Tony Montemorano

Director of Design
BrainGu

A design leader, product designer, front-end developer, and accessibility advocate, committed to creating simple interfaces that are as intuitive as they are meaningful.

Thrives on challenging the status quo, pushing design boundaries, and keeping the folks both creating and consuming experiences at the heart of it all.

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Goals

Whether I’m leading design teams, mentoring talent, or streamlining processes, my goals are simple:

  • Elevate user experiences
  • Inspire bold ideas and innovation
  • Build a culture of collaboration and growth
  • Find smarter ways to do things

Hard Skills

Leadership
8yr
Front-end Dev
13yr
Product Design
14yr
Graphic Design
19yr

Professional Highlights

  • Built and led a global UX team of 30+, fostering cross-cultural collaboration at MTX to deliver innovative design support for our on-premise and remote employees the United States and in India.
  • Led end-to-end SaaS design for 7+ years, delivering 50+ custom Salesforce solutions for state governments, universities, and enterprises like Sony Music, NYC Health, and Georgetown University, improving internal systems and boosting user adoption and engagement.
  • Developed and implemented organizational standards across UX research, creative design, front-end development, and accessibility testing, driving consistent, user-focused results.
  • Facilitated collaborative standards documentation with project leads, streamlining design and engineering handoff processes and strengthening team alignment.
  • Partnered with account executives, project managers, and technical architects to deliver precise level-of-effort estimations and resource allocations for proposals, enabling accurate scoping and budgeting of client projects.

Work History

  3. 2022
    May 2022 - Now

    Director of Design

    BrainGu
    Grand Rapids, Michigan (Remote)
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    • 2018
      Oct 2018 - May 2022

      Vice President of User Experience

      MTX Group, Inc.
      Albany, New York (Remote)
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      • Built and led a 30+ member multinational UX team, including researchers, designers, developers, and accessibility testers, to drive design innovation for MTX’s digital transformation solutions, supporting public-sector and enterprise clients.
      • Defined platform-specific standards for Salesforce and cloud-based systems, enhancing design quality and accelerating delivery timelines for government tech projects, including child care, and crisis response systems.
      • Mentored direct and indirect reports to achieve goals, fostering professional growth and user experience skills within MTX’s mission to modernize organizations through data-driven strategies.
      • Partnered with sales and vertical teams to deliver and refine compelling client presentations and demos, contributing to MTX’s growth in healthcare, education, and crisis response.
    • 2013
      Mar 2013 - Oct 2018

      Senior UX Consultant

      Appirio, Inc.
      Indianapolis, Indiana (Remote)
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      • Pioneered a custom front-end framework and design system for rapid theming and brand customization on Salesforce, enabling agile UX transformations for global enterprises like Sony Music and Delta Airlines.
      • Established front-end delivery standards and best practices for UX teams across US and India, enhancing collaboration, consistency and repeatability in our cloud implementations.
      • Designed and developed Salesforce Classic pages and Lightning Applications using reusable themes and components, driving user adoption for 50+ projects including Georgetown University and AstraZeneca.
      • Championed rapid prototyping processes for Salesforce demos with Lightning Design System, Pug, and Sass, accelerating client engagements and innovation in media, finance, and healthcare sectors.
    • 2011
      Apr 2011 - Mar 2013

      UI Designer

      InfoEd Global
      Albany, New York
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      • Revamped user interfaces, refreshed branding, and expanded features for on-premise .NET-based eRA applications, streamlining grants management and compliance workflows for research institutions like universities and medical centers.
      • Collaborated with product managers to translate complex research funding requirements and business objectives into actionable, intuitive design tasks.
      • Participated in brainstorming and strategy sessions to shape product roadmaps, aligning user needs with goals for sponsored projects administration.
      • Performed multi-device and cross-platform testing to validate design fidelity across development stages, ensuring seamless usability for global research admins.
      • RInvestigated emerging marketing strategies to amplify brand visibility and drive adoption of InfoEd's SPIN funding database and compliance tools.
    • 2006
      Jan 2006 - Now

      Independent Consultant

      Allusis
      Las Vegas, Nevada (previously Albany, NY)
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      • Custom web and mobile app design (hybrid/native), leveraging Statamic CMS for intuitive, high-performance user experiences.
      • Brand identity creation, including logos, style guides, and visual systems, tailored for small to mid-sized businesses.
      • Print and digital marketing, delivering signage and strategic campaigns to boost client visibility and engagement.
      • Front-end development, building modular design systems and ensuring WCAG/508 compliance through rigorous testing and remediation.
      • Technical infrastructure optimization, including DevOps, DNS configuration, performance testing, and hosting for scalable solutions.