Summary
Jonah B is a startup advisor and design-focused product leader with two decades of experience building businesses, brands, and software across tech, advertising, and marketing. He has scaled and exited a consultancy, led product and design teams through hypergrowth at companies like Home Chef and Draftbit, and served as Head/VP of UX driving design systems, accessibility policy, and ML-informed product features. Based in Chicago, he now advises seed and bootstrapped founders on product strategy and operationalizing design functions while sitting on early-stage advisory boards. Jonah is also a mentor to mid-to-senior designers and researchers, blending hands-on creative practice—artist, musician, and occasional developer—with pragmatic product delivery. A recurring theme in his career is turning messy cross-functional problems into repeatable systems that accelerate shipping and revenue.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer