Martin Ayon
Senior Product Designer | Frontend Engineer | AI-Native Product Builder
Technology Leadership Roles
My career has not followed a traditional line and through my career I've held many hands-on roles across different industries including:
- Web Developer
- Senior Software Engineer
- AI Platform Engineer
- Team Lead
- Technical Manager
- Director of IT
- Director of Software Development
Led development, QA, DBA, infrastructure, vendor, and offshore teams of up to 22 people; delivered ERP, CRM, POS, CMS, intranet, and e-commerce programs, including a compensation and content platform supporting ~6,000 Countrywide employees and contractors.
The Problems I Solve
Organizations often struggle with:
- Legacy web platforms that are difficult to maintain
- Fragmented UI codebases without reusable components
- Poor collaboration between product, design, and engineering
- Slow feature delivery due to unclear requirements
- User interfaces that do not scale across devices or teams
I solve these problems by modernizing frontend architecture, implementing design systems, and building scalable UI platforms. I combine generative AI, coding agents, rapid prototyping, and workflow automation with deep frontend and enterprise architecture experience to help teams move faster.
What I Do
I design and build scalable frontend architectures for enterprise and high-traffic web platforms, using AI across discovery through delivery.
My work typically includes:
- Modernizing legacy UI platforms
- Building reusable component systems and design systems
- Using generative AI and coding agents for requirements clarification, rapid prototyping, and code assistance
- Building repeatable workflow automation with tools like n8n and Make
- Delivering high-performance web interfaces used by millions of users
Professional Experience
Founder and Principal Product Engineer
960 Studios
Lead an independent digital product studio from discovery through launch, covering product strategy, UX/UI, brand identity, frontend and full-stack development, automation, deployment, and ongoing optimization.
Key Contributions:
- Build responsive web applications, SaaS interfaces, e-commerce experiences, mobile products, and AI-assisted workflows; translate business goals into prototypes, reusable systems, and production-ready releases
- Modernized a legacy Blazor payment application into a responsive, cross-browser product and built reusable UI patterns that improved consistency and maintainability across desktop and mobile workflows
- Created and launched owned products including TapiKat digital identity, asset-catalog, and GPS-art commerce experiences; Golf Improvement Journal, a mobile progress-tracking app; and What to Eat for Lunch, a personalized decision app
- Directed product, brand, web, and commerce work for Teel Supply and Power by Teel, including industrial sourcing experiences and a remote-power product offering
- Selected portfolio work includes PartMechanix, 960 Studios, Homes.com, Ingram Micro applications and dashboards, Havana Cigars, Hot Saucers, Marche Moderne, and FreeCreditScore. Full portfolio at martinayon.com
Senior UI Developer
CoStar Group
Delivered component-driven features with Vue 3, Angular, and Node.js for Homes.com and Apartments.com, high-traffic consumer platforms serving millions of users.
Key Contributions:
- Partnered with product, UX, engineering, and QA to turn complex interaction requirements into responsive, production-ready experiences and durable shared frontend patterns
Team Lead – UX Engineering and Frontend Development
Ingram Micro
Led UX and frontend delivery for enterprise web, mobile, e-commerce, and logistics initiatives at a Fortune 100 technology distributor.
Key Contributions:
- Replaced traditional functional-requirements documents with high-fidelity prototypes, reducing iteration and improving alignment between business stakeholders and engineering teams
- Established Bootstrap-based frontend standards and reusable patterns, improving consistency across teams and applications
- Designed customer portals and digital experiences supporting major technology brands, including Apple, HP, and Samsung; mentored designers and developers through delivery
Web Developer and Frontend Team Lead
Experian
Built customer-facing experiences for ProtectMyID, FreeCreditReport, FreeCreditScore, and partner brands including American Express and Discover.
Key Contributions:
- Developed an HTML5, CSS3, and jQuery Mobile framework for iOS and Android, integrated with ASP.NET MVC, Razor, and Tridion CMS
- Partnered with optimization teams on Adobe Test and Target A/B campaigns and translated design concepts into cross-browser landing pages and email templates
Professional Recognition
"Martin is one of the few true renaissance technologists — equally strong in engineering, architecture, and communication with business leaders."
Impact
- Delivered payment, real-estate, distribution, and e-commerce experiences used by millions
- Directed a vendor-managed inventory initiative spanning ~650 retail stores
- Enabled a distribution-center move tied to ~$900K in shipping-cost savings
- Reengineered a document-reporting process from ~2 hours to ~10 seconds
- Introduced prototype-driven development workflows
Core Expertise
Technology Stack
AI & Automation
Frontend
Platform & Data
Product & UX
Education
Industrial Engineering studies
Universidad Autonoma de Baja California
Java Programmer Certification
UC Irvine
Application Programming
UCLA