Director of UX & Technical Product Management

Reimagining digital products with purpose.

Building data-driven product cultures that bridge complex software engineering with intuitive, human-centered UX design.

20+ Years IT Experience
14+ Years UX Leadership
1k+ Students Mentored
Teylor Feliz - Stylized Portrait
Teylor Feliz MBA • MS-ICT
Executive UX Leader & Mentor

Data-Driven Decisions with Empathy

Bridging executive business strategy (MBA), technical architecture (MS-ICT), and human-centered UX design across 25+ years of software engineering, agency operations, and university faculty leadership.

DESOPS & AGILE

Design Operations & Product Ownership

14+ years as Founder and Director of Haketi, acting as Product Owner (PSPO I) to align UX research, heuristic evaluations, and user testing with core technical feasibility and executive business roadmaps.

DUAL-ROLE EXECUTION

Full-Stack Engineering & UX Architecture

Hybrid track record acting simultaneously as Software & Data Engineer and UX/Web Designer on enterprise projects — co-engineering custom web applications and user interfaces for brands like AT&T (Centennial), AON, and Burger King, while managing database systems processing millions of telecom records.

MENTORSHIP

Academic Leadership & Curricula Design

13+ years as University Faculty across Academy of Art University and University of Denver. Architected graduate usability curricula (ICT4515), mentored over 1,000 students, and served on 60+ capstone committees.

Areas of Expertise

Bridging systems engineering, product strategy, and user experience leadership.

DesOps

UX Design & Research

Crafting intuitive interfaces, conducting heuristic research, and architecting multi-theme design systems that scale seamlessly.

Full-Stack

Engineering Architecture

Building high-performance, accessible, and static web platforms with zero client-side runtime bloat.

AI Integration

AI Product Management

Guiding enterprise AI and LLM integration workflows — aligning prompt architecture, agentic task automation, and model capabilities with intuitive, human-centered UX design.

Analytics

Data Strategy & Analytics

Leveraging database governance, performance monitoring, and business intelligence to drive data-informed product roadmaps.

Leadership

Technical Leadership

Managing remote, cross-functional teams across the U.S. and Latin America with complete bilingual fluency (English & Spanish).

Education

Mentorship & Education

Taught over 1,000 students as Adjunct Faculty across AAU and DU, authoring graduate-level usability design curricula.

Signature Ventures

HAKETI AGENCY

Web • UX • App Studio

ACTIVE STUDIO FOUNDER & DIRECTOR

An executive shop delivering custom web design, user experience strategy, mobile applications, and software development.

Web & UX Agency
Operating Globally
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KROMALUME

Design Tokens • Accessibility

OKLCH STUDIO CREATOR

A visual engineering sandbox to build, test, and export WCAG-compliant accessible color systems and AI-ready design tokens.

OKLCH Color Space
WCAG Auto-Fix
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ADMIX WEB

Tech • Design • Business

PUBLICATION EDITOR

A digital publication for designers and developers expanding into product management, systems architecture, and data engineering.

Global Audience
Online Journal
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IT BOOKS

Free Educational Library

OPEN LIBRARY AUTHOR

A curated collection of free books spanning Information Technology, Business Strategy, Data Engineering, and UX Architecture.

100% Free Access
IT & Business
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