Hi, my name is Aaron. I'm a design leader and product-minded designer who makes complex things simple & obvious.
I'm Aaron Van Schyndel, a San Francisco-based designer with over 11 years experience. I'm currently a Principle Design Lead at Microsoft. Previously, I ran the design team at Yammer (acquired by Microsoft).
In the past, I was a designer at Scribd, where I built tools for content creators, including work on the popular document and PDF reader used by media companies including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Huffington Post, TechCrunch. You’ve probably read a tech related court case on it at some point.
Before that, I was the first design hire at MINDBODY, building business management software to serve gyms, spas and salons worldwide. I went on to lead the design and front-end teams there.