Matt Yukes

Design leader

Hi there, pleased to meet me.

I’m a native Seattleite, a lover of the rain, and twice graduated Husky. My degrees from University of Washington are a B.A. in Psychology and an M.S. in Human Centered Design and Engineering. Caring about people and the way they think led me to psychology. Caring about people and the way they interact with technology led me to my home in UX.

I have over ten year’s experience employing human centered design practices. Previously, I have worked at Valve Software, where I wore many hats, providing developer and partner support in addition to designing internal customer support tools. At LabKey, I led end-to-end design for enterprise grade web applications that serve life science practitioners. More recently, at Qualtrics, I’ve been a design leader on enterprise data tools and a manager of a design team in the Market Research & Insights space.

My creations outside of work are jangly guitar riffs and memories with my family of four. A good walk through the mountains or run down the slopes on a snowboard really get me going.

I consider learning to be a lifetime endeavor, and am always looking to add new skills to my tool kit. If you’re looking for an empathetic design leader with a dry sense of humor, reach out and say hello.