Brent Schneider

I’m Brent,
UX Design Leader
in the PNW.

Hailing from Spokane, WA, with over 25 years of design experience. Currently a Senior UX designer at Coforma, creating user-centered quality healthcare for people.

With a focus on inclusive design, I champion accessible and equitable experiences. Guiding teams with empathy, we design solutions that are thoughtful, considerate and work for everyone in mind.

Design Leadership

Sp'q'iʔ

Brent Schneider

I acknowledge the traditional homelands of the four bands of the Spokane Tribe of Indians: Sntútʔulixʷi, Snxʷmeneʔi, Sc̓qesciłni, and Sčewíleʔ, the traditional ancestors of the land and waterways where I live.

I would like to pay my respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

My design ethos

Selected works

User-centered Design Systems

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Design System

I was the UX Design lead on the CMS Design System team designing an open-source Design System optimized for B2C products, focusing on delivering accessible, responsive digital experiences.

Each month, millions of people visit digital services across healthcare.gov & medicare.gov using the design system I contributed to. White House fact sheet.

design.cms.gov

Developer Experience (DX)

Developer service platform: 0 to 1 MVP

I strategically designed and branded Backstage, an open-source framework that organizes microservices and infrastructure, enabling teams to quickly deliver high-quality code, setting the stage for continued Digital Transformation at VA

Lighthouse Delivery Infrastructure

Developer Experience (DX)

The Developer Experience is part of VA's Digital Modernization strategy.

I matured the UX Product Design from an introductory beta service through iteration to a fully developed 2.0 complex government API ecosystem.

The VA Lighthouse Developer Experience program champions operational excellence as VA continues to modernize its technology and systems to enhance users’ experience with digital tools in the most secure way possible. ~ VA’s Office of Information & Technology

developer.va.gov

Enterprise Design System

2nd Watch Design System

2nd Watch: Now, Ollion, brings a cloud-native approach to enterprise digital transformation.

I designed a UI kit defining distance, shape, interactions, and patterns to establish an enterprise design system supporting 2nd Watches' second-generation product line.

User-centered design

Eastern Washington University redesign

I integrated user-centered design methods to inform the redesign of ewu.edu driven by the needs of prospective students.

Read about the University website redesign on Medium

ewu.edu

User-centered branding

FutureAda.org

I co-founded Futureada.org, a non-profit startup focused on empowering women and non-binary individuals. I developed the brand using user-centered design principles.

Read crafting user-centered branding for the non-profit FutureAda.org.

futureada.org