Scott Gerlach
Principal Designer at argodesign
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolScott Gerlach is a Principal Designer in Austin with 12 years of experience translating complex systems into human-centered products and organizational practices. He specializes in creative strategic visioning, system design, and evolving design best practices—skills honed across roles from product design at Blackboard to leading cultural design change at USAA and teaching interaction design. Known for blending rigorous analysis with playful ideation, he designs interactions that foster rationality and subtlety, and he frequently shapes curriculum, facilitation, and team practices to scale design fluency. A former math instructor and theoretical mathematics graduate, he brings unusual pedagogical depth to product and system design, making him equally comfortable with workshops, models, and production delivery.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's of Science, Theoretical Mathematics, Bachelor's of Science, Theoretical Mathematics at The University of Texas at AustinInteraction Design and Social Entrepreneurship, Interaction Design and Social Entrepreneurship at Austin Center for DesignProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (1)
swgerlach/scottgerlach
May 2014 - Jul 2019
Contributions:46 commits, 8 pushes in 5 years 3 months
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