Summary
Matt Byrnes is a Senior User Experience Designer based in Atlanta with over two decades of experience crafting user-centered web and mobile products and a decade of focused UX roles across enterprise and government clients. He blends hands-on front-end development (Angular, Bootstrap, Material, HTML5/CSS3/JS) with research-driven design, having led prototypes and UI upgrades for organizations like GSA through IBM/Octo, The Home Depot, Equifax, and the CDC. Comfortable in both B2B and B2C e-commerce and high-stakes security and emergency-response contexts, he translates complex operational needs into clear information architectures and interactive prototypes. His background in multimedia journalism and visual communication complements his technical chops, enabling persuasive storytelling and stakeholder alignment. Notably, he pairs agency and consulting agility—running his own practice multiple times—with large-team experience delivering iterative design systems and frontend frameworks.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Full Stack Coding Certification, Full Stack Coding Certification at Georgia Institute of Technology
M.A. Multimedia Journalism, M.A. Multimedia Journalism at University of Miami
A.A. Multimedia & Web Design, A.A. Multimedia & Web Design at Art Institute of Atlanta