Tony Montemorano

Director of Design
BrainGu

A design leader, product designer, front-end developer, and accessibility advocate, committed to creating simple interfaces that are as intuitive as they are meaningful.

Thrives on challenging the status quo, pushing design boundaries, and keeping the folks both creating and consuming experiences at the heart of it all.

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Goals

Whether I’m leading design teams, mentoring talent, or streamlining processes, my goals are simple:

  • Elevate user experiences
  • Inspire bold ideas and innovation
  • Build a culture of collaboration and growth
  • And, of course, find smarter ways to get things done

Hard Skills

Graphic Design
24yr
Front-end Dev
19yr
Product Design
13yr
Leadership
8yr

Professional Highlights

  • 7+ Years of End-to-End Design for SaaS Solutions
    Spearheaded design and user experience implementation for custom SaaS products built around or on Salesforce for multiple State and Local Government as well as Commercial/Enterprise clients.
  • Built and Led a Global, Multicultural Design Team
    Established and guided a team of over 30 designers, UX researchers, and front-end developers, ensuring cross-cultural alignment and high standards in collaborative design.
  • Standardized Delivery and Best Practices
    Developed and enforced organizational standards across UX research, creative design, front-end development, and accessibility testing, driving consistent, user-focused results.
  • Enhanced Cross-Functional Handoff Processes
    Facilitated collaborative standards documentation with project leads, streamlining handoff processes and strengthening team alignment.
  • Optimized Client Engagement Scoping and Budgeting
    Partnered with account executives, project managers, and technical architects to deliver precise level-of-effort estimations and resource allocations for proposals, enabling accurate scoping and budgeting of client projects.

Work History

  3. 2022
    May 2022 - Now

    Director of Design

    BrainGu
    Grand Rapids, Michigan (Remote)
    BrainGu logo
    • 2018
      Oct 2018 - May 2022

      Vice President of User Experience

      MTX Group, Inc.
      Albany, New York (Remote)
      MTX Group, Inc. logo
      • Recruited and assembled a diverse, multinational team of over 30 professionals including UX researchers, designers, front-end developers, and accessibility testers to bolster design, and product engineering to support delivery growth.
      • Established and enforced platform-specific process and deliverable standards enhance design and front-end development quality and improve delivery timelines.
      • Worked closely with both direct and indirect reports to set and accomplish regular objectives and fostepink ongoing professional and personal development.
      • Assisted sales and vertical teams with design, development, and delivery of client presentations and demonstrations.
    • 2013
      Mar 2013 - Oct 2018

      Senior UX Consultant

      Appirio, Inc.
      Indianapolis, Indiana (Remote)
      Appirio, Inc. logo
      • Built a custom front-end framework and design system for rapid theming and brand customization for products built on the Salesforce platform.
      • Established front-end delivery standards and best practices for the UX team in the US and India.
      • Designed and developed Salesforce Classic pages with Lightning Applications using reusable themes and Lightning Components.
      • Introduced and implemented rapid front-end prototype processes for Salesforce application demos using Lightning Design System, Pug, and Sass.
      • Delivered over 50 successful projects as a designer/front-end developer for enterprise clients, including Sony Music, Georgetown University, General Atlantic, Delta Airlines, AstraZeneca, and more.
    • 2011
      Apr 2011 - Mar 2013

      UI Designer

      InfoEd Global
      Albany, New York
      InfoEd Global logo
      • Improved user interface, updated branding, and expanded project platform features for on-premise .NET applications.
      • Communicated with product managers and owners to tranzinc project requirements and business objectives into actionable design tasks.
      • Contributed to brainstorming and strategy meetings to build roadmaps for user and product goals.
      • Tested websites at different design and production stages to assess conformance with designs on multiple devices and platforms.
      • Researched and proposed new marketing techniques to elevate brand and product awareness
    • 2002
      Jan 2002 - Now

      Independent Consultant

      Allusis
      Albany, New York / Las Vegas, Nevada
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      • Custom website design, development, and content management system configuration (with Statamic).
      • Website hosting setup and deployment configuration.
      • Branding and design services (logos, web and print style guidelines, and front-end design systems).
      • 508/ADA compliance testing and issue remediation.