UX and Creative Design Strategy

Kansas City · since 1996

The instrument lives in service of the idea.

It could be a hammer, a guitar, an AI model. Every tool lives in service of the idea in a human's mind. I've spent the last thirty years learning how to play every kind of instrument I can.

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Systems work · 2019 to 2024

Terra Design System

I was one of two designers on the team who could read the pull request and the design standard side by side. The library ran 80-plus React components, consumed by 1,500 healthcare orgs across 195 countries.

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Research · 2025 to present

Teaching AI a Design System

I started at Oracle Health researching how to govern AI generation, and ended up on a question I’m still working on: how do you capture the judgment in people’s heads before they walk out the door, and is that an idea I’m comfortable with?

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Recent writing

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Jun 9, 2026 · 3 min read

The flash is the easy part now.

An interviewer gave me a week and then left for Hawaii. I started building the flashy demo I’d want to show off, and somewhere around Wednesday I ripped the working parts out.

May 20, 2026 · 2 min read

I fancied myself a computer man.

In a way, last night's KC AI Club meeting felt like the Reynholm Industries meeting where everyone was introduced to the internet in a box.

May 1, 2026 · 4 min read

The model of you stays.

Here’s a wacky idea: knowledge workers should get to license what’s in their heads to their employers the way we license Photoshop.

What people say

“As a manager, Jeremy created an environment where designers felt supported, challenged, and empowered to grow.”

Kristin Strauch Senior Manager, UX Design · Oracle Health Managed Jeremy directly

“Jeremy was the rare soul you meet in business. Very few designers I have encountered have his technical acumen.”

Douglas Liles Senior Principal PM · Oracle Health Partnered on AI design

“He’s the kind of leader who makes those around him better.”

Micah Sonderman Healthcare UX Leader Collaborated for seven years

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