My Story
Over the past 15 years, I’ve designed digital tools that help people make sense of complexity — from enterprise platforms like eDiscovery tools, CRMs, and internal service systems to the nuanced flows of e-commerce checkouts.
My strength lies in connecting the dots: aligning business strategy with user needs, navigating ambiguity with cross-functional teams, and crafting thoughtful experiences that drive real outcomes.
Whether I’m working with a startup team or a global organization, I bring a systems mindset, a strong product intuition, and a passion for solving the right problems — not just shipping features.
What I
Believe In
"Form follows emotion.” Hartmut Esslinger, Frog Design
"Start with the customer experience and work backwards to the technology." Steve Jobs
“We are what we do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit." Will Durant, explaining Aristotle
“None of us are as smart as all of us.” Ken Blanchard
"Good design is as little design as possible." Dieter Rams
What Excites
Me
I’m energized by opportunities to work on enterprise-scale tools and market disrupting innovation; where design has a measurable impact. Especially when simplifying legacy systems or enabling productivity at scale. I’m always open to roles that involve deep UX strategy, cross-functional collaboration, and real user impact.
Off the Clock, Still Creating
When I’m not designing, you’ll often find me in my small woodshop. I’m drawn to the intricacies of working with wood; the textures, the challenges, the possibilities. I’m a big believer in DIY: if it’s something I can make instead of buy, I’ll give it a shot.
I’m not a master carpenter by any stretch, which is exactly the point. Most of my projects are a journey of trial and error and that’s what makes them exciting. Overcoming those hurdles, improvising, and adapting on the fly feels a lot like solving design problems.
I’ve come to realize that my creative life outside work is really just an extension of what I do professionally: taking on complex, open-ended challenges and shaping them into something meaningful. It’s like a 3D puzzle that changes as you work through it — and I never get bored of that.
Skills and Toolkit
- Strategic Design and Systems Thinking
- Product design | Enterprise Architecture | Design Systems | Lean Agile | Design thinking | Usability Research | Design of Experimentation | Facilitation
- Interaction and Visual Craft
- Visual Communication | UI Design | Prototyping | Sketching | Wireframing | Usability Testing | Modeling | Mapping
Collaboration and Communication
Cross-functional leadership | Team Facilitation | Agile Collaboration | Transparency
Technical Fluency and tools
Figma | Figjam | Miro | LucidSpark | Axure | Axure DevOps | Jira | Confluence | Adobe | HTML/CSS | Chrome Dev Tools | Bootstrap | Salesforce | WMS | Slack | Zoom | SharePoint
Domain Expertise
e-Commerce (DTC & B2B) Enterprise | CRM | SaaS | Internal Service Systems
Want to make something meaningful?
Let’s talk if you’re hiring for a senior/staff designer, or just want to jam on solving complex UX problems.
Contact
Mathius Walsh
+1 650 761 [2230]
mathius@digicopia[dot]me
Location
- Currently residing in
- Seattle, WA USA
- Open to Hybrid and Remote