Maryl Gonzalez

AI-Native Design Engineer & Design Technologist

Maryl Gonzalez

AI-Native Design Engineer & Design Technologist with 10+ years across product design and branding. Now building products end-to-end by pairing my many years of experience in Figma with Claude Code. Founder of Talexa and Co-Founder of The App Chefs. Originally from Guadalajara, México; based in Kansas City, KS.

marylgonzalez.commaryl@theappchefs.comlinkedin.com/in/marylgonzalezKansas City, KS

Experience

The App Chefs, LLC.

Jun 2017 – Present

Co-Founder · Lead Product Designer & Scrum/Agile PM

  • Co-founded an AI-native design & development studio delivering high-quality WordPress, web, and mobile apps for startups and founders.
  • Lead product design and the Scrum/Agile process across Discovery, Design, and Development. Now shipping faster by building with Claude Code.
  • Own design & branding, technical SEO, and e-commerce (Shopify/WordPress) engagements end to end.
  • Use Figma as the design standard across every project, and on recent builds like the WPBueno Dashboard, extend that system into a living component library in Storybook.

Talexa

Jan 2018 – Present

Founder

  • Founded a remote staffing platform connecting skilled Mexican developers and UI/UX designers with US, Canadian, and European IT companies.
  • Lead product, brand, and operations, including remote onboarding and immigration assistance.

Universidad de Artes Digitales

Jan 2016 – Jan 2018

UX/UI Professor

  • Taught UX and UI design to university students.

Ooyala

Jan 2014 – Sep 2014

UI Designer

  • Designed responsive UI/UX layouts across Web, iOS, and Android for a leading video technology platform.

Earlier experience

Escucho, Instructor2015 – 2018
Hydralab Agency, Interactive Designer2017
Thinking Group, UX/UI Designer2016
ZW Comunicación, UX/UI Consultant (Honda)2015
Casa Fragma, Web Designer2009 – 2015
Clicker 360, Front-end / UI/UX Designer2013 – 2014
MBGE Intersistemas, Marketing Manager2012 – 2013
Haiku, Digital Designer2011 – 2012

Skills

AI-Native Design EngineeringDesign Systems & BrandingProduct Design (UX/UI)UI/UX DesignJavaScript (React, Vite, Next.js)StorybookFigmaPrototypingAccessibilityUsability TestingDesign ThinkingAgile & ScrumProject ManagementE-commerce / ShopifySEO & AEOWordPressSemantic HTML & CSSTailwind CSSResponsive Web DesignGit & GitHubVercel & Netlify

Education & Certifications

Universidad de Artes Digitales

Bachelor's in Digital Design

2006 – 2010

Certifications

Webflow 101 Certification

Webflow University · Online

2024

Empower Women Speakers for Your WordPress Events in Latin America (#WPDiversity)

Ericka Barboza & Jill Binder · In person · San José, Costa Rica

2021

Product Owner Accredited Certification™

International Scrum Institute™ · Online

2019

Mastering Innovation & Design Thinking

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) · In person · Boston, MA

2018

Scrum Master Accredited Certification™

International Scrum Institute™ · In person · Guadalajara

2017

Design Sprint for Voice Interface

UX Digital Summit Guadalajara · In person · Guadalajara

2017

Agile UX Masterclass

UXPin · Online

2017

User Experience and Interaction Design Certification

The Interaction Design Foundation · Online

2016 – 2017

User Experience for the Web

Open2Study · Online

2013

Cross-Platform Mobile Development with Appcelerator Titanium

DWSoftware · In person · Guadalajara

2012

Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC)

Interlingua México · In person · Guadalajara

2012