# Michael Yee

> Principal UX Designer, Ex-Apple, Ex-Microsoft, Ex-Amazon, Ex-VISA

Location: San Mateo, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/michaelyee

"Design is figuring out what is the right thing to make and how to make it right." - Michael Yee

Lead Product Designer with 15+ years of experience crafting thoughtful, frictionless, scalable UX for Fortune 500 companies (e.g. Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, VISA, Wells Fargo) and various startups. I have managed and mentored both UX designers and software developers and have built successful teams from the ground up. And as a UX developer in my previous life, I work effectively with software developers to bridge the gap between product management and software development.

In short, I help companies transform great ideas 💡 into great products 📱.

HIGHLIGHTS	
• Design, Prototype and Code (aka UX Unicorn)
• Expertise in Accessibility and Responsive Design
• Managed UX Designers and Software Developers
• Conducted User Research and Usability Testing
• Presented seminars on Usability Issues in Cryptocurrency, e.g. private key safety, recovery seeds, etc.

DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
“The most important consistency is consistency with user expectations.” – Bruce Tognazzini
“A user interface is like a joke. If you have to explain it, it’s not that good.” – Martin LeBlanc

SOFTWARE and TOOLS
AGILE, JIRA, Design tools: Figma, Invision, Sketch, Craft; Wireframing tools: Visio, Balsamiq Mockup; Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects; GitHub, Slack, HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap; User experience on Android, iOS, Apple watchOS, Microsoft HoloLens, Windows 10 Mobile, MacOS, Chrome OS, UNIX / Linux, and WiFi Pineapple 🍍

## Work Experience
### CEO/Founder @ YBU Group
Jan 2015 – Present | Foster City, CA

### Principal Product Designer @ Wells Fargo
Jan 2020 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Principal UX Designer / Design Team Lead @ ItsOn, Inc.
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Redwood City, CA

### Senior User Experience Designer @ Visa
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Foster City, CA

### Web Development Manager @ T-Mobile
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Bellevue, WA

### CEO/Founder @ YBU Group
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Seattle, WA

### Senior UX Designer @ Amazon.com
Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 | Seattle, WA

### Director of User Experience @ - stealth mode startup -
Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 | Seattle, WA

### Lead Information Architect @ AT&T Wireless
Jan 2008 – Jan 2009 | Seattle, WA

### UX Design Consultant @ University of Washington
Jan 2007 – Jan 2008 | Seattle, WA

### UX Design Consultant @ MYTHOS SOLAR ENERGY // GROXIS // AUTONOMY
Jan 2006 – Jan 2007 | San Mateo, CA

### Senior User Researcher @ Microsoft
Jan 2005 – Jan 2006 | Redmond, WA

### Software Development Manager @ Sychron
Jan 2003 – Jan 2005 | San Mateo, CA

### Member of Chief Architect Staff @ Comergent
Jan 2001 – Jan 2003 | Redwood City, CA


## Education
### BS in Computer Science
North Carolina State University

### Advanced Computer Graphics and Artificial Intelligence
Boston University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/myee123
- Website: http://www.mikeondesign.com/resume-and-portfolio/

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Last updated: 2026-02-23