Alexander Tran
Home Builder at WattShift
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlexander Tran is a multidisciplinary product designer turned home builder in Seattle, currently tackling Missing Middle housing while advising climate-tech startups on human-centered product strategy. With 13 years of experience across startups and enterprise—roles at Pivotal/VMware Tanzu Labs, Shelf Engine, and Mechanical Orchard—he blends interaction design, service design, and developer collaboration to modernize mission-critical systems and reduce waste. He consults on UX for cross-functional Agile teams, runs workshops, and trains large enterprises in UX skill development, all with a planet-centered design lens. Alex volunteers design expertise for civic programs and has helped embed research practices into early-stage companies and distributed teams. Notably, he moves between building physical community (a “friend compound”) and shaping software products that measurably cut emissions and food waste, demonstrating rare fluency across built and digital environments. He holds an MS in Information Design and a BA in Environmental Analysis, which informs his pragmatic focus on sustainable, people-centered solutions.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS), Information Design, Master of Science (MS), Information Design at Bentley UniversityBachelor of Arts, Environmental Analysis, Bachelor of Arts, Environmental Analysis at Pomona CollegeThe University of Melbourne
English, Spanish
Github Skills (9)
portal6
jekyll5
hugo5
pcf5
sap-hana3
cms3
apply1
coders1
sounds1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
alexanderstran/alexanderstran.github.io
Dec 2015 - Feb 2018
Contributions:19 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 2 months
alexanderstran/design
Oct 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:21 pushes, 1 branch in 4 days
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