Vanessa chang

VANESSA CHANG

I design and ship products from real-time monitoring dashboards to internal automation tools — combining UX, product strategy, and hands-on AI tooling to move fast from concept to working product.

Built across the US, Taiwan, Japan, and Canada.

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About Me

Design is to uncover insight, shape clarity, and spark possibility.

Hi, I am Vanessa! Senior Product Designer | UI/UX Designer

I specialize in IoT platforms, data-heavy dashboards, and the gap between what engineers build, what businesses need, and what users actually do.
Seven years of work experience. Two Master's degrees (MBA + MDes). Chess habit that turns out to be very useful for thinking through complex systems. I care about work that's both technically rigorous and genuinely human-centered.

15+

Production features shipped at TOKU

3,000+

Users researched across projects

50%+

Reduction in QA effort using Typescript

Selected work

Below is a collection of my favorite projects:

complex problem-solving with thoughtful research, synthesis, and impactful storytelling

I design with three checks in mind: is it wanted, is it buildable, is it a real business.

Project @ Neopenda

NEOMITA is a healthcare wearable for rural Africa — built around what's locally available, accessible to all ages, and designed to actually sustain itself.

Award-Winning

Healthcare

Business Strategy

Product Design

Project @ Neopenda

NEOMITA is a healthcare wearable for rural Africa — built around what's locally available, accessible to all ages, and designed to actually sustain itself.

Award-Winning

Healthcare

Business Strategy

Product Design

Project @ Neopenda

NEOMITA is a healthcare wearable for rural Africa — built around what's locally available, accessible to all ages, and designed to actually sustain itself.

Award-Winning

Healthcare

Business Strategy

Product Design

I design device and dashboard experiences for data-heavy systems.

Project @ TOKU

Turning Grafana's alerting engine into an incident model operators can act on

Product Strategy

Data modeling

IOT Dashboard

UX Research

Product Mgmt

Product Dev

Project @ Illinois Tech

Pawssistant is a platform facilitating informed and confident decision-making in critical pet health care moments.

AI Design

Product Strategy

Healthcare

Product Design

I turn raw research into frameworks other teams can act on.

Coming soon

Mind+ Research

Write-up in progress.

Coming soon

Starbucks Research

Write-up in progress.

I explore emerging technology early, to find where it creates real value.

Project @ EXPO x Taiwan

EXPO x Taiwan is a globally published virtual exhibition in MINECRAFT, created by three architecture enthusiasts during the pandemic.

2nd Place, Global Poll

Information + Communication

Visual Design

3d modeling

Testimony

In their own words.

She has a passion for design.

Vanessa has proven herself to be very diligent, consistently producing quality work. Furthermore, she demonstrates an aptitude to grasp overall business goals and objectives. She has a passion for design and applying it to IoT sensors and systems.

Leo Chan , Chief Software Architect · TOKU Systems

Testimony

In their own words.

She has a passion for design.

Leo Chan , Chief Software Architect · TOKU Systems

Testimony

In their own words.

She has a passion for design.

Leo Chan , Chief Software Architect · TOKU Systems

How I work — three lenses

Impact first

Map pain points, define scope, rank by impact. Understand the business value before you design.

Find the friction

JTBD, journey mapping, user interviews. Stay curious until an assumption breaks.

Build to think faster

AI and automation to compress exploration. AI and automation as design toolbox.

VANESSA CHANG

I design and ship products from real-time monitoring dashboards to internal automation tools — combining UX, product strategy, and hands-on AI tooling to move fast from concept to working product.

Built across the US, Taiwan, Japan, and Canada.

Resume

Let's connect!

About Me

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