Hailing from Spokane, WA, with over 25 years of design experience. Currently a Senior UX designer at Coforma, creating user-centered quality healthcare for people.
With a focus on inclusive design, I champion accessible and equitable experiences. Guiding teams with empathy, we design solutions that are thoughtful, considerate and work for everyone in mind.
Design Leadership
Sp'q'iʔ
Brent Schneider
I acknowledge the traditional homelands of the four bands of the Spokane Tribe of Indians: Sntútʔulixʷi, Snxʷmeneʔi, Sc̓qesciłni, and Sčewíleʔ, the traditional ancestors of the land and waterways where I live.
I would like to pay my respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
My design ethos
Selected works
User-centered Design Systems
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Design System
UX Design lead on the CMS Design System team designing an open-source Design System optimized for B2C products, focusing on delivering accessible, responsive digital experiences.
Each month, millions of people visited the HealthCare & Medicare digital services, benefiting from the enhancements and optimizations I implemented. White House fact sheet.
design.cms.gov
Developer Experience (DX)
Developer service platform: 0 to 1 MVP
Strategically designed and branded Backstage, an open-source framework that organizes microservices and infrastructure, enabling teams to quickly deliver high-quality code, setting the stage for continued Digital Transformation at VA
Lighthouse Delivery Infrastructure
Developer Experience (DX)
The Developer Experience is part of VA's Digital Modernization strategy.
Over two years, I matured the UX Product Design from an introductory beta service through iteration to a fully developed 2.0 complex government API ecosystem.
The VA Lighthouse Developer Experience program champions operational excellence as VA continues to modernize its technology and systems to enhance users’ experience with digital tools in the most secure way possible. ~ VA’s Office of Information & Technology
developer.va.gov
Enterprise Design System
2nd Watch Design System
2nd Watch: Now, Ollion brings a cloud-native approach to enterprise digital transformation.
I designed a UI kit defining distance, shape, interactions, and patterns to establish an enterprise design system supporting 2nd Watches' second-generation product line.
User-centered design
Eastern Washington University redesign
Driven by the needs of students, employees, and the entire EWU community, I integrated user-centered design principles to inform the ewu.edu redesign.