Alexander Kempf
I design software that builds trust & grows business.
Product designer.
Master's in HCI & Design.
Army honor graduate.
Currently freelancing. Previously at Pulse Labs AI where I helped boost research insights for product teams at Google, Amazon, Rivian, and Walmart.
Work
Pulse Labs AI
Media Player Boosts Android Auto's Study ROI
0–1 feature
Web
UX research
Researchers had to comb through hours of study video, with no easy way to flag the moments that mattered. I built a media player that lets them mark and discuss those moments right where they happen.
More insights surfaced per study
Dozens of hours saved digging for them
Millions saved in downstream decisions
Full case study
Passion Project
Building Anduril's EagleEye on the Meta Quest in 24 Hours
VR/AR/MR UI Design
Unity Engine
Vibe Coding
Designed, built, and tested a hobbyist-scale interpretation of Anduril's EagleEye goggles utilizing the Quest 3's passthrough feature, Unity game engine, and Claude Code.
Marking locations in your home as hostile with hand gestures
View hostile locations and details persistently through walls
View location and tally of hostiles in 360° aerial compass
Full case study
Pulse Labs AI
Leveraging AI to Find Better Study Participants
0–1 feature
Web
AI-enabled prototype
Leadership wanted an AI shortcut. I designed one that also gives people direct, visible control — because trust matters as much as speed when a study's success depends on picking the right participants.
Fast enough for a plain-language request
Precise enough for exact, complex criteria
Adopted for high-stakes studies
Full case study
Pulse Labs AI
Increasing Participant Retention and Study Efficiency
Redesign
Mobile app & Web
UX research
Redesigned the mobile experience to help our customers study how people use technology in everyday life. I pitched a new way to record study tasks on the backend, leading to a major reduction in user friction on the front end.
Fewer support tickets
Less unusable study data
Reduced technical debt for engineering
Full case study
Passion Project
250,000 Gamers Agree My UI Redesign is Better
Game UI
Heuristic review
Community feedback
A passion project, I found the parts of a hit game's interface that frustrated players most, sketched fixes fast, and put them in front of the community to see if I was right.
252,000 community views
5,000 upvotes (98.7% positive)
Rare, wide agreement in a notoriously harsh community
Full case study
Testimonials
"Alex has a sharp product intuition and a deep empathy for users, which consistently showed up in his work. His calm, collaborative approach built trust across teams and made him a key contributor to our success. Anyone who passes up the opportunity to work with Alex is making a mistake."
— Josh Sroufe, Design Director @ Pulse Labs AI
"Alex is very skilled at design. He takes the time to ask the right questions to solve complex design problems. I firmly believe Alex would make a great addition to any user experience or user interface design team."
— Patrick Monahan, VP of Product & UX @ JP Morgan
About
I live in
I enjoy
3D printing, running, cooking, & PC games.
Fun fact
Ran a half marathon this year & training for an ultra
