Summary
Zac Halbert is a seasoned product design leader and frontend developer with two decades of experience shaping software that ships. He currently leads design at Cortex, building tools that help engineering teams collaborate and deliver faster. As founder of Scout Hawk Product Design Studio, he mentors early-stage startups and socent organizations, balancing beauty, usability, and uncertainty. His background spans enterprise design at Metromile, brand work at Broadly, and startup leadership at Foliotwist, illustrating fluency from concept to scale. Based in Portland, Oregon, he holds a Magna Cum Laude BA in Graphic Design and blends hands-on craft with strategic design leadership and mentorship to turn complex problems into clear, delightful products.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Azusa Pacific University
B.A., Graphic Design, Magna Cum Laude, B.A., Graphic Design, Magna Cum Laude at Northwest Nazarene University