aaron neeley
Design, Product & Leadership
Design and product leader with 20+ years building the systems behind great products — the strategy, the structure, the teams, and the story that ties them together.
Every big problem comes from solving a hundred little ones.
Featured Work
Canary: Market Divergence Database
Built an AI-powered monitoring tool from zero that surfaces how different international markets frame the same events — then evolved the core model based on what I learned.
AstrumU: Skills Taxonomy Platform
Led design vision and product strategy for an AI data platform — building the artifact that aligned the company, choosing the use case that focused it.
Experience Timeline
Currently rethinking Product and Design agentically
Took the time to reset, travel, and learn new skills.
Head of Design at AstrumU
Led design vision and product strategy for an AI data platform powering a skills-based economy.
Head of Design, SLT at Dooly
Built and led a 7-person design organization for an AI-driven sales enablement platform.
Founder at TheCoop
Founded a career accelerator for aspiring designers and engineers.
Product Design Consultant at Digital Nomad
Partnered with startups and global brands including LEGO Group, Cassandra while living and traveling abroad.
Teaching and mentoring aspiring career changers through General Assembly
Design Manager at Knewton
Player-coach overseeing design for an adaptive learning product.
Earlier teeth sharpening roles
Senior Designer, Outbrain
Interaction Designer, Vibrant Media
Buongiorno (NTT DOCOMO)
MFA Design, University of Washington · BS Fine Arts, James Madison University