I help teams with complex techincal problems create simple user experiences

I'm Zeke Wandeler, a senior product designer current based in Colorado, USA (open to relocation). Previously at AWS for 4 years, I love tinkering and figuring out the hard problems and distilling them into products and experiences humans love to use.

Fun facts
College Halo Champion
Last lego build: Space galaxy
Last side quest: digital smart dial for car
Hot take: YouTube University is the best one

Case studies

Reduced enterprise admin auditing and troubleshooting times by 80% (from hours to minutes) by decentralizing permissions auditing from a single page into a multi-context integrated widget.

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I conquered the tech debt and stakeholder approval mountain to simplify aws sign in and sign up

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Saved devs time connecting AWS account to third party tools using automations and AI progress summaries

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Side quests/Archive

On Deck: What if GIMP was be a modern usable design software for both professionals and hobbyists?

I am working on a product redesign for the open source image editing tool GIMP. This side project includes a visual UI refresh,implenting a design system, and a major investigation on the current UI layout and UX of the design tools in GIMP.

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My old car deserved a modern tech upgrade - but I still like my buttons. New stereo + DIY smart dial

My beloved 2007 mitsubishi endeavor has been a workhorse of a vehicle, travelling with me from high school to college to accross the country, but it's never had a modern infotainment system. Modern aftermarket stereos have come a long way, with many head units running Android and coming stock with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay support. But the one thing it lacks is physical inputs, the buttons and dials that make car dashboards intuitive while on the road.