Michael Land
Senior UX Designer at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Annapolis, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Land is a senior UX design leader with 12 years of experience building human-centered digital products across civic technology and federal agencies. He has created and led DesignOps programs and cross-disciplinary teams at organizations including the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, United States Digital Service, and the National Park Service, driving measurable UX outcomes and cultural change. Michael blends strategic vision—defining governance, tools, and research programs—with hands-on interaction, visual design, and information architecture. He’s skilled at operationalizing customer experience across complex government systems, from modernizing immigration workflows to building case management software for asylum processing. A former founder/CTO and iOS/web developer who still codes Swift and JavaScript, he brings a rare mix of product, engineering, and art-direction experience. Based in Annapolis, he also applies a photographer’s eye to craft accessible, elegant interfaces that communicate clearly to diverse audiences.
12 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Biology, Bachelor of Science (BS), Biology at James Madison University
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Github Skills (61)
xcode-plugin10
amazon-s39
keybindings9
macos8
vim8
deploying7
zendesk-api7
stream-analytics7
xcode7
wrapper7
stream6
swift6
js-client6
jekyll6
ruby-on-rails6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
lando2319/software_dev_freelancer_site
Apr 2014 - Jul 2014
Contributions:366 commits in 3 months
lando2319/blackjack-book
Jul 2015 - Aug 2019
Contributions:26 pushes, 4 branches in 4 years 1 month
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