Gerry Gonzalez

UX Engineer

Requirements, design, accessibility, and implementation in one practice.

UX Engineer

Asking the questions that shape interfaces.

I’m a UX engineer at the State of Michigan’s Center for Shared Solutions (DTMB). I join projects at requirements gathering and stay with them through build and long-term upkeep.

Explore my work
Needs, design, and standards on one side, a working component system on the other.

Selected work

Each of these projects needed something different from me: building a shared system, connecting design to a vendor’s build, and handing off components to a CMS team. My role has changed as each one grew, and I’ve stayed with all three.

Design system

Digital Guidelines

A shared library for developers across state agencies. I helped lay its foundation, and today I review its code and help agency teams adopt it.

  • Web components
  • Angular support
  • Accessibility

Platform migration

Michigan.gov

Moving agency sites onto one Sitecore platform under one brand, then keeping its components and styles consistent as it grows.

  • Sitecore
  • Scriban
  • Shared branding

Component library

MEDC

A component library built with the designer and handed off to the Episerver team, then extended from new Figma designs as the site changed.

  • Episerver
  • Component library
  • Mapbox

The interaction can change with the device. The information and purpose should not.