SHAN HANNADIGE

I'm a design engineer based in Chicago.

I studied cognitive science at UC San Diego and left caring most about how people and computers meet. That's carried me through a decade of work wherever people and software have to get along, which turns out to be everywhere.

Technology keeps shifting under everyone's feet. I still hold firm that Design is what turns that churn into things people can use. I currently work by handing AI the repetitive parts of my workflow, so my time goes to the strategic decisions that matter.

I work with clients of every size, wherever they are. I get inside the problem with them and we design the answer together. Along the way I mentor the designers on my teams, pushing them past aesthetics toward product strategy and systems thinking. The best thing a project can leave behind is a stronger team.