About

Designer who thinks like a researcher. Researcher who ships like a designer.

Product Design · UX Research · Strategy

Open to opportunities in Los Angeles or remote
Michael Silvestre

Background

5 years designing for industrial automation, smart energy, and workplace collaboration tools — with roots in marketing and edtech that gave me a deep instinct for how real users think.

What I'm looking for

Roles that blend research, design, and strategy. I thrive wearing many hats — the curiosity that drives me outside of work follows me into every problem space.

Previously

Senior Experience Designer at Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence

Broke down silos across the product development lifecycle and built more accessible tools for quality engineers and their teams.

Carnegie Mellon University — M.S. Human-Computer Interaction

Collaborated with Honda R&D Americas to build design thinking tools.


Expertise

Product DesignUX ResearchDesign SystemsUsability TestingUser InterviewsConcept TestingCard Sorting & Tree TestingPrototypingInformation ArchitectureJourney MappingWorkshop FacilitationCross-functional LeadershipFigmaMiro

Outside Work

DJing ambient recordsWong Kar Wai filmsPerfecting tomato sauce

Favorite Books of 2025

An American Childhood by Annie Dillard

An American Childhood

Annie Dillard

The Ghost Writer by Philip Roth

The Ghost Writer

Philip Roth

If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

If Beale Street Could Talk

James Baldwin

The Temple of the Golden Pavilion by Yukio Mishima

The Temple of the Golden Pavilion

Yukio Mishima

The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

The Age of Innocence

Edith Wharton

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Beloved

Toni Morrison

The Years by Annie Ernaux

The Years

Annie Ernaux

Independent People by Halldór Laxness

Independent People

Halldór Laxness

The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon

The Crying of Lot 49

Thomas Pynchon