John Balboa โ Design Manager
Most designers talk about users. I talk about revenue, and the systems that move it โ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ'๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐ฒ+ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ: โณ 40% profit increase in 6 weeks for a financial services client โณ Shipped apps managing $120M+ AUMโณ 30%+ conversion rate improvements across 3 enterprise products โณ Scalable front-end architectures serving thousands of users daily โณ Design systems that cut dev cycles in half while improving consistency ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ? I don't design interfaces. I build revenue infrastructure that bridges three worlds most companies still treat as separate departments: โ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป: Decision architecture that drives measurable business outcomes โ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐-๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ReactJS. I ship production code, not slide decks โ ๐๐ ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: Agentic workflows, prompt engineering, and AI-native design patterns that multiply output 3-5x without sacrificing craft 2026 changed the job description for designers. They learned to operate at the intersection of design thinking, working code, and AI fluency. I've been operating there for years. ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐: โ Someone your engineers respect because he reads their PRs โ Someone your CFO trusts because he speaks in ROI, not moodboards โ Someone who asks "what metric does this move?" before opening Figma โ Someone who builds AI into the workflow, not bolts it on as a talking point 16 years across Fortune 500 enterprises and early-stage startups taught me one thing: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป'๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐. They're the ones who understand that design is a business function. Most designers pick a lane. I refused to choose. That refusal became my edge.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and EdTech design expert with strong front-end development skills.
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Experience: 7 yrs 3 mos
Skills
- User Experience (ux)
- Product Design
- Design Systems
Career Highlights
- 40% profit increase for financial services client
- Shipped apps managing $120M+ AUM
- 30%+ conversion rate improvements across enterprise products
Work Experience
Edward Jones
Design Lead (11 mos)
Product Designer (2 yrs 11 mos)
Contract Designer (10 mos)
Dance Vision
Design Systems Lead (10 mos)
National Park Express
Senior Product Designer & Front-end Developer (11 mos)
Bloc
UX/UI Design Intern (1 yr)
Yowza Shop LLC
UX Designer (3 yrs 6 mos)
American Preparatory Academy
Dance Instructor (3 yrs 5 mos)
VZ Dance Studios
Graphic Web Designer (2 yrs 6 mos)
BALLROOM ADDICTION
Graphic Web Designer (3 mos)
Product Designer - UX / UI Designer
Senior Product Designer (11 yrs 10 mos)
Education
Fullstack Web Development at Nucamp Coding Bootcamp
User Experience Design and Front-end Development at Bloc
Bachelor's degree at Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts