Summary
Landon Vago-hughes is a product designer with 10 years of cross-functional experience building consumer-facing products and payment experiences from concept to production. Based in New York, he’s led product and design at startups like Fuse and YSplit, focusing on frictionless financial connections and group payment flows. He combines visual design, front-end implementation (including extensive Webflow and JS/GSAP work), and product strategy to ship polished, mobile-first interfaces. His background in mechatronics and a stint at Y Combinator give him a systems-level approach to product problems and a bias for prototyping. Landon’s early roles in growth marketing and hospitality inform a user-centric, operational mindset that balances delight with reliability. Outside core work he “side quests,” pursuing experimental projects that often become practical product insights.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Y Combinator
Bachelor of Engineering - BE Mechanical Engineering - Mechatronics, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Mechanical Engineering - Mechatronics at University of Southampton
High School Maths Chemistry Physics - A level, High School Maths Chemistry Physics - A level at The London Oratory School
English, French