# Gabe Velez > Founder @ TokTix — AI-Powered Event Ticketing | Now on iOS | Previously Design Lead @ ListenLoop (acquired by Integrate) Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/gabevelez I built TokTix — an AI-powered ticketing platform for nightlife venues and event organizers — from zero to the iOS App Store as a solo founder. I started in nightlife over a decade ago, designing 1,000+ event flyers before moving into tech. I spent 10+ years building analytics dashboards and scaling platforms — then my work at A&N Online Marketing pulled me back into the events space. I design, build, and manage event platforms like nycnewyears.com, nychalloweenparties.com, and afterpromcentral.com — and saw every day how broken the ticketing tools were for organizers. TokTix is the platform I built to fix that. Upload any event flyer and AI (FAITH) extracts all the details — title, date, venue, pricing — and creates the event in about 60 seconds. Tickets go straight to Apple Wallet. Scan guests at the door from your phone. Real-time analytics show exactly what's happening. 5% + $0.50 per ticket. No monthly fees. Free events cost nothing. I built 90%+ of the product using Claude Code from Anthropic over 18 months — React Native, Firebase, Stripe Connect, Apple Wallet integration, multi-user organization architecture. One person, shipped to the App Store. Previously: Principal Product Designer at ListenLoop (acquired by Integrate), sole designer for an ABM platform serving Microsoft and Cloudflare. I design and I build. That's how TokTix went from idea to shipped product without a team. Download TokTix on iOS: https://apple.co/4sazGUJ 📧 gabe@designoncue.com 🌐 gabevelez.com ## Work Experience ### Founder & CEO @ TokTix, Inc. Jan 2024 – Present | New York, NY Built TokTix from zero to iOS App Store launch as a solo founder using Claude Code (Anthropic). TokTix is a mobile-first ticketing platform for nightlife venues and event organizers. Key milestones: • Shipped iOS app with AI-powered event creation (FAITH), Apple Wallet tickets, real-time analytics, and Stripe Connect payments • Built multi-user organization architecture supporting venues with staff, promoters, and door scanners • Priced at 5% + $0.50 per ticket vs. Eventbrite's 20%+ — designed to let organizers keep more revenue • WordPress plugin (v1.6.6) for website ticket embeds • Automated tests, Firebase backend, React Native frontend ### Senior Product Designer & Engineering Lead @ A & N Online Marketing Jan 2022 – Present | New York, New York, United States Led design and engineering for portfolio of 7 event platforms serving 200K+ annual active users globally. • Increased conversion rates 60% year-over-year through data-driven design iterations and A/B testing • Scaled platforms to 200K+ users across US, Europe, and Asia-Pacific markets • Own complete product lifecycle: user research, UX/UI design, full-stack development (React, Next.js, JavaScript, PHP, WordPress), deployment, and analytics optimization • Built modular design systems that reduced site launch time 30% • Generate 900+ annual conversions across multi-property ecosystem ### Co-Founder @ Lootfeed Jan 2019 – Jan 2023 | United States Served as Development & Design Head. Everything from customer UX to React/Firebase development to designing and building marketing landing pages using GatsbyJS. ### Product Designer @ Integrate Inc. Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | New York Owned product design and UX improvements for B2B marketing platform serving Fortune 500 clients including Microsoft and Cloudflare. • Designed products for Account-Based Marketing division (post-ListenLoop acquisition) and Lead Generation Marketplace • Led Asset Library redesign using direct client feedback, reducing time-to-asset 30% • Refined design system for WCAG 2.0 accessibility compliance • Delivered production-ready HTML/CSS/JS prototypes to engineering teams • Collaborated cross-functionally with product, engineering, and sales ### Principal Product Designer @ ListenLoop Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Greater New York City Area Sole product designer for Account-Based Marketing platform serving B2B sales teams at enterprise companies. Acquired by Integrate January 2019. • Designed analytics dashboard transforming visitor tracking into actionable insights: engagement scoring, behavior analytics, conversion funnels, multi-touch attribution • Built web personalization module letting marketers create dynamic content based on real-time visitor attributes • Designed Agency Mode for multi-account management (10-50+ client accounts from single interface) • Owned full product UX, analytics dashboard design, brand identity, and frontend development • Improved customer onboarding flows that directly supported revenue growth ### Creative Lead & Co-founder @ Gamechat Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 I designed all assets for Gamechat, a mobile messaging service for Gamers. I created everything from the application UI/UX to branding, designing, and developing the website, blog and all marketing materials. ### Freelance Designer @ DesignOnCue Jan 2014 – Jan 2017 Delivered full branding, UX/UI design, and development for small to mid-sized businesses across nonprofit, hospitality, entertainment, and food service sectors. Designed end-to-end brand experiences spanning print collateral, responsive websites, and marketing materials for 20+ clients including NAACP, international resort properties, and regional music labels. ### Co-Founder @ Linesnap Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 Linesnap is a community-based mobile app that focuses on finding and showing places with the shortest wait time. It empowers members to outsmart standing in line together. Created by Yearn Labs, Inc., Linesnap knows where you are, and shows you places with their current wait time. It also recommends places nearby with a shorter wait. Linesnap relies on location, people, and sensors on their smartphone to provide real time information. Linesnap was the winner of Startup Weekend NYC in June 2013. For more information, visit us at www.linesnap.co ### Creative Services Coordinator @ Brooklyn Philharmonic Jan 2007 – Jan 2008 | Brooklyn, NY Directly responsible for planning and creating all designs and visual branding for seasonal programming, including season brochures, event programs, custom invites, PowerPoint presentations, HTML email blasts for distribution, large format display ads, promotional products, and press kits. ### Creative Director @ Jarco US Castings Corporation Jan 1998 – Jan 2007 | Union City, NJ Working directly with distributors in developing and designing special custom promotional products to meet the specific needs of their clients. Was done by creating custom art renditions to send to distributors to show their clients with the purpose of enticing them to generate orders. Attended conventions to meet with clients in order to introduce them to our product lines available in the hope of building a strong business relationship and to also reinforce our relationships with existing clientele in discussing ways towards acquiring future orders. Worked with customer service closely towards problem solving issues to suit event dates for production and negotiating remedies for any post-production mishaps that may occur. Served as website & e-mail administrator for JarcoUSA.com, in charge of website settings, client approvals, and other technical issues & hosting decisions. ## Education ### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication The City College of New York ### Bachelor of Arts in Advertising The City University of New York ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/gabevelez - Portfolio: https://gabevelez.com/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/gabevelez JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/gabevelez/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-31