Hi, I'm Tao. I design clear, human-centered tools for complex systems.

I combine research, accessibility, and product design to uncover insight and build with care.

Currently I'm working on Elastic Container Service (ECS) at Amazon Web Services.

July 2024 – August 2025

Amazon ECS

I designed native blue/green deployment end to end, and led a range of console improvements that reduce complexity, close console-and-API parity gaps, and smooth everyday UX paper cuts.

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April 2020

ArcGIS Experience Builder

I worked with product engineers and developers to establish design process and guidelines. I also designed a few widgets and patterns across widgets.

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October 2019

AWS Activate

I worked with product and engineering teams to understand AWS startup customers and build products and features that these users wanted.

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June 2019

ArcGIS Online

I designed the user experience of managing content on ArcGIS Online, with new patterns of search, filters, and views.

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March 2018

Item Browser

I designed this shared component for finding content in various workflows of ArcGIS Online. This is an extension of the Finding and Working with Content experience.

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July 2017

LayerList Widget

The LayerList widget is the primary way in the JavaScript API to display a hierarchical list of layers and layer actions in web applications.

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