Leon Barnard
UI UX Human Centered Design Specialist at General Dynamics Information Technology
Fullerton, California, United States
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Top SchoolLeon Barnard is a seasoned UI/UX and human-centered design specialist with over 20 years in design and 11 years of concentrated professional experience shaping product experiences across enterprise and consumer domains. Based in Fullerton, CA, he blends hands-on design, content strategy, and team leadership—most recently leading UX content and marketing at Balsamiq and now bringing design leadership to General Dynamics IT. He has a track record of turning research into impact: creating a top-ranking UX resource site, authoring a best-selling book on wireframing, and launching a Udemy course with 48,000+ students. Comfortable in both agency and in-house settings, Leon bridges Product, Engineering, and Marketing, often writing code or tooling content workflows to speed delivery. He holds an MS in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Tech and has published academic HCI research, a background that gives his practice a rigorous, research-driven edge.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at University of California, BerkeleyBachelor of Science - BS Industrial Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Industrial Engineering at University of Wisconsin-MadisonMaster of Science - MS Industrial Engineering, Master of Science - MS Industrial Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology
Github Skills (22)
hugo10
balsamiq10
code-behind9
objective-c9
cocoa9
xcode9
macos8
markdown8
gatsbyjs5
netlify4
spotify-api4
html4
documentation4
react3
ruby3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
leon-barnard/leonland
Mar 2018 - Feb 2026
My updated website, backed by Hugo
Contributions:226 pushes, 3 branches in 8 years
hugo
balsamiq/docs.balsamiq.com
Nov 2015 - Dec 2018
The code behind the Balsamiq Documentation website
Contributions:110 PRs, 268 pushes, 7 branches in 3 years 2 months
balsamiqcode-behind
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