Izu Elechi is a founder and product designer with 11 years of experience building native, web, and design-tool products from concept to shipping in the San Francisco Bay Area. He led major redesigns and mobile experiences at Mailchimp—helping scale marketing automation for millions of users—and has since founded multiple ventures (SF Design, Blacklab, Charm) focused on rapid prototyping and no-code app-building. Izu combines hands-on UI/UX craft with engineering fluency, building developer-friendly design tools and platforms that bridge Figma-like interfaces with collaborative, GitHub-style workflows. He’s comfortable leading cross-disciplinary teams and has a track record of turning research and user testing into shipped product features under tight timelines. An early leader in university tech communities and hackathons, he brings entrepreneurial energy and a knack for scaling both products and organizations.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Software Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Software Engineering at The University of Texas at Dallas
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