

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JavaScript

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TypeScript

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TailwindCSS

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Rust

2023

Arc Browser iOS Redesign

UX Case Study — Research, Design, & Writing

Produced animated mobile app redesign generating 16K+ views and scouted by UX Collective's founder Fabricio Teixeira—Partner at Work & Co, whose work influences millions of designers worldwide and has earned recognition from global brands like Google, Samsung, and Mailchimp. Conducted user research yielding novel mental state framework and delivered 4 core UX innovations through complete Arc for iOS redesign in 30 days.

Figma

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Medium

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Artboard Studio

2023

Zeesta Labs

Medical AI Startup — UX Engineer

Built complete brand identity from scratch and engineered iOS app in React Native from my Figma designs. Created custom brand book and determined unique value proposition for medical AI startup.

Figma

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Figma Variables

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React Native

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TypeScript

2022

Sport Video Analysis App

Desktop App — Design & Prototyping

Designed and prototyped ten interactive UI states for a sport video analysis desktop app, solving the lack of documented session review I experienced training for UK rowing nationals. Used dark neutrals to focus attention on video content.

Sketch

2022

UChicago Designathon Winner

Best Design Prize — Lead Designer

Led a 5-hour designathon as part of an ad-hoc UChicago team, creating a prize-winning mobile app prototype. Gamified pizza ordering with Secret Santa mechanics, reimagining the entire ordering and delivery process.

Figma

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FigJam

2021

Trade Finance Distribution Initiative

Website Redesign — Digital Marketing Strategist

Redesigned the company website using a user-centered approach, increasing site traffic by 2x to 4k+ monthly visitors and attracting 90% more members through social validation featuring 14 Fortune 500 members with $20T+ AUM. Led three design reviews with C-suite executives, successfully advocating for key brand storytelling elements while rewriting all 1k+ words of copy to eliminate jargon and achieve sub-20% bounce rate.

Figma

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Webflow

2020

Mindxone

Web App — Co-Founder & UX Engineer

Co-founded and engineered a web app reimagining digital content organization with tag-exclusive ideology. Built full-stack product to MVP stage before sunsetting to focus on studies.

Adobe XD

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HTML/CSS/JS

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JQuery

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NodeJS

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Express.js

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AWS

2019

Task App with Focus Timer

Mobile App — UX Engineer

Designed and built an iOS task app with focus timer and priority estimation in Flutter. Implemented swipe-first navigation with custom micro-interactions.

InVision Studio

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Flutter

2018

Panorama Mail

Concept App — Design & Prototyping

Designed and prototyped 50+ animated artboards for a concept mobile mail app. Built rapid email triaging with 'Panorama' screen, plus snooze, quick reply, and undo send features.

Adobe XD

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Auto-Animate

2018

Prismatic News

Android App — Full-Stack Engineer

Designed and programmed native Android news reader with custom web scraping, AI text summarization, and offline capabilities reaching 5,000+ users on Google Play Store. Engineered line-by-line text-to-speech playback, content parsing algorithms in Java, nine theme variants, and AI sentence highlighting for comprehensive reading experience.

Android Studio

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Java

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Firebase

YC to Fortune 50.
I'm Kevin Gugelmann.

  • Drove 2x traffic increase for $30MM+ fintech and AI startups by strategically optimizing sitemaps, design, and copy.
  • Built an AI app builder toolkit for Figma plugins at JPMorganChase that generates, runs, and git-manages production code through natural language prompts.
  • Secured 1st place at Hyrox U24 and won three national gold medals in UK school rowing, driven by an obsession with marginal gains.

Product Designer. AI-Native Engineer.
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