UX Strategy · Product Design · Engineering

Product design leadership, from strategy to shipped experience.

I'm Joe O'Leary, a senior UX designer and engineer in Syracuse, NY. I work across product strategy, design systems, accessibility, and front-end implementation, mostly for complex financial experiences.

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12+ years in UX

Financial-services product experience

WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility

Design systems and front-end craft

Selected Work

Selected product work, from financial platforms to independent tools.

Enterprise Product Work

A few examples from financial-product work. Full case studies are available by request.

Client Account Experiences

Context: Authenticated financial-product experiences for clients, advisors, and internal teams.
Role: Senior UX/UI design and front-end partner.
Contribution: Improved hierarchy, account details, support touchpoints, and accessibility across complex account views.

Digital Delivery Enrollment

Context: Enrollment flows tied to digital adoption and paper reduction.
Role: UX strategy, interaction design, and implementation support.
Contribution: Clarified decision points, reduced ambiguity, and helped the experience move cleanly into production.

Design Systems and Reusable Patterns

Context: Reusable patterns for financial-service product teams.
Role: Pattern definition, accessibility guidance, and front-end translation.
Contribution: Turned repeated interface decisions into patterns teams could reuse.

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Independent Products

My latest independent projects.

Independent product

Enough

Problem: Retirement tools often bury the first question people are trying to answer: how much is enough?

Design decision: Built a focused calculator with visible math, private inputs, and no account funnel.

Role: Product design, front-end engineering, content, and launch.

Stack: Next.js, React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS

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Independent product

UIpen

Problem: Product teams need a faster way to spot design debt before it slows down everyday product work.

Design decision: Kept the product centered on scan, review, and act instead of turning it into another dashboard.

Role: Product design, UX engineering, front-end implementation, and launch.

Stack: Angular, TypeScript, Node.js, Prisma, Vercel

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