Front-end engineer turned product designer. Stephany works at the intersection of user experience, agentic AI, and B2B. She's passionate about solving real problems that build trust and create efficiency. Her design process is led by empathy curiosity.
Stephany currently works at Fountain, with prior roles at Vivun, IBM, and CNN. She holds an MFA in Web Design and New Media with a focus in usability and accessibility. Design systems and human insights are her languages; 'simplicity always wins' is her mantra.
Senior Product Designer 2025 - Present Fountain
Lead Product Designer 2021 - 2025 Vivun
UX Design and Frontend Team Lead 2020 - 2021 IBM
Instructor 2015 - 2020 General Assembly
Senior UX Design Engineer 2013 - 2020 CNN
Designing AI Agents that Work with Humans 2025 The Unexpected Lever arrow_outward
UNXPCTD 2024 Vivun
Lower Eastside Girls Club 2017 StoryCode
ELECTION 2000 / OVERTIME
2019
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Websites, Media Streaming, Nominee
STATE: The Trigger and the Choice
2018
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Websites, Best Individual Editorial Experience, Honoree
Women Who March
2018
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Film & Video, News & Politics: Individual Episode, Honoree
Picture This
2016
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Websites and Mobile Sites, Best Use of Photography, Nominee