A Life In Abstract

In the Office

I am a Seattle-based Enterprise SaaS and Consumer Product Designer, Behavioral Game Theorist, and Speaker. I love turning ideas on napkin sketches, complete with mustard stains naturally, into compelling usable products. Sometimes with AI, always with humans.

In addition to my user experience practice, I conduct research using game theory strategies that help organizations and designers become more effective advocates for their work in stakeholder conversations. Currently I am researching how game theory and AI can help anticipate shifts in product design and consumer habits.

Head shot photo of Jeffery Dernbach

Out in Life

  • Art
  • Food
  • Travel
  • Carpentry

When not solving complex design and business problems, I am usually found in my kitchen or popping up in someone else's to make a snack. Or out on the road looking for artistic inspiration or on the hunt for the tastiest street food across the 50+ countries I have traveled to.

Three penguins standing together in a grassy field with the water behind them. One appears to be saluting the other two.

Last place I traveled

Chile 🇨🇱

Last song I heard

Never Alone - WhoMadeWho 🎵

Last food I made

Chicken Kabsa 🫕 🫓

Last piece I painted

Once upon a platypus dreamt of a ballet 🎨

Last DIY project I built

Sun Deck 🪚