Summary
Christopher Smith is a senior product designer and engineer with 14 years of experience crafting enterprise B2B2C SaaS and consumer products from concept to code. He blends design systems, UX strategy, research, and front-end engineering—having redesigned TrueCoach mobile apps to a 4.9 rating and contributed broadly to Xplor’s Apollo Design System. A hands-on builder and co-founder, he has shipped end-to-end products (Rails/React/React Native stacks) for sports, music education, and healthcare clients while also creating internal Figma plugins and productivity tools. He mentors designers and product teams, advocates modern AI tooling in design practice, and maintains a creative practice in illustration, animation, and music that informs his human-centered solutions. Based in Chicago, he is known for turning complex systems into clear, delightful experiences and for quietly working on a deep bench of private projects hinted at in his GitHub bio.
14 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Commercial Art & Design, Commercial Art & Design at Vincennes University