Storyteller
Conceptual ThinkerInclusive Designer
Who me?
I'm Tony Owen Peterson (TOP), a Seattle-based design leader specializing in prototyping and interaction design. I spent the last decade at Microsoft designing, mentoring, presenting, developing, deploying, collaborating, and cultivating fun across many different teams and orgs.
I lo-lo-love being part of a creative team, whether I'm leading or collaborating to bring complex and sometimes wacky ideas to life. I continue to work in siloed ambiguity as a freelancer but have years of experience leading medium sized creative teams. Do you have a whacky idea you'd like me to help you bring to life?
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
soft skills
Concise communication | Adaptability | Empathy | Problem-solving | Collaboration
hard skills
Design: Figma, Adobe XD, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere,
After Effects, Blender
Prototyping: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Vue.js, Git, VSCode, npm,
Jekyll, Sass, jQuery
User Research: Usability Testing, A/B Testing, Ethnography,
Personas, Surveys
Collaboration: Agile/Scrum, Jira, Confluence, Slack, Project
management
Did you know...
Dark themes are more environmental than light themes?
In a vast majority of modern displays, less energy is used when rendering black. In addition, less blue light is emitted from dark websites and prolonged eye strain is reduced.
Hobbies
making indie games, playing piano, cooking, gaming, ebiking, vintage tech, d&d