# Aspen Tng > UX Design @ Amazon | Master's in Human Computer Interaction Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/aspen Resume and portfolio available upon request. A systems-oriented Product Designer with a Master's in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and over 5 years of experience, I specialize in crafting intuitive user experiences for complex enterprise platforms, with a strong emphasis on leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Large Language Models (LLMs) to innovate new and enhance existing features. My expertise spans UX Design, Information Architecture, and building scalable Design Systems, which I've leveraged to improve consistency across 50+ products and enable future product scalability. I have a proven track record of launching impactful products, driving UX consistency across multiple teams, and mentoring junior designers, always with a focus on delivering seamless interactions and strong business outcomes. ## Work Experience ### UX Designer @ Amazon Jan 2022 – Present | Seattle, Washington, United States Currently leading design for Amazon's enterprise document management platform. Work includes integration of AI/LLM into new and existing features, template management, document generation, admins' self-service experience to automate configurations. Previously on design systems: – Build and launched new major version of component library for Amazon's design system for internal tools / HR ecosystem, increasing parity between Figma and the codebase. – Improved UX consistency across 50+ products by leading creation and implementation of unified wizard and form interaction guidelines. – Reduced design/development inconsistencies for 100+ designers and engineers by initiating, designing, and implementing design token system (version 1) with 2 engineers. ### UX Designer @ Ubiquitous Computing Lab Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Seattle, Washington, United States Published paper titled "ARDW: An Augmented Reality Workbench for Printed Circuit Board Debugging" at ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology(UIST) 2022. ARDW is an AR workbench that facilitates efficient debugging of printed circuit boards. Paper: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3526113.3545684 ### Product Designer @ GovTech Singapore Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Singapore Singpass app, Singapore’s digital identity platform, is used by more than 3.5 million residents, with 298 million yearly transactions made through its 2000 integrated services. – Reduced design and approval process of new digital ID cards from 18 to 2 weeks by creating modular interaction design and visual design templates with guidelines and technical specs to facilitate discussions with stakeholders. – Led team of 3 PMs, 12 engineers, and 6 designers to launch a new design system, in conjunction with new visual design language and information architecture, to set the stage for future features. – Designed and launched new card carousel feature on app’s homepage that securely stores user’s digital ID cards to 3.5+ million users. ### UX Designer @ Cargill Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Champaign, Illinois, United States Cargill is the largest agriculture corporation globally. Its innovation lab develops prototypes of 0-1 concepts to improve manufacturing processes and to explore new business opportunities. – Shipped an inventory management prototype for integration into Cargill’s ecosystem by conducting interviews with 7 site managers, leading UX design, and facilitating progress meetings with 2 product owners. Feature was built in March 2021. – Designed and developed functional MVP, after collaborating with product manager to define its scope, to evaluate the product market fit of a new concept that connects farmers with agtech startups. ### UI/UX Design Lead @ HackIllinois Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Champaign, Illinois, United States HackIllinois is the largest open-source collegiate hackathon with 800 participants and 35+ mentors (open-source professionals). – Led a team of 3 designers to create event’s mobile app (Android & iOS), website, and dashboard used by 800 participants and 35 mentors. – Revamped website’s information architecture and created visual design system and component library for all 3 digital products across iOS, Android, and Web. – Created system to consolidate design files, facilitate workflow, and ease developer handoff. Onboarded team of 15 engineers and 5 designers to new system. ### UX Designer - Designing for Disability @ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Champaign, Illinois, United States - Self-initiated research independent study on designing for disability with Professor Deana McDonagh. - Simulated and experienced different degrees of visual impairment through empathic modeling research methodology. - Conceptualized and tested 2 doorknobs that reduce visual effort required for the visually impaired to locate keyholes. ### CAD Designer - Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering @ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Champaign, Illinois, United States Collaborated with a Nuclear Engineering graduate student to create 3D-printed models used in his experiments for his PhD thesis. ### UX Designer @ Syngenta Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Champaign, Illinois, United States - Worked on the design pattern and color library for the company’s brand guidelines and design system. - Collaborated with product managers over multiple design sprints to refine wireframes (from paper to Sketch and Figma). - Used HTML and CSS to create mockups of webpages to experiment with different layouts. ### Product Designer @ Bytepapers Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Champaign, Illinois, United States First Designer on Bytepapers — Blockchain-based platform to promote the learning of blockchain technology through community-driven annotations and discussion. - Startup was funded by Jump Trading (https://jumpincubator.com/). - Supported the startup through alpha testing as the First Designer. ### Healthcare Infrastructure Intern @ MOH Holdings Pte Ltd (Singapore) Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Singapore - Intern under the Healthcare Infrastructure Project Division - Introduced the use of prototyping using paper to brainstorm layouts of residents' living quarters in nursing homes. - Prepared first draft of a post-occupancy questionnaire for operators of nursing homes. Data from this survey would be used to design future nursing homes. ### Corporal - Explosive Ordnance Disposal @ Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Singapore Worked directly with team commanders to carry out peacetime security operations, including security sweeps for key national events (National Day Parade) and clearance of unexploded ordnance. ## Education ### Master's degree in Human Computer Interaction University of Washington, Master of Human-Computer Interaction + Design ### Master's degree in Human Computer Interaction University of Washington ### Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA in Industrial and Product Design University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ### GCE Advanced Level Anglo-Chinese Junior College ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/aspentng - Portfolio: https://www.aspentng.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/aspen JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/aspen/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13