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I'm JC Zabel_

UX leader and designer building products that people actually want to use. 10+ years turning complex problems into simple, human-centered solutions.

From IoT cloud platforms to consumer apps, I've led design for products managing millions of devices. Currently at Microsoft.

Featured Work

The Premier IoT Remote Management Platform

Hired as the lone UX team member to launch a cloud platform and ended up managing a team of designers for an IoT platform with 20MM+ devices.

Empowering Homeowners with Smart Home Control

The companion app to make our partners look good and give more control to homeowners to fix their problems on their own.

Side projects and vibe coding experiments. This section grows over time.

A TTRPG character manager for creating, organizing, and tracking tabletop RPG characters.

JavaScriptTTRPGSide Project

A franchise management application for streamlining inspections and operations.

TypeScriptFranchise ManagementSide Project

2022 – Present

Microsoft

Designing enterprise experiences at scale.

2013 – 2022

SnapAV / SnapOne

Built OvrC from scratch. Grew the UX team. Platform scaled to 20MM+ devices.

2012 – 2013

Lockheed Martin

Defense contracting — human factors for complex systems.

2010 – 2012

General Electric

Green energy and industrial automation.

2008 – 2010

SSI Schaefer

Factory automation and warehouse systems.