Summary
Michael Angeles is a seasoned product and UX designer with 10+ years driving design strategy for consumer and enterprise products, currently supporting GeminiUX at Google via PRPL. He has led long-running product design efforts at Balsamiq—shaping a wireframing tool used by millions—and pioneered AI-assisted design features and internal GPTs to accelerate designer workflows. Comfortable moving between hands-on wireframes, prototypes, and design systems, he blends front-end development roots with information-architecture rigor from roles at Traction, Sling TV, and Bell Labs. Michael often partners with founders as a fractional design lead, balancing rapid concepting with measurable product outcomes. He pairs a formal background in Library & Information Science and Art History with practical experience shipping cross-platform web and desktop tools. A quietly prolific creator, he’s authored playbooks and a book on wireframing that inform the AI tools he builds to scale design knowledge across teams.
11 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
MLS, Library and Information Science, MLS, Library and Information Science at Rutgers University School of Communication and Information
BA, Art History, Cinema Studies, BA, Art History, Cinema Studies at Rutgers University–New Brunswick